Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
32 pending office actions • 25 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 32 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 74 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 only | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (3%) |
| §103 only | 14 (44%) |
| §102 only | 3 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (38%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 2 | 85.1% | +3.4% |
| MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 2 | 64.5% | +31.4% |
| KARWAN, SIHAR A | 1 | 56.9% | +26.6% |
| PANG, ROGER L | 1 | 89.3% | +7.0% |
| NGUYEN, TRI V | 1 | 67.4% | +57.7% |
| MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M | 1 | 78.2% | +6.2% |
| LYJAK, LORI LYNN | 1 | 89.8% | +8.6% |
| THEIS, MATTHEW T | 1 | 41.8% | +32.6% |
| PHILLIPS, FORREST M | 1 | 83.2% | +14.6% |
| MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 85.9% | +11.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18988736 | GATE FOR A VEHCILE | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | — |
| 18912336 | SOUND INSULATOR FORMED OF MODIFIED KELVIN-14 MATERIAL | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | — |
| 18911227 | BUMPER ASSEMBLY | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18818067 | Dual-Function Jack Brackets in Vehicles | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18521487 | BRACKET MEMBER FOR A VEHICLE LOCK HOUSING ASSEMBLY | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 58d overdue |
| 18395470 | TETHER STRUCTURE | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 4d overdue |
| 18153735 | VEHICLE BODY PANEL INSERT | CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 15d |
| 18194351 | Transmitting Information to Cause a Vehicle to Follow a Projected Path | LAMBERT, GABRIEL JOSEPH RENE | 40d |
| 18986522 | VEHICLES AND SEAT ASSEMBLIES HAVING A MOVABLE TRAY | PANG, ROGER L | — |
| 18955231 | Dynamic Regenerative Braking for Stopping in One-Pedal Driving | MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M | — |
| 18907458 | VEHICLE HOME SETTING DEVICED | PATEL, MANGLESH M | — |
| 18790931 | In-Vehicle Object Queries with Large Multi-Modal Models | SONIFRANK, RICHA MISHRA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19004738 | Precise Control For An Autonomous Vehicle | KARWAN, SIHAR A | — |
| 18977359 | High-Capacity Disordered Lithium Manganese Oxide Cathodes Stabilized by Elemental Substitution | NGUYEN, TRI V | — |
| 18934155 | SPARE TIRE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME | THEIS, MATTHEW T | — |
| 18912336 | SOUND INSULATOR FORMED OF MODIFIED KELVIN-14 MATERIAL | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | — |
| 18911227 | BUMPER ASSEMBLY | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18520482 | REAR DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
| 18229045 | Friction Reduction in Hood Latch Mechanisms for Vehicles | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3612 | 4 |
| 3675 | 3 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19004738 | Precise Control For An Autonomous Vehicle | KARWAN, SIHAR A | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18988736 | GATE FOR A VEHCILE | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 3612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18986522 | VEHICLES AND SEAT ASSEMBLIES HAVING A MOVABLE TRAY | PANG, ROGER L | 3655 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18977359 | High-Capacity Disordered Lithium Manganese Oxide Cathodes Stabilized by Elemental Substitution | NGUYEN, TRI V | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18955231 | Dynamic Regenerative Braking for Stopping in One-Pedal Driving | MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M | 3662 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18935405 | TAILGATE ASSEMBLY | LYJAK, LORI LYNN | 3612 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18934155 | SPARE TIRE ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME | THEIS, MATTHEW T | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18912336 | SOUND INSULATOR FORMED OF MODIFIED KELVIN-14 MATERIAL | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18911227 | BUMPER ASSEMBLY | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 3644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18908774 | VEHICLE REAR CARGO STRUCTURE | FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD | 3676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18908770 | VEHICLE REAR CARGO STRUCTURE | AKAKPO, DANY E | 3672 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18907458 | VEHICLE HOME SETTING DEVICED | PATEL, MANGLESH M | 3665 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18818067 | Dual-Function Jack Brackets in Vehicles | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 3612 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18790931 | In-Vehicle Object Queries with Large Multi-Modal Models | SONIFRANK, RICHA MISHRA | 2654 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18759404 | VEHICLE FENDER ASSEMBLY | NEYZARI, OMID | 3613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18757180 | VEHICLE STEERING RACK ASSEMBLY | PRICE, MITCHELL JAMES | 3611 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18732168 | PAINTING SYSTEM NOZZLE INCLUDING A MAGNET | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 3752 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18590728 | DUAL-METAL ELECTRODE FOR METAL-AIR BATTERY | LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18395470 | TETHER STRUCTURE | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18521487 | BRACKET MEMBER FOR A VEHICLE LOCK HOUSING ASSEMBLY | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18520482 | REAR DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18470322 | SOLID OXIDE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE UNIT CELL | RIDLEY, BASIA ANNA | 4100 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18447271 | DATA LOGGING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 18229045 | Friction Reduction in Hood Latch Mechanisms for Vehicles | MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18194351 | Transmitting Information to Cause a Vehicle to Follow a Projected Path | LAMBERT, GABRIEL JOSEPH RENE | 3669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18191475 | VEHICLE SEAT MOVEMENT PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME | 3664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18183321 | Metal Supported Proton Conduction Fuel Cell with Structured Electrolyte | CHAU, LINDA N | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18153735 | VEHICLE BODY PANEL INSERT | CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 3612 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 18145680 | Vision-Based Road Feel Enhancement in Vehicles | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | 2189 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17900778 | PEDAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Aug 31, 2022 |
| 17877873 | NAVIGATION DISPLAY SYSTEM | WEISFELD, MATTHIAS S | 3661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
| 17682698 | AUTOMATIC DRIVER ASSIST SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | ALKIRSH, AHMED | 3668 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2022 |
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