Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
20 pending office actions • 17 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days
Motional AD LLC has 20 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are handled by 20 examiners across 17 art units, showing a highly distributed prosecution docket. The assignment pattern leaves little examiner concentration, so portfolio management must account for many separate examination relationships.
DUONG, DIEU HIEN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. A uniform response approach may help preserve consistency, but the breadth of examiner and art-unit assignments makes application-specific analysis important. Counsel should organize the docket by technical issue and art-unit practice while maintaining a common framework for claim scope and amendment decisions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (10%) |
| §103 only | 10 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (30%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (5%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 1 | 78.3% | +16.5% |
| LAROSE, RENEE MARIE | 1 | 79.0% | +9.6% |
| MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | 1 | 81.0% | +17.3% |
| MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | 1 | 71.7% | +18.6% |
| HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 1 | 71.8% | +14.9% |
| YANG, JIANXUN | 1 | 74.3% | +19.1% |
| SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 1 | 45.6% | +16.8% |
| FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | 1 | 56.9% | +22.0% |
| FLORES, MARK ANTHONY | 1 | — | — |
| HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | 1 | 47.2% | +38.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043111 | OBJECT ORIENTATION DETERMINATION FROM MAP AND GROUP PARAMETERS | MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT DETECTION | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 73d overdue |
| 18139850 | Distributed Computing System For A Vehicle | BROWNE, SCOTT A | 70d |
| 19074617 | PROCESSING A REQUEST SIGNAL REGARDING OPERATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | LAROSE, RENEE MARIE | — |
| 18952546 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION USING LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | — |
| 18306944 | BOOT PROCESS SYSTEM-ON-CHIP NODE CONFIGURATION | JUNG, ANDREW J | — |
| 18106122 | DEFINING AND TESTING EVOLVING EVENT SEQUENCES | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | — |
| 17716831 | Tracker Position Updates for Vehicle Trajectory Generation | CASS, JEAN PAUL | — |
| 17590920 | UNSUPERVISED DOMAIN ADAPTATION FOR LiDAR SEGMENTATION VIA ENHANCED PSEUDO-LABELING TECHNIQUES | GIROUX, GEORGE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT DETECTION | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 73d overdue |
| 18357084 | IDENTIFYING A STOPPING PLACE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | 8d overdue |
| 19235969 | INTEGRATED MODULAR ANTENNA SYSTEM | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | — |
| 19043111 | OBJECT ORIENTATION DETERMINATION FROM MAP AND GROUP PARAMETERS | MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | — |
| 18952546 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION USING LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | — |
| 18743570 | END-TO-END SYSTEM TRAINING USING FUSED IMAGES | YANG, JIANXUN | — |
| 18460288 | CONTROL ARCHITECTURES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | — |
| 18320899 | SAFETY FILTER FOR MACHINE LEARNING PLANNERS | HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3666 | 3 |
| 3657 | 2 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 2662 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19235969 | INTEGRATED MODULAR ANTENNA SYSTEM | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 2845 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19074617 | PROCESSING A REQUEST SIGNAL REGARDING OPERATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | LAROSE, RENEE MARIE | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19043111 | OBJECT ORIENTATION DETERMINATION FROM MAP AND GROUP PARAMETERS | MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18952546 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION USING LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | 3668 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18906972 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT DETECTION | HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 2488 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18743570 | END-TO-END SYSTEM TRAINING USING FUSED IMAGES | YANG, JIANXUN | 2662 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18460288 | CONTROL ARCHITECTURES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18357084 | IDENTIFYING A STOPPING PLACE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18327593 | 360 DEGREE LIDAR CROPPING | FLORES, MARK ANTHONY | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | 47d | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18320899 | SAFETY FILTER FOR MACHINE LEARNING PLANNERS | HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18139902 | Managing Efficiency of Image Processing | MOREHEAD III, JOHN H | 2639 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18139850 | Distributed Computing System For A Vehicle | BROWNE, SCOTT A | 3666 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18306944 | BOOT PROCESS SYSTEM-ON-CHIP NODE CONFIGURATION | JUNG, ANDREW J | 2175 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18106122 | DEFINING AND TESTING EVOLVING EVENT SEQUENCES | MOLL, NITHYA JANAKIRAMAN | 2189 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
| 18162256 | PATH SELECTION FOR REMOTE VEHICLE ASSISTANCE | AFRIN, NAZIA | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jan 31, 2023 |
| 18090073 | CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BASED ON DETECTED PASSENGER CHARACTERISTICS AND BEHAVIOR | KHALED, ABDALLA A | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 17989065 | GENERATING NOTIFICATIONS INDICATIVE OF UNANTICIPATED ACTIONS | DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | 3657 | — | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17930553 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING DATA SECURITY | KHAN, SHER A | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17716831 | Tracker Position Updates for Vehicle Trajectory Generation | CASS, JEAN PAUL | 3666 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2022 |
| 17590920 | UNSUPERVISED DOMAIN ADAPTATION FOR LiDAR SEGMENTATION VIA ENHANCED PSEUDO-LABELING TECHNIQUES | GIROUX, GEORGE | 2128 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMotional AD LLC has 20 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 17 art units and 20 examiners.
Dieu Hien Duong has the most, with 1 of Motional AD LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
