Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Magna Powertrain GmbH & Co. Kg manages 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 5 actions are handled by 5 distinct examiners, meaning each matter is assigned to a different person. Fred E Finch III is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The portfolio is active across 3 distinct art units. The 5 distinct examiners for 5 pending office actions create a decentralized prosecution environment. The 1 pending office action with the busiest examiner shows that no individual official has a concentration of the company's cases. While the 3 distinct art units suggest some technical focus, the 5 distinct examiners will each bring a unique perspective.
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.
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.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FINCH III, FRED E | 1 | 80.2% | +17.2% |
| TRUONG, THOMAS | 1 | 73.4% | +15.8% |
| MOK, ALEX W | 1 | 74.3% | +20.8% |
| EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 1 | 75.3% | +3.6% |
| SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 1 | 73.6% | +36.2% |
| RUFO, RYAN C | 1 | 58.9% | +40.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18013945 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 141d overdue |
| 17700551 | METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | 2d overdue |
| 18996848 | MULTI-PHASE POWER CONVERTER CIRCUIT LAYOUT TO MINIMIZE DRIVE LOOP AND POWER LOOP INDUCTANCES | FINCH III, FRED E | — |
| 18930195 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTROMAGNETIC MACHINE AND COOLING SYSTEM | TRUONG, THOMAS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18013945 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 141d overdue |
| 17700551 | METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | 2d overdue |
| 18578808 | ELECTRIC MACHINE | MOK, ALEX W | 8d |
| 18996848 | MULTI-PHASE POWER CONVERTER CIRCUIT LAYOUT TO MINIMIZE DRIVE LOOP AND POWER LOOP INDUCTANCES | FINCH III, FRED E | — |
| 18930195 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTROMAGNETIC MACHINE AND COOLING SYSTEM | TRUONG, THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996848 | MULTI-PHASE POWER CONVERTER CIRCUIT LAYOUT TO MINIMIZE DRIVE LOOP AND POWER LOOP INDUCTANCES | FINCH III, FRED E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18930195 | HIGH PERFORMANCE ELECTROMAGNETIC MACHINE AND COOLING SYSTEM | TRUONG, THOMAS | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18578808 | ELECTRIC MACHINE | MOK, ALEX W | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18578835 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING VEHICLE DRIVING STATUS VARIABLES WHICH ARE NOT DIRECTLY MEASURABLE | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18013945 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 2119 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 141d overdue | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 17700551 | METHOD FOR MACHINING A WORKPIECE BY MEANS OF A TOOL | RUFO, RYAN C | 3722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 22, 2022 |
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