Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Magna Electronics Inc.

25 pending office actions • 15 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 88 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (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 (32%)
16
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (8%)
§103 only16 (64%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (24%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
12% of docket
2
Communications
8% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
52% of docket
6
Business / Other
24% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA 1 55.6% -8.3%
MOYER, DALE S 1 81.5% +16.5%
CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 1 75.4% +13.4%
FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN 1 91.4% +7.4%
DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 1 65.2% -9.0%
KONG, SZE-HON 1 65.3% +14.4%
TRIVEDI, ATUL 1 91.2% +9.0%
CHOI, WILLIAM C 1 92.6% +4.1%
HALL, HANA VICTORIA 1 60.0% +100.0%
VOLENTINE, REBECCA A 1 76.2% +17.8%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18907941 VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY HANDLING TRIVEDI, ATUL 28d overdue
18983552 VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SEAT SETTINGS FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN 23d overdue
18906392 VEHICULAR CAMERA MODULE WITH MICROLENS ARRAY AT IMAGER CHOI, WILLIAM C

Hard Cases (8)

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
18484558 VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATION WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND HOSPITALS GLENN III, FRANK T 11d overdue
19170254 VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM WITH ROAD DEFECT DETECTION AND CATEGORIZATION MOYER, DALE S
18989004 VEHICULAR TRAILERING ASSIST SYSTEM CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J
18796703 VEHICULAR CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM USING RADAR SYSTEM BYTHROW, PETER M
18751477 VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ELCHANTI, TAREK
18489152 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EFFICIENTLY PERFORM DATA ANALYTICS ON VEHICLE SENSOR DATA ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P
18482997 VEHICULAR IN-CABIN HEATING SYSTEM USING ADAS ECU JENNISON, BRIAN W
18474570 VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM WITH BATTERY FAILSAFE FOR DRIVER HANDOVER PROCESS KIM, AHSHIK

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18820560 VEHICULAR SURROUND-VIEW VISION SYSTEM WITH SINGLE CAMERA VOLENTINE, REBECCA A 21d
18942951 VEHICULAR HEADLAMP CONTROL SYSTEM KONG, SZE-HON 29d
19170254 VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM WITH ROAD DEFECT DETECTION AND CATEGORIZATION MOYER, DALE S
18989004 VEHICULAR TRAILERING ASSIST SYSTEM CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J
18823777 VEHICULAR INTERIOR CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM WITH WATER SENSOR HALL, HANA VICTORIA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3666 3
3661 2
3648 2
3662 2
2425 1
2486 1
3657 1
3664 1
2483 1
3663 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19194107 VEHICLE SUNROOF OCCUPANT DETECTION AND MITIGATION SYSTEM TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2025
19170254 VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM WITH ROAD DEFECT DETECTION AND CATEGORIZATION MOYER, DALE S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2025
18989004 VEHICULAR TRAILERING ASSIST SYSTEM CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 2425 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18983552 VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC SEAT SETTINGS FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN 3661 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2024
18973220 VEHICULAR CAMERA SYSTEM DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 2486 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18942951 VEHICULAR HEADLAMP CONTROL SYSTEM KONG, SZE-HON 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 11, 2024
18907941 VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY HANDLING TRIVEDI, ATUL 3661 §103Other Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2024
18906392 VEHICULAR CAMERA MODULE WITH MICROLENS ARRAY AT IMAGER CHOI, WILLIAM C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18823777 VEHICULAR INTERIOR CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM WITH WATER SENSOR HALL, HANA VICTORIA 3664 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 04, 2024
18820560 VEHICULAR SURROUND-VIEW VISION SYSTEM WITH SINGLE CAMERA VOLENTINE, REBECCA A 2483 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18817432 VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 28, 2024
18814711 VEHICULAR TRAILER HITCHING ASSIST SYSTEM LINHARDT, LAURA E 3663 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 26, 2024
18796703 VEHICULAR CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM USING RADAR SYSTEM BYTHROW, PETER M 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18765552 CAMERA SUB-ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICULAR CAMERA CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK 2872 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18751477 VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ELCHANTI, TAREK 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 24, 2024
18665784 VEHICULAR SENSING SYSTEM WITH CAMERA HAVING INTEGRATED RADAR HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 3648 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending May 16, 2024
18524290 VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION AND ALERT SYSTEM AFRIN, NAZIA 3666 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18497045 SYSTEM FOR TRAINING AND VALIDATING VEHICULAR OCCUPANT MONITORING SYSTEM CROCKETT, JOSHUA BRIGHAM 2661 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 30, 2023
18489152 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EFFICIENTLY PERFORM DATA ANALYTICS ON VEHICLE SENSOR DATA ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 4100 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2023
18484558 VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC COMMUNICATION WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND HOSPITALS GLENN III, FRANK T 3662 §103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18482997 VEHICULAR IN-CABIN HEATING SYSTEM USING ADAS ECU JENNISON, BRIAN W §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2023
18480531 VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM WITH HEALTH MONITORING DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 04, 2023
18474570 VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM WITH BATTERY FAILSAFE FOR DRIVER HANDOVER PROCESS KIM, AHSHIK §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18451192 VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM WITH CROSS TRAFFIC DETECTION USING CAMERAS AND RADARS WHITTINGTON, JESS G 3666 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18166567 VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH FORWARD VIEWING CAMERA WITH SYNCHRONIZED RECORDING FEATURE ALLEN, LUCIUS CAMERON GREE 2673 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2023

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