Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd.

42 pending office actions • 32 art units • 42 examiners • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 70 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

42
Total Pending OAs
30
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 42 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
5
Due this week
11
Due this month
7
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 42 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 7 days (5)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (7)Due later (1)

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.

5
Hard (12%)
33
Medium (79%)
2
Easy (5%)
2
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (12%)
§103 only29 (69%)
§102 only4 (10%)
§112 only2 (5%)
No statute on record2 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
7
Information Tech
17% of docket
17
Communications
40% of docket
6
Semiconductors
14% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

420 h
Manual time on pending OAs
84 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
147 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LAM, VINH TANG 1 72.2% +9.0%
NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 1 90.5% +7.2%
SHEN, YUZHEN 1 70.7% +13.2%
CRAWLEY, KEITH L 1 59.0% +26.3%
WILSON, DOUGLAS M 1 75.3% +15.7%
LA, ANH V 1 84.4% +14.3%
BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW 1 84.2% +11.4%
ALIZADA, OMEED 1 77.5% +32.9%
GEBRE, MESSERET F 1 55.3% +20.2%
CRIBBS, MALCOLM 1 88.8% +14.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18982770 DISPLAY SYSTEM, CAMERA MONITORING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW 39d
18985809 ASSISTANCE DEVICE, ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT LA, ANH V 70d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18609455 ON-BOARD DEVICE AND ON-BOARD DEVICE SELF-DIAGNOSIS METHOD GIBSON, JONATHAN D 104d overdue
18765423 EXIT SUPPORT METHOD AND EXIT SUPPORT DEVICE MIRZA, ADNAN M 58d overdue
18612676 MARKER, EDGE DETECTION DEVICE, AND EDGE DETECTION METHOD NAKHJAVAN, SHERVIN K 8d overdue
18952388 ASSESSMENT APPARATUS AND ASSESSMENT METHOD CRIBBS, MALCOLM 9d
19022726 ANALYSIS DEVICE AND ANALYSIS METHOD NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 12d

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
19011134 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM SHEN, YUZHEN 72d overdue
19000104 DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A CONTROLLABLE BACKLIGHT CRAWLEY, KEITH L 26d overdue
18980658 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ALIZADA, OMEED 5d
19000051 DISPLAY DEVICE WILSON, DOUGLAS M 6d
18952388 ASSESSMENT APPARATUS AND ASSESSMENT METHOD CRIBBS, MALCOLM 9d
18982770 DISPLAY SYSTEM, CAMERA MONITORING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW 39d
18952361 RELAY DEVICE, RELAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM GEBRE, MESSERET F 41d
18985809 ASSISTANCE DEVICE, ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT LA, ANH V 70d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3667 3
2872 3
3661 2
2623 2
2685 2
2445 2
3665 2
3747 2
2628 1
2626 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19219265 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LAM, VINH TANG 2628 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending May 27, 2025
19022726 ANALYSIS DEVICE AND ANALYSIS METHOD NGUYEN, TAN QUANG 3661 §101 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 15, 2025
19011134 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM SHEN, YUZHEN 2623 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2025
19000104 DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A CONTROLLABLE BACKLIGHT CRAWLEY, KEITH L 2626 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2024
19000051 DISPLAY DEVICE WILSON, DOUGLAS M 2622 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18985809 ASSISTANCE DEVICE, ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT LA, ANH V 2685 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Dec 18, 2024
18982770 DISPLAY SYSTEM, CAMERA MONITORING SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY METHOD BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW 3667 §112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Dec 16, 2024
18980658 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM ALIZADA, OMEED 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Dec 13, 2024
18952361 RELAY DEVICE, RELAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM GEBRE, MESSERET F 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18952388 ASSESSMENT APPARATUS AND ASSESSMENT METHOD CRIBBS, MALCOLM 2497 §101 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18930577 PARKING SUPPORT METHOD AND PARKING SUPPORT DEVICE LI, CE LI 3661 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18917437 DRIVING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON ROBERT, DANIEL M 3665 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 16, 2024
18917392 PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PARKING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RECORDED THEREON LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 Other Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18904727 PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE AZIZ, ADNAN 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2024
18893359 MOBILE ENTITY CONTROL DEVICE, AND MOBILE ENTITY CONTROL METHOD TISSOT, ADAM D 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2024
18891863 DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND READABLE BY COMPUTER WILSON, BRIAN P 2689 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Sep 20, 2024
18887677 PROJECTION DEVICE AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY CASTIAUX, BRENT D 2623 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Sep 17, 2024
18824542 LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD MONIKANG, GEORGE C 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 04, 2024
18808782 DIAPHRAGM AND ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER MOONEY, JAMES K 2695 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024
18795466 DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 06, 2024
18789973 ANOMALY DETECTION DEVICE AND ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18777305 PARKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PARKING ASSISTANCE RECORDING MEDIUM HUYNH, LUAT T 3667 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 18, 2024
18771833 ELECTRODE STRUCTURE AND GRIP SENSOR ZAKARIA, AKM 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18770115 PSEUDO-SOUND GENERATION DEVICE BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 11, 2024
18765423 EXIT SUPPORT METHOD AND EXIT SUPPORT DEVICE MIRZA, ADNAN M 3667 §101 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2024
18755024 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM MISIURA, BRIAN THOMAS 2175 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18742868 IMAGING DEVICE CHANG, FANG-CHI 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18733447 ANALYSIS SUPPORT METHOD AND ANALYSIS SUPPORT DEVICE KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT 2408 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2024
18665695 CONTENT DISPLAY METHOD BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 2171 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending May 16, 2024
18643442 MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR DRIVING-CHARACTERISTICS IMPROVING ASSISTANCE DATA ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18635792 SOLDER MOUNTING LAND AND CHARGER DINH, TUAN T 2848 Other Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18630311 DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18627140 VEHICLE SECURITY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE SECURITY DEVICE DOAN, TAN 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18623262 ASSIST INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM WANG, YUEHAN 2617 §103 Non-Final OA 138d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18615788 THRESHOLD-VALUE SETTING DEVICE AND THRESHOLD-VALUE SETTING METHOD TRAN, DUY ANH 2674 §102 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18613861 ULTRASONIC SENSOR HAILE, BENYAM 2688 §103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18612624 DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 3665 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18612676 MARKER, EDGE DETECTION DEVICE, AND EDGE DETECTION METHOD NAKHJAVAN, SHERVIN K 2672 §101 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2024
18609455 ON-BOARD DEVICE AND ON-BOARD DEVICE SELF-DIAGNOSIS METHOD GIBSON, JONATHAN D 2113 §101 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Mar 19, 2024
18606221 LANE CHANGE ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND LANE CHANGE ASSISTANCE METHOD GREENE, MARK L 3747 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18601653 VEHICULAR IMAGING DEVICE MOSER, SETH DAVID 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 11, 2024
18594714 HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE OESTREICH, MITCHELL T 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024

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