Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nissan North America, Inc.

23 pending office actions • 16 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 76 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
12
Due this month
3
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
20
Medium (87%)
3
Easy (13%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (65%)
§102 only5 (22%)
§112 only3 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
17% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
2
Communications
9% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
70% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG 1 82.8% +13.1%
BARAKAT, MOHAMED 1 73.9% +23.4%
TISSOT, ADAM D 1 79.5% +21.6%
LE, HUAN G 1 88.6% +13.4%
EUSTAQUIO, CAL J 1 63.2% +35.8%
BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J 1 81.3% +7.6%
BROWN, EMILY GAIL 1 74.0% +18.1%
DHANANI, SHAMS 1 93.9% +7.5%
MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE 1 64.6% +31.5%
BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL 1 55.4% +41.0%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18791064 Evidence Grid for Vehicle Navigation CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG 10d overdue
18586071 CENTER CONSOLE BRACKET LE, HUAN G 4d overdue
18395470 TETHER STRUCTURE BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J 4d overdue
18515042 Crossbeam Stabilization in Vehicles DHANANI, SHAMS 29d

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
18521487 BRACKET MEMBER FOR A VEHICLE LOCK HOUSING ASSEMBLY BROWN, EMILY GAIL 58d overdue
18791064 Evidence Grid for Vehicle Navigation CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG 10d overdue
18586071 CENTER CONSOLE BRACKET LE, HUAN G 4d overdue
18228553 Map and Kinematic Prediction BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL 8d
18428974 Driving Behavior Analysis and Correction EUSTAQUIO, CAL J 21d
18651430 Intelligent Eco Mode Optimization for Battery Electric Vehicles TISSOT, ADAM D 27d
18680650 Synchronizing Ambient Cabin Experience with Drive Mode BARAKAT, MOHAMED 56d
18229045 Friction Reduction in Hood Latch Mechanisms for Vehicles MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3665 3
3675 3
3663 2
1721 2
3668 2
2689 1
3655 1
2686 1
3636 1
3614 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18791064 Evidence Grid for Vehicle Navigation CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18680650 Synchronizing Ambient Cabin Experience with Drive Mode BARAKAT, MOHAMED 2689 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending May 31, 2024
18651430 Intelligent Eco Mode Optimization for Battery Electric Vehicles TISSOT, ADAM D 3663 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18586071 CENTER CONSOLE BRACKET LE, HUAN G 3655 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024
18428974 Driving Behavior Analysis and Correction EUSTAQUIO, CAL J 2686 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18395470 TETHER STRUCTURE BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18521487 BRACKET MEMBER FOR A VEHICLE LOCK HOUSING ASSEMBLY BROWN, EMILY GAIL 3675 §102 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18515042 Crossbeam Stabilization in Vehicles DHANANI, SHAMS 3614 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18229045 Friction Reduction in Hood Latch Mechanisms for Vehicles MERLINO, ALYSON MARIE 3675 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2023
18228553 Map and Kinematic Prediction BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18341401 Electrolyte Formulation for Lithium-Ion Batteries CLAUDIO VAZQUEZ, ADRIANA PAOLA 1717 §112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 26, 2023
18319863 Modified Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Batteries IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 18, 2023
18308627 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSITIONING VEHICLE CONTROL MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18295070 SOLID OXIDE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND UNIT CELL THEREOF GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 03, 2023
18194351 Transmitting Information to Cause a Vehicle to Follow a Projected Path LAMBERT, GABRIEL JOSEPH RENE 3669 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18186338 Modified Anode for Lithium Metal Battery for Uniform Lithium Deposition SMITH, JEREMIAH R 1723 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18153735 VEHICLE BODY PANEL INSERT CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 12, 2023
18145680 Vision-Based Road Feel Enhancement in Vehicles TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI 2189 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 22, 2022
18069188 VEHICLE DOOR LOCKING ASSEMBLY WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 20, 2022
17978056 VEHICLE ON-BOARD UNIT MERLINO, DAVID P 3665 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17900778 PEDAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN 3663 §103 Final Rejection 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 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2022

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