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Volkswagen AG: all pending office actions

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App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19480265 VEHICLE HAVING A RESTRAINT DEVICE GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH 3614 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2025
18551589 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ITEMS OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE MOVEMENT OF A VEHICLE WU, PAYSUN 3665 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 20, 2023
18001240 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING THE POWER OF FUEL CELL SYSTEMS IN A VEHICLE ARCIERO, ADAM A 1727 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2022
19479539 Method for Activating a Vehicle Function, Vehicle Function System, and Vehicle ALKIRSH, AHMED 3668 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2025
19331934 SNAP-ON SEALING RING FOR EXTERNALLY SEALING A SHAFT CONNECTION LEE, GILBERT Y 3675 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2025
19291202 Method For Operating An Assistance System Of An Ego Vehicle TO, TUAN C 3661 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2025
19245895 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACCUMULATOR AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN ACCUMULATOR GOFF II, JOHN L 1746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 23, 2025
19134007 A METHOD FOR GUIDING A BOWDEN CABLE PLUG-IN CONNECTION TO AN END POSITION IN A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, GUIDE SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A BOWDEN CABLE PLUG-IN CONNECTION TO AN END POSITION IN A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, AND BOWDEN CABLE SYSTEM FOR A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE LUGO, CARLOS 3675 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2025
19176979 Method For Operating At Least One Luminaire Of A Vehicle And Luminaire TRAN, MINH 2845 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2025
19116199 METHOD FOR SITUATION-BASED ACTUATION OF LIGHTING ALONG A ROAD LUONG, HENRY T 2845 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19114270 STEERING COLUMN SWITCH, STEERING WHEEL SYSTEM, MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD AU, SCOTT D 2624 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 21, 2025
19041676 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING A HANDS-OFF STATE AT A STEERING WHEEL OF A VEHICLE MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 3669 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19033652 Method For Sensing Surroundings Of A Vehicle By Means Of A Sensor System On The Basis Of Consecutive Interconnection Of Subarrays Of The Sensor System, And Sensor System And Vehicle WINDRICH, MARCUS E 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2025
19020772 DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR LOCKING AND/OR UNLOCKING AN OBJECT ALIZADA, OMEED 2686 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19018105 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRAJECTORIES FOR AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 3665 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 13, 2025
19015259 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LONGITUDINALLY GUIDING A MOTOR VEHICLE SHUDY, ANGELINA M 3668 §112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 09, 2025
18881387 Method for Operating a Vehicle, and Vehicle BARAKAT, MOHAMED 2689 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
19007376 MOTORCYCLE LANE SPLITTING DETECTION SYSTEM MOORE, WHITNEY 3646 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
18990852 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SPECIFIC CONNECTIVITY QUALITY OF SERVICE ALONG A ROUTE OF A VEHICLE WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER 2477 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18914121 METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTERCONNECTED COMPONENTS OF AN INTERIOR-TRIM PART, AND INTERCONNECTED COMPONENTS OF AN INTERIOR-TRIM PART CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 12, 2024
18902039 METHOD FOR INFLUENCING AN AGING PROCESS OF A COMPONENT OF AN EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, CONTROL UNIT, DRIVING MACHINE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA 3665 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18885279 VALIDATING A TRAVEL CORRIDOR FOR LATERAL GUIDANCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE HORNER, MINATO LEE 3665 §102§103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2024
18839531 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED COORDINATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF A PLURALITY OF ROBOTS EVANS, KARSTON G 3657 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 19, 2024
18782968 BRAKE ELEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BRAKE ELEMENT TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 3655 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2024
18763751 METHOD FOR CALENDERING AN ELECTRODE TAPE, AND CALENDERING DEVICE EKIERT, TERESA M 3725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18737213 TRACTION NETWORK FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TRACTION NETWORK PHAM, DUC M 2849 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18734456 Method And Assistance System For Parking Support By Means Of A Hybrid Map, Corresponding Digital Hybrid Map, And Correspondingly Configured Motor Vehicle ROBINSON, KITO R 3664 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18715028 METHODS FOR IMPROVING A HANDOVER, APPARATUS, VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM EMADI, MARYAM NMN 2478 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 30, 2024
18713593 MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E 2621 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending May 24, 2024
18713380 METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT FOR INCREASING A SIGNAL STRENGTH, METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE, APPARATUS, VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM LEE, JOHN J 2649 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2024
18713125 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ORGANIZING ACCESS TO A SHARED MEMORY OF A VEHICLE LI, SIDNEY 2137 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2024
18667747 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A CRANKCASE SYSTEM, CRANKCASE SYSTEM, VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN 3663 §101§103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18710583 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR TESTING THE INSTALLATION OR REMOVAL OF AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT HARRISON, CHANTE E 2615 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18649858 METHOD FOR BIDIRECTIONAL ENERGY EXCHANGE BETWEEN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND A CHARGING STATION, AND ARRANGEMENT BERHANU, SAMUEL 2859 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18647823 BATTERY CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A BATTERY CELL CULLEN, SEAN P 1725 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18646686 LITHIUM-ION BATTERY SCHULER, JACOB JEROME 1727 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18644983 ANODE MATERIAL, BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANODE MATERIAL SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S 1723 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18634658 PASSENGER-COMPARTMENT COMPONENT FOR AN AIR VENT, AIR VENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD HAMILTON, FRANCES F 3762 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2024
18698736 A CONCEPT FOR CONTROLLING AN UPDATE PROCESS OF A COMPUTATIONAL FUNCTION BLOCK IN A VEHICLE SOLTANZADEH, AMIR 2191 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18621963 COATING DEVICE, METHOD, AND ELECTRODE THOMAS, BINU 1798 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 29, 2024
18607462 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLID-STATE BATTERY CELL MCCONNELL, WYATT P 1727 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 16, 2024
18605545 METHOD FOR OPERATING A ROLLING DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE SHEET, AND ROLLING DEVICE WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18691247 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRODE OF A SOLID-STATE BATTERY CELL WEI, YVONNE 1722 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18294000 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS YEA, JI-HAE P 2471 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18424270 Method and Device for Autonomous Movement of a Vehicle in a Variably Optimized Dynamic Driving State SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18542740 METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY WILENSKY, MOSHE K 3725 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 17, 2023
18542732 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN END WALL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING END WALLS OF MOTOR VEHICLE BODIES OF DIFFERENT MOTOR VEHICLE TYPES COOK, KYLE A 3726 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2023
18542730 BATTERY WITH OPTIMIZED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLABILITY HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC 1772 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2023
18541363 TRANSFORMER-BASED AI PLANNER FOR LANE CHANGING ON MULTI-LANE ROAD ROBERT, DANIEL M 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18536380 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A STATE OF CHARGE OF A BATTERY CELL AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A STATE OF CHARGE OF A BATTERY CELL NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 2857 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 12, 2023
18508916 RADIO-OPTICAL SENSOR SYSTEM FOR ENVIRONMENT DETECTION LI, YONGHONG 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18560017 METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY CHARGING A DRIVE BATTERY, COMPUTER PROGRAMME PRODUCT, AND STORAGE MEANS FANTU, YALKEW 2859 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 09, 2023
18499065 VEHICLE SUSPENSION FOR TRAILER COUPLING MECHANISM AND VEHICLE SUPPORT FRISBY, KEITH J 3614 §102§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18373512 HYBRID 3D SENSING USING TIME-OF-FLIGHT, EVENT-BASED STRUCTURED LIGHT AND STEREO VISION HELLNER, MARK 3645 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023
18263807 METHOD, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DATA CARRIER SIGNAL BEAN, GRIFFIN TANNER 2121 §101§112 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 01, 2023
18260368 Method, Computer Program, and Device for Operating an AI Module HILAIRE, CLIFFORD 2488 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jul 05, 2023
18027884 METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 3669 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2023
18044275 Teaching Trajectories in a Motor Vehicle CROMER, ANDREW J 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2023
18005881 Method and System for Monitoring a Wireless Communication Network ASRES, HERMON 2449 §102§103 Non-Final OA 155d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
17923042 Driving Dynamics Control of a Vehicle by Means of Dampers HEIM, MARK ROBERT 3668 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 03, 2022
17874753 METHOD FOR REDUCING CARBON FOOTPRINT LEVERAGING A COST FUNCTION FOR FOCUSED OPTIMIZATION GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON 3628 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 27, 2022
17835838 GENERATING AND ANALYZING MATERIAL STRUCTURES BASED ON NEURAL NETWORKS COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 08, 2022
17639207 Method and System for Determining an Electrical System State of at Least One Motor Vehicle FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L 2857 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2022
17564002 GENERATING SYNTHETIC TRAINING DATA FOR PERCEPTION MACHINE LEARNING MODELS USING DATA GENERATORS GRUSZKA, DANIEL PATRICK 2121 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2021
17613018 MONITORING OF AN AI MODULE OF A VEHICLE DRIVING FUNCTION WONG, WILLIAM 2144 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 19, 2021

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