Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
20 pending office actions • 16 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days
Motional AD LLC manages 20 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 19 distinct examiners, which suggests that almost every pending matter is being reviewed by a unique individual. MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 2 pending office actions.
The portfolio is spread across 16 distinct art units, demonstrating a high degree of technical variety within the transportation and mechanical sectors. This broad distribution across 16 distinct art units, combined with the involvement of 19 distinct examiners, indicates that the company's 20 pending office actions are subject to a wide range of USPTO perspectives.
With only 2 pending office actions assigned to the busiest examiner, MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE, no individual examiner has significant control over the portfolio's 20 pending office actions. The diversity of 16 distinct art units suggests that the company's transportation technologies are being examined across many different specialized divisions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 | 3 (15%) |
| §103 only | 8 (40%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (10%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | 2 | 73.2% | +19.8% |
| DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 1 | 78.2% | +16.5% |
| OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI | 1 | 88.9% | +22.2% |
| ALUNKAL, THOMAS D | 1 | 72.3% | +14.9% |
| LAROSE, RENEE MARIE | 1 | 79.2% | +9.2% |
| MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | 1 | 81.1% | +17.6% |
| HILAIRE, CLIFFORD | 1 | 71.8% | +14.9% |
| YANG, JIANXUN | 1 | 74.1% | +19.3% |
| FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | 1 | 57.1% | +22.4% |
| HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM | 1 | 44.1% | +40.6% |
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 |
| 18165862 | CONFLICT ANALYSIS BETWEEN OCCUPANCY GRIDS AND SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION MAPS | ADMASU, MAHLIET TASEW | 6d |
| 19177374 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING BASED ON HUMAN- DRIVEN DATA | OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI | — |
| 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 | — |
| 17931051 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) LIDAR SIGNAL-TO-NOISE IMPROVEMENT | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | — |
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 | — |
| 19217266 | PREDICTING AGENT TRAJECTORIES | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | — |
| 19177374 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING BASED ON HUMAN- DRIVEN DATA | OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI | — |
| 19084520 | METHODS FOR PASSENGER AUTHENTICATION AND DOOR OPERATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | ALUNKAL, THOMAS D | — |
| 19043111 | OBJECT ORIENTATION DETERMINATION FROM MAP AND GROUP PARAMETERS | MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | — |
| 18952546 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATION USING LINEAR TEMPORAL LOGIC | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 2662 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 2639 | 1 |
| 2175 | 1 |
| 2123 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19235969 | INTEGRATED MODULAR ANTENNA SYSTEM | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19217266 | PREDICTING AGENT TRAJECTORIES | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19177374 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING BASED ON HUMAN- DRIVEN DATA | OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI | 3669 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19084520 | METHODS FOR PASSENGER AUTHENTICATION AND DOOR OPERATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | ALUNKAL, THOMAS D | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19074617 | PROCESSING A REQUEST SIGNAL REGARDING OPERATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | LAROSE, RENEE MARIE | — | §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 |
| 18357084 | IDENTIFYING A STOPPING PLACE FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 21, 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 |
| 18306944 | BOOT PROCESS SYSTEM-ON-CHIP NODE CONFIGURATION | JUNG, ANDREW J | 2175 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18165862 | CONFLICT ANALYSIS BETWEEN OCCUPANCY GRIDS AND SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION MAPS | ADMASU, MAHLIET TASEW | 2123 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Feb 07, 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 |
| 17989065 | GENERATING NOTIFICATIONS INDICATIVE OF UNANTICIPATED ACTIONS | DOROS, KAYLA RENEE | 3657 | — | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17931051 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TIME-OF-FLIGHT (TOF) LIDAR SIGNAL-TO-NOISE IMPROVEMENT | VASQUEZ JR, ROBERT WILLIAM | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2022 |
| 17930553 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING DATA SECURITY | KHAN, SHER A | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Sep 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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