Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Magna Mirrors of America Inc.

10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 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.

4
Hard (40%)
5
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (50%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
5
Semiconductors
50% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LUGO, CARLOS 1 74.9% +14.0%
ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 1 80.4% +19.0%
BARAKAT, MOHAMED 1 73.6% +23.2%
CHAPEL, DEREK S 1 70.2% +21.9%
EDWARDS, TYLER B 1 76.4% +15.3%
SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 1 79.8% +16.5%
NGUYEN, LAUREN 1 54.8% +34.9%
LYJAK, LORI LYNN 1 89.8% +8.6%
JONES, JENNIFER ANN 1 66.7% +23.6%
PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 1 80.7% +18.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18419751 VEHICULAR CHARGE PORT COVER SYSTEM LYJAK, LORI LYNN 27d
18987128 VEHICULAR DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC DIMMING OF MIRRORS AND WINDOWS ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19203294 VEHICULAR DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY LUGO, CARLOS
18814713 EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY CHAPEL, DEREK S
18443504 INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH PIVOT MOUNT NGUYEN, LAUREN
18045487 LOW PROFILE AUTO-DIMMING INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY PINKNEY, DAWAYNE

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
18950403 VEHICULAR CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM BARAKAT, MOHAMED 10d overdue
18414533 ACTUATOR FOR EXTERIOR VEHICULAR COMPONENT JONES, JENNIFER ANN 3d overdue
18650222 SEAL TESTING SYSTEM FOR EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ATTACHMENT AT SIDE OF VEHICLE SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 29d
19203294 VEHICULAR DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY LUGO, CARLOS
18987128 VEHICULAR DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC DIMMING OF MIRRORS AND WINDOWS ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M
18814713 EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY CHAPEL, DEREK S
18769793 VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH INTERIOR MIRROR DISPLAY EDWARDS, TYLER B
18443504 INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH PIVOT MOUNT NGUYEN, LAUREN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 4
3664 1
2689 1
2488 1
2871 1
3612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19203294 VEHICULAR DOOR HANDLE ASSEMBLY LUGO, CARLOS §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2025
18987128 VEHICULAR DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM WITH DYNAMIC DIMMING OF MIRRORS AND WINDOWS ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 3664 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18950403 VEHICULAR CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM BARAKAT, MOHAMED 2689 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2024
18814713 EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY CHAPEL, DEREK S 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18769793 VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH INTERIOR MIRROR DISPLAY EDWARDS, TYLER B 2488 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 11, 2024
18650222 SEAL TESTING SYSTEM FOR EXTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ATTACHMENT AT SIDE OF VEHICLE SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 2872 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18443504 INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY WITH PIVOT MOUNT NGUYEN, LAUREN 2871 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 16, 2024
18419751 VEHICULAR CHARGE PORT COVER SYSTEM LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 §112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18414533 ACTUATOR FOR EXTERIOR VEHICULAR COMPONENT JONES, JENNIFER ANN 2872 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2024
18045487 LOW PROFILE AUTO-DIMMING INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 11, 2022

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