Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Magna Electronics LLC

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SZUMNY, JONATHON A 1 56.8% +58.1%
LU, ZHIYU 1 49.0% +14.2%
EDRADA, ISABELLA AMEYALI 1 78.6% +42.9%
BARGERO, JOHN E 1 55.5% +30.2%
RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 1 67.9% +23.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18737314 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF IN-VEHICLE INTOXICATION TESTING SZUMNY, JONATHON A

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
18660593 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT PROPER SEATBELT USAGE AND DISTANCE LU, ZHIYU 67d overdue
18072660 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION USING IN-CABIN SENSING RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 16d overdue
18737314 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF IN-VEHICLE INTOXICATION TESTING SZUMNY, JONATHON A
18127603 METAMATERIAL VEHICLE RADAR SENSOR ASSEMBLIES EDRADA, ISABELLA AMEYALI
18085507 COOLING STRUCTURE FOR DMS MODULE BARGERO, JOHN E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3686 1
2665 1
3648 1
3762 1
3646 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18737314 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF IN-VEHICLE INTOXICATION TESTING SZUMNY, JONATHON A 3686 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2024
18660593 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT PROPER SEATBELT USAGE AND DISTANCE LU, ZHIYU 2665 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18127603 METAMATERIAL VEHICLE RADAR SENSOR ASSEMBLIES EDRADA, ISABELLA AMEYALI 3648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2023
18085507 COOLING STRUCTURE FOR DMS MODULE BARGERO, JOHN E 3762 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2022
18072660 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION USING IN-CABIN SENSING RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022

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