Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
14 pending office actions • 5 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (21%) |
| §102 only | 2 (14%) |
| §112 only | 2 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| TULLIA, STEVEN A | 2 | 73.8% | +19.3% |
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 2 | 64.5% | +31.4% |
| BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 1 | 74.7% | +16.9% |
| CUMAR, NATHAN | 1 | 78.7% | +14.6% |
| IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | 1 | 81.1% | -5.2% |
| KELLY, CATHERINE A | 1 | 60.0% | +28.0% |
| SMITH, JORDAN T | 1 | 66.0% | +6.9% |
| MENEZES, MARCUS | 1 | 70.6% | +51.3% |
| STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 1 | 56.3% | +80.4% |
| LUGO, CARLOS | 1 | 74.9% | +14.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907469 | POWERED DOOR UNIT OPTIMIZED FOR SERVO CONTROL | MENEZES, MARCUS | 5d |
| 19092311 | VEHICLE DOOR WITH POWER CLOSE FUNCTION HAVING NON-CONTACT OBSTACLE DETECTION AND METHOD | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 82d |
| 19240801 | CLOSURE LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH POWER LATCH RELEASE MECHANISM HAVING DUAL DRIVE POWER RELEASE ACTUATOR AND MULTI-STAGE GEARSET | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | — |
| 19225256 | CLOSURE LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH LATCH MECHANISM HAVING ROLLER PAWL ASSEMBLY | CUMAR, NATHAN | — |
| 19097386 | POWER LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING MOTOR SHAFT WITH AXIAL FREE PLAY ELIMINATION MOUNTING | IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | — |
| 18938969 | POWER CLOSURE MEMBER SYSTEM HOLDING CURRENT SELF LEARNING | SMITH, JORDAN T | — |
| 18824347 | POWER DOORS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING HOLD OPEN CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18426954 | HOOD SYSTEM WITHOUT POP-UP SPRING | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 32d overdue |
| 16737796 | SMART LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH ACTUATOR MODULE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 16d overdue |
| 18387451 | LATCH WITH SECONDARY POSITION DETERMINED BY CINCH LEVER AND SUPPORTED BY PRIMARY PAWL | LUGO, CARLOS | 11d overdue |
| 18907469 | POWERED DOOR UNIT OPTIMIZED FOR SERVO CONTROL | MENEZES, MARCUS | 5d |
| 19092311 | VEHICLE DOOR WITH POWER CLOSE FUNCTION HAVING NON-CONTACT OBSTACLE DETECTION AND METHOD | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 82d |
| 19240801 | CLOSURE LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH POWER LATCH RELEASE MECHANISM HAVING DUAL DRIVE POWER RELEASE ACTUATOR AND MULTI-STAGE GEARSET | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | — |
| 19225256 | CLOSURE LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH LATCH MECHANISM HAVING ROLLER PAWL ASSEMBLY | CUMAR, NATHAN | — |
| 19206187 | VEHICLE CLOSURE LATCH WITH BIDIRECTIONAL RELEASE MOTOR CONFIGURATION | TULLIA, STEVEN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 5 |
| 3634 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19240801 | CLOSURE LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH POWER LATCH RELEASE MECHANISM HAVING DUAL DRIVE POWER RELEASE ACTUATOR AND MULTI-STAGE GEARSET | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19225256 | CLOSURE LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH LATCH MECHANISM HAVING ROLLER PAWL ASSEMBLY | CUMAR, NATHAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19206187 | VEHICLE CLOSURE LATCH WITH BIDIRECTIONAL RELEASE MOTOR CONFIGURATION | TULLIA, STEVEN A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19196359 | CLOSURE LATCH ASSEMBLY EQUIPPED WITH A DOUBLE PAWL LATCH MECHANISM WITH DEDICATED SECONDARY PAWL FOR SECONDARY POSITION | TULLIA, STEVEN A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19097386 | POWER LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH ELECTRIC MOTOR HAVING MOTOR SHAFT WITH AXIAL FREE PLAY ELIMINATION MOUNTING | IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19092311 | VEHICLE DOOR WITH POWER CLOSE FUNCTION HAVING NON-CONTACT OBSTACLE DETECTION AND METHOD | KELLY, CATHERINE A | 3619 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 82d | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 18938969 | POWER CLOSURE MEMBER SYSTEM HOLDING CURRENT SELF LEARNING | SMITH, JORDAN T | 3666 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18907469 | POWERED DOOR UNIT OPTIMIZED FOR SERVO CONTROL | MENEZES, MARCUS | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18824347 | POWER DOORS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES HAVING HOLD OPEN CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18426954 | HOOD SYSTEM WITHOUT POP-UP SPRING | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §112 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18387451 | LATCH WITH SECONDARY POSITION DETERMINED BY CINCH LEVER AND SUPPORTED BY PRIMARY PAWL | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 17964181 | POWER RELEASE LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH DOUBLE PULL AND POWER CHILD LOCK | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 17617648 | A POWER CLOSURE MEMBER ACTUATION SYSTEM | NELESKI, ELIZABETH ROSE | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2021 |
| 16737796 | SMART LATCH ASSEMBLY WITH ACTUATOR MODULE | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Jan 08, 2020 |
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