Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lyft Inc.

33 pending office actions • 18 art units • 31 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 71 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

21
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 32 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (21)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

8
Hard (24%)
23
Medium (70%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only8 (24%)
§103 only20 (61%)
§102 only3 (9%)
No statute on record2 (6%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
9% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
30
Mechanical / Eng
91% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J 2 74.8% +18.8%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 2 31.3% +20.3%
CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N 1 28.0% +43.4%
VETTER, DANIEL 1 19.6% +9.1%
NELSON, FREDA ANN 1 42.6% +5.6%
GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 1 23.0% +33.4%
DAGNEW, SABA 1 37.6% +17.7%
MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 1 47.4% +48.9%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.3%
ULLAH, ARIF 1 46.9% +37.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18943049 VALIDATING VEHICLE SENSOR CALIBRATION PAIGE, TYLER D 33d

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19263484 UTILIZING TRIGGERING EVENTS TO INITIATE DYNAMIC COORDINATION OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES ACROSS DEVICES VETTER, DANIEL 85d overdue
16950402 SYSTEM FOR SELECTING DRIVERS FOR TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS WITH SPECIFIED TIME DURATIONS WALSH, EMMETT K 66d overdue
18616784 DETERMINING MATCHES USING DYNAMIC PROVIDER ELIGIBILITY MODEL SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R 44d overdue
18916482 SYSTEM FOR PLACING DRIVERS IN A PRIORITY QUEUE AND NAVIGATING THE DRIVERS TO FULFILL PASSENGER REQUESTS ULLAH, ARIF 31d overdue
18989706 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED TRANSPORTATION DISPATCH GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 19d overdue
18446273 DRIVER SUPPLY CONTROL BAINS, SARJIT S 8d overdue
18406096 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORT CANCELLATION USING DATA-DRIVEN MODELS MA, LISA 4d overdue
19216363 GENERATING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BASED ON NETWORK DEVICE BALANCE NELSON, FREDA ANN 1d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18989930 VEHICLE SERVICE CENTER DISPATCH SYSTEM DAGNEW, SABA 72d overdue
16719704 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING CURATED AUTONOMY-SYSTEM INFORMATION OF A VEHICLE SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 49d overdue
18808827 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SOURCE-AGNOSTIC TRAJECTORIES SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 32d overdue
18916482 SYSTEM FOR PLACING DRIVERS IN A PRIORITY QUEUE AND NAVIGATING THE DRIVERS TO FULFILL PASSENGER REQUESTS ULLAH, ARIF 31d overdue
18989706 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED TRANSPORTATION DISPATCH GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 19d overdue
18959521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFERRING INFORMATION ABOUT STATIONARY ELEMENTS BASED ON SEMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J 5d
18163562 UTILIZING TRANSITION TIMES TO INTELLIGENTLY SELECT TRANSITION LOCATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J 21d
18960506 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ALLOCATION OF PERSONAL MOBILITY VEHICLES MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 85d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 5
3625 5
3624 3
3623 2
3667 2
3664 2
3663 2
3666 2
3621 1
3662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19286616 GENERATING CONSOLIDATED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR DISPLAYING DIRECTIVES OF DEVICES OF A DYNAMIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORK CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N 3623 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2025
19263484 UTILIZING TRIGGERING EVENTS TO INITIATE DYNAMIC COORDINATION OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES ACROSS DEVICES VETTER, DANIEL 3628 §101 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2025
19216363 GENERATING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS BASED ON NETWORK DEVICE BALANCE NELSON, FREDA ANN 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 22, 2025
18989706 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED TRANSPORTATION DISPATCH GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2024
18989930 VEHICLE SERVICE CENTER DISPATCH SYSTEM DAGNEW, SABA 3621 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2024
18960506 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ALLOCATION OF PERSONAL MOBILITY VEHICLES MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A 3628 §103 Final Rejection 85d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18959521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFERRING INFORMATION ABOUT STATIONARY ELEMENTS BASED ON SEMANTIC RELATIONSHIPS MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 25, 2024
18943049 VALIDATING VEHICLE SENSOR CALIBRATION PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 11, 2024
18916482 SYSTEM FOR PLACING DRIVERS IN A PRIORITY QUEUE AND NAVIGATING THE DRIVERS TO FULFILL PASSENGER REQUESTS ULLAH, ARIF 3625 §101 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2024
18909619 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTELLIGENTLY ENGAGING MULTIPLE BRAKES ALCORN III, GEORGE A 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 08, 2024
18829595 DYNAMICALLY GENERATING AND UPDATING MULTIPLIERS FOR A TRANSPORTATION MATCHING SYSTEM USING MACHINE LEARNING PATEL, SHARDUL D 3664 Other Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2024
18818373 DYNAMIC OPTIMIZED REASSIGNMENT OF PROVIDERS AT A GEOHASH LEVEL FEACHER, LORENA R 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2024
18808827 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SOURCE-AGNOSTIC TRAJECTORIES SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024
18809076 MOBILE MESH NETWORK PROVISIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS SLOMS, NICHOLAS 2476 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024
18777393 FLEET MANAGEMENT USER INTERFACE TROOST, AARON L 3666 §101 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jul 18, 2024
18770422 DETERMINING AND MAPPING LOCATION-BASED INFORMATION FOR A VEHICLE BOYLAN, JAMES T 2486 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18677552 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING IMPROVED ROUTES FOR FULFILLING TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS LAROSE, RENEE MARIE 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18616784 DETERMINING MATCHES USING DYNAMIC PROVIDER ELIGIBILITY MODEL SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R 3661 §101 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2024
18406096 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORT CANCELLATION USING DATA-DRIVEN MODELS MA, LISA 3628 §101 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2024
18479318 NAVIGATING DRIVERS TO DYNAMICALLY SELECTED DROP-OFF LOCATIONS FOR SHARED RIDES BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18446273 DRIVER SUPPLY CONTROL BAINS, SARJIT S 3623 §101 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18231038 LOCALISATION OF MOBILE DEVICE USING IMAGE AND NON-IMAGE SENSOR DATA IN SERVER PROCESSING OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 3629 §102 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18314542 PANEL-SNAPPING INTERFACE FOR RESPONSIVE DISPLAY OF MAPS WALTON, CHESIREE A 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18163562 UTILIZING TRANSITION TIMES TO INTELLIGENTLY SELECT TRANSITION LOCATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J 3667 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Feb 02, 2023
18059640 Forecast Availability for Docking Stations and Rideable Mobility Vehicles ALSTON, FRANK MAURICE 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 29, 2022
18059253 PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION MATCH PROBABILITY INDICATORS BASED ON VARIABLE DIRECTIONAL FILTERS IN A TRANSPORTATION MATCHING SYSTEM NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17744326 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUEUEING IN DYNAMIC TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 13, 2022
17556024 GENERATING NETWORK COVERAGE IMPROVEMENT METRICS UTILIZING MACHINE-LEARNING TO DYNAMICALLY MATCH TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 3624 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2021
17461602 GENERATING USER INTERFACES COMPRISING DYNAMIC ACCORDION-BASED TRANSPORTATION USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS TO IMPROVE COMPUTER SYSTEM EFFICIENCY BURKE, TIONNA M 2178 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Aug 30, 2021
17229690 INTELLIGENTLY GENERATING COMPUTER MODEL LEARNING DATA BY DISPATCHING ENHANCED SENSORY VEHICLES UTILIZING DATA COLLECTION VALUES CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2021
17101831 Dynamic Scene Representation STRYKER, NICHOLAS F 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2020
16950402 SYSTEM FOR SELECTING DRIVERS FOR TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS WITH SPECIFIED TIME DURATIONS WALSH, EMMETT K 3628 §101 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2020
16719704 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING CURATED AUTONOMY-SYSTEM INFORMATION OF A VEHICLE SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2019

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