Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Panasonic Automotive Systems Company Of America Division Of Panasonic Corporation Of North America

8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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%)
7
Medium (88%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
§102 only1 (12%)
§112 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
4
Communications
50% of docket
3
Semiconductors
38% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WARMFLASH, MICHAEL J 1 80.6% +20.8%
WALLACE, DONALD JOSEPH 1 76.6% +16.2%
PHAM, QUANG 1 54.3% +57.3%
FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK 1 68.3% +14.6%
DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER 1 39.2% +40.6%
DIAZ, SABRINA 1 73.8% +23.3%
SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH 1 75.8% +45.5%
PATEL, RAKESH BHASKARBHAI 1 91.6% +13.3%

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
18107480 CIRCUIT FILTER NETWORK PATEL, RAKESH BHASKARBHAI 157d overdue
19096142 Powerline Communication Wi-Fi Camera Authentication And Video Transmission WARMFLASH, MICHAEL J 28d

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
18107480 CIRCUIT FILTER NETWORK PATEL, RAKESH BHASKARBHAI 157d overdue
18423399 QUASI-STEREO SINGLE WOOFER SYSTEM DIAZ, SABRINA 117d overdue
18473690 DETECTING TARGET VEHICLES USING NON-STANDARD FEATURES SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH 92d overdue
18945750 Driver Head Position Camera Feed Variability PHAM, QUANG 50d overdue
18623167 Fluid Assisted Thermoelectric PCB Thermal Management System DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER 9d overdue
19096142 Powerline Communication Wi-Fi Camera Authentication And Video Transmission WARMFLASH, MICHAEL J 28d
18947798 AUTOMOTIVE TRAILER PATH PREDICTION WALLACE, DONALD JOSEPH 30d
18935043 Dual Capacitive Touch Confirmation FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2849 1
3665 1
2685 1
2622 1
2835 1
2693 1
2672 1
2843 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19096142 Powerline Communication Wi-Fi Camera Authentication And Video Transmission WARMFLASH, MICHAEL J 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 31, 2025
18947798 AUTOMOTIVE TRAILER PATH PREDICTION WALLACE, DONALD JOSEPH 3665 §112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 14, 2024
18945750 Driver Head Position Camera Feed Variability PHAM, QUANG 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2024
18935043 Dual Capacitive Touch Confirmation FOX, JOSEPH PATRICK 2622 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 01, 2024
18623167 Fluid Assisted Thermoelectric PCB Thermal Management System DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2024
18423399 QUASI-STEREO SINGLE WOOFER SYSTEM DIAZ, SABRINA 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18473690 DETECTING TARGET VEHICLES USING NON-STANDARD FEATURES SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH 2672 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18107480 CIRCUIT FILTER NETWORK PATEL, RAKESH BHASKARBHAI 2843 §102 Non-Final OA 157d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2023

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