Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH

Technology area: Computing & Software

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH has 1 pending office action in Computing & Software. The matter is assigned to 1 examiner and 1 art unit, so the available prosecution activity follows a single examination path.

AYAD, MARIA S is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. The next response can be tailored closely to that examiner’s treatment of the claims and the relevant art-unit practice.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AYAD, MARIA S 1 35.2% +15.8%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18671237 Apparatus for the Contactless Triggering of at Least One Function of a Motor Vehicle AYAD, MARIA S 12d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2172 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18671237 Apparatus for the Contactless Triggering of at Least One Function of a Motor Vehicle AYAD, MARIA S 2172 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending May 22, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH have?

Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH applications?

Maria S Ayad has the most, with 1 of Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH's pending office actions.

What technology area are Marelli Automotive Lighting Reutlingen (Germany) GmbH's patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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