Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mci (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B V shows a distributed prosecution profile with 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are split across multiple distinct examiners, suggesting that the company's current filings are facing diverse examination environments rather than a centralized review process. This variety requires the company to adapt its strategy to different administrative standards simultaneously.
The busiest examiner identified is CHAPEL, DEREK S, who accounts for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This represents a portion of the active office actions currently active for the portfolio. With 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy must account for the varying standards and practices of different administrative divisions within the patent office. The presence of multiple distinct examiners ensures that no single individual has total control over the company's current pending matters.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPEL, DEREK S | 1 | 70.3% | +22.0% |
| ALSOMIRI, ISAM A | 1 | 66.8% | +23.2% |
| RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 1 | 76.5% | +12.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18022054 | MODULAR CLEANING SYSTEM FOR CLEANING A SENSOR WINDOW OF AN OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | ALSOMIRI, ISAM A | 58d overdue |
| 17909081 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18022054 | MODULAR CLEANING SYSTEM FOR CLEANING A SENSOR WINDOW OF AN OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | ALSOMIRI, ISAM A | 58d overdue |
| 18852180 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING A VIEWING MEANS ASSEMBLY, VIEWING MEANS DEVICE, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE | CHAPEL, DEREK S | — |
| 17909081 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18852180 | DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING A VIEWING MEANS ASSEMBLY, VIEWING MEANS DEVICE, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A DEVICE | CHAPEL, DEREK S | 2872 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18022054 | MODULAR CLEANING SYSTEM FOR CLEANING A SENSOR WINDOW OF AN OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | ALSOMIRI, ISAM A | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 17909081 | ADJUSTMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING | RUSHING, JR, BOBBY | 3618 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMci (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B V has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Derek S Chapel has the most, with 1 of Mci (Mirror Controls International) Netherlands B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
