Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

MAZDA MOTOR Corporation

24 pending office actions • 10 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 85 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

9
Hard (38%)
14
Medium (58%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (12%)
§103 only12 (50%)
§102 only2 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
12% of docket
2
Communications
8% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
12
Business / Other
50% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SEYE, ABDOU K 2 82.6% +27.1%
NGUYEN, HOANG M 1 75.9% +16.3%
HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC 1 72.1% +26.4%
VELEZ, ROBERTO 1 67.3% +20.8%
TIKU, SISAY G 1 91.6% +9.1%
BLOUNT, ERIC 1 78.2% +3.2%
POPE, DARYL C 1 85.5% +6.4%
GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 1 76.0% +12.3%
ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN 1 62.2% +31.2%
PANG, ROGER L 1 89.3% +7.0%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18287914 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD SEYE, ABDOU K 11d overdue
19044703 INVERTER DEVICE TIKU, SISAY G
19039790 DRIVER STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS POPE, DARYL C
18932338 WINDOW STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE PANG, ROGER L

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18287892 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD SEYE, ABDOU K 22d overdue
18591233 DRIVER ABNORMALITY SIGN DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE AND CIRCUIT THEREFOR XU, JUSTIN 5d overdue
19398916 EXHAUST STRUCTURE OF ENGINE NGUYEN, HOANG M
19040882 DRIVER STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS BLOUNT, ERIC
18932359 WINDOW STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES
18911124 ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE MEYER, JACOB B
18908270 ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE YOUNG, EDWIN
18903134 VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE GUTMAN, HILARY L

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18287892 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD SEYE, ABDOU K 22d overdue
18287914 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD SEYE, ABDOU K 11d overdue
19398916 EXHAUST STRUCTURE OF ENGINE NGUYEN, HOANG M
19226421 EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR ENGINE HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC
19050663 CORROSION RESISTANCE TEST METHOD AND CORROSION RESISTANCE TEST APPARATUS VELEZ, ROBERTO
19034895 VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A
19008001 VEHICLE LOWER BODY STRUCTURE ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 2
2198 2
3746 1
2685 1
2686 1
3791 1
3664 1
2196 1
3762 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19398916 EXHAUST STRUCTURE OF ENGINE NGUYEN, HOANG M 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2025
19226421 EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION SYSTEM FOR ENGINE HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2025
19050663 CORROSION RESISTANCE TEST METHOD AND CORROSION RESISTANCE TEST APPARATUS VELEZ, ROBERTO §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 11, 2025
19044703 INVERTER DEVICE TIKU, SISAY G §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 04, 2025
19040882 DRIVER STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS BLOUNT, ERIC 2685 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2025
19039790 DRIVER STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS POPE, DARYL C 2686 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2025
19034895 VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2025
19008001 VEHICLE LOWER BODY STRUCTURE ENGLE, PATRICIA LYNN DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
18932338 WINDOW STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE PANG, ROGER L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18932359 WINDOW STRUCTURE OF VEHICLE COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2024
18911124 ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE MEYER, JACOB B §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18908777 ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE JOHNS, HILARY LYNN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18908270 ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILE YOUNG, EDWIN §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18903028 VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE DIGIOVANNANTONIO, DANIEL ROBERT §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2024
18903134 VEHICLE IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURE GUTMAN, HILARY L §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2024
18660613 VEHICLE DRIVE SYSTEM QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED 2834 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending May 10, 2024
18655957 MOTOR AND VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAM REID JR, CHARLES H 2834 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18591233 DRIVER ABNORMALITY SIGN DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE AND CIRCUIT THEREFOR XU, JUSTIN 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Feb 29, 2024
18410131 VEHICLE DRIVING SYSTEM WANG, KAI NMN 3664 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18287906 GRID COMPUTING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA 2196 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18287892 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD SEYE, ABDOU K 2198 §101§103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18287914 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MANAGEMENT METHOD SEYE, ABDOU K 2198 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
17940026 ELECTRIC-VEHICLE-BODY STRUCTURE WITH CENTER FRAME GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES 3762 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 08, 2022
17905845 OPPOSING ELECTRODE DETERMINATION METHOD, OPPOSING ELECTRODE DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND JIG USED IN SAME METHOD WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON 3761 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 08, 2022

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