Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Motherson Innovation Company Limited

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Motherson Innovation Company Limited has 8 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 8 distinct examiners across 7 distinct art units, so examiner coverage is fully distributed while one art unit contains more than one pending matter.

GRAMLING, SEAN P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The docket favors consistent technical messaging paired with individual responses for the separate examination assignments.

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

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
22% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
4
Semiconductors
44% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GRAMLING, SEAN P 1 66.6% +28.0%
TOPGYAL, GELEK W 1 59.6% +19.3%
OWENS, DANELL L 1 75.9% +11.2%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 32.5% +41.1%
SAHAND, SANA 1 63.5% +24.0%
FLOHRE, JASON A 1 68.8% +18.1%
QURESHI, MARIAM 1 75.5% +22.5%
POWERS, LAURA C 1 56.3% +47.3%
HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL 1 69.0% +8.3%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18188815 MEMORY MODULE, ACTUATOR, REAR VIEW DEVICE AND VEHICLE HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL 32d overdue
18960027 DECORATIVE ANTIQUE COPPER COATING WITH HTL COMPATIBILITY AND NOVEL INTER-LAYER ADHESION MECHANISM GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 35d
18687078 DECORATIVE RADOME WITH TRANSPARENT VISUAL FEATURE POWERS, LAURA C 56d
19123113 Lighting Device, Rear-View Device and Motor Vehicle GRAMLING, SEAN P —
19081305 METHOD OF, ARRANGEMENT FOR AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXTENDING THE FIELD OF VIEW OF A CAMERA-BASED EXTERIOR VIEW ASSEMBLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES TOPGYAL, GELEK W —
18985477 REARVIEW MIRROR DEVICE OWENS, DANELL L —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18960027 DECORATIVE ANTIQUE COPPER COATING WITH HTL COMPATIBILITY AND NOVEL INTER-LAYER ADHESION MECHANISM GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 35d
18687078 DECORATIVE RADOME WITH TRANSPARENT VISUAL FEATURE POWERS, LAURA C 56d
19123113 Lighting Device, Rear-View Device and Motor Vehicle GRAMLING, SEAN P —
19081305 METHOD OF, ARRANGEMENT FOR AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXTENDING THE FIELD OF VIEW OF A CAMERA-BASED EXTERIOR VIEW ASSEMBLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES TOPGYAL, GELEK W —
18985477 REARVIEW MIRROR DEVICE OWENS, DANELL L —
18912734 Wearable Light Therapy Device SAHAND, SANA —
18906883 ACTIVATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A NIGHT MODE IN CAMERA MONITORING APPLICATIONS FLOHRE, JASON A —
18423934 OPTICAL SYSTEM ASSEMBLY FOR A CAMERA DEVICE QURESHI, MARIAM —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1785 2
2875 1
2481 1
2882 1
3796 1
2637 1
2871 1
2872 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19123113 Lighting Device, Rear-View Device and Motor Vehicle GRAMLING, SEAN P 2875 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2025
19081305 METHOD OF, ARRANGEMENT FOR AND DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXTENDING THE FIELD OF VIEW OF A CAMERA-BASED EXTERIOR VIEW ASSEMBLY FOR ROAD VEHICLES TOPGYAL, GELEK W 2481 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 17, 2025
18985477 REARVIEW MIRROR DEVICE OWENS, DANELL L 2882 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18960027 DECORATIVE ANTIQUE COPPER COATING WITH HTL COMPATIBILITY AND NOVEL INTER-LAYER ADHESION MECHANISM GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §102§103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Nov 26, 2024
18912734 Wearable Light Therapy Device SAHAND, SANA 3796 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 11, 2024
18906883 ACTIVATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF A NIGHT MODE IN CAMERA MONITORING APPLICATIONS FLOHRE, JASON A 2637 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18423934 OPTICAL SYSTEM ASSEMBLY FOR A CAMERA DEVICE QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18687078 DECORATIVE RADOME WITH TRANSPARENT VISUAL FEATURE POWERS, LAURA C 1785 §102§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18188815 MEMORY MODULE, ACTUATOR, REAR VIEW DEVICE AND VEHICLE HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL 2872 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Motherson Innovation Company Limited have?

Motherson Innovation Company Limited has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Motherson Innovation Company Limited applications?

Sean P Gramling has the most, with 1 of Motherson Innovation Company Limited's pending office actions.

What technology area are Motherson Innovation Company Limited's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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