Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Magna International Inc.

9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

2
Hard (22%)
7
Medium (78%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (78%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
4
Business / Other
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MORILLO, JANELL COMBS 2 57.9% +25.9%
WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H 1 89.5% +12.5%
PATEL, DEVANG R 1 65.4% +39.3%
JALALI, AMIR A. 1 78.6% +22.1%
NGUYEN, PHUONG T 1 73.9% +36.6%
MAYES, MELVIN C 1 33.6% +5.2%
NGUYEN, PHONG H 1 70.8% +20.4%
WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 1 51.2% +51.6%

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
19052813 MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE THEFT PROTECTION WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18402499 LOW COST HIGH DUCTILITY CAST ALUMINUM ALLOY MORILLO, JANELL COMBS
18402433 LOW COST HIGH DUCTILITY CAST ALUMINUM ALLOY MORILLO, JANELL COMBS

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17631719 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FULLY BONDED STIFFENING PATCHES FOR AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 9d
19052813 MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE THEFT PROTECTION WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H
18875857 METHOD OF FORMING VEHICLE PARTS USING LASER WELDED BLANKS PATEL, DEVANG R
18882985 POROUS SPREADER ASSISTED JET AND SPRAY IMPINGEMENT COOLING SYSTEMS JALALI, AMIR A.
18292636 QUALITY MONITORING OF WELDING PROCESS NGUYEN, PHUONG T
18402499 LOW COST HIGH DUCTILITY CAST ALUMINUM ALLOY MORILLO, JANELL COMBS
18402433 LOW COST HIGH DUCTILITY CAST ALUMINUM ALLOY MORILLO, JANELL COMBS
17779284 HOT STAMP TOOLING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FORMING A PART WITH TAILORED TEMPER PROPERTIES NGUYEN, PHONG H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1733 2
1784 1
3724 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19052813 MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE THEFT PROTECTION WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2025
18875857 METHOD OF FORMING VEHICLE PARTS USING LASER WELDED BLANKS PATEL, DEVANG R 1784 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18882985 POROUS SPREADER ASSISTED JET AND SPRAY IMPINGEMENT COOLING SYSTEMS JALALI, AMIR A. §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18292636 QUALITY MONITORING OF WELDING PROCESS NGUYEN, PHUONG T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18402499 LOW COST HIGH DUCTILITY CAST ALUMINUM ALLOY MORILLO, JANELL COMBS 1733 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2024
18402433 LOW COST HIGH DUCTILITY CAST ALUMINUM ALLOY MORILLO, JANELL COMBS 1733 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2024
18290080 COOLING PLATE ASSEMBLY FOR A BATTERY TRAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME MAYES, MELVIN C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2023
17779284 HOT STAMP TOOLING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF FORMING A PART WITH TAILORED TEMPER PROPERTIES NGUYEN, PHONG H 3724 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2022
17631719 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF FULLY BONDED STIFFENING PATCHES FOR AUTOMOTIVE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 3761 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 31, 2022

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