Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Phinia Delphi Luxembourg Sarl has 7 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are spread across 4 distinct art units. The company works with 7 distinct examiners. The 4 distinct art units suggest that some examiners are working in the same technical groups at the patent office.
PETER JOHN BERTHEAUD is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Since there are 7 pending office actions and 7 distinct examiners, each examiner is managing one matter. This means the company's current prosecution is divided among 7 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. For a practitioner, this indicates that while the technical focus is relatively concentrated, the company must still navigate the individual preferences of 7 different examiners to advance its 7 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 1 | 78.2% | +8.4% |
| HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC | 1 | 72.2% | +26.6% |
| CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | 1 | 53.1% | +41.2% |
| PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | 1 | 67.8% | +35.3% |
| GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 1 | 66.6% | +34.5% |
| SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 1 | 51.3% | +40.0% |
| LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 1 | 76.9% | +15.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18994964 | FUEL INJECTOR | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | — |
| 18850551 | INJECTION DEVICE | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | — |
| 18713740 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PINTLE FOR A FUEL INJECTOR | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| 18576971 | ROLLER TAPPET ASSEMBLY | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19120444 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING INJECTION IN A HYDROGEN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC | — |
| 18994964 | FUEL INJECTOR | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | — |
| 18850551 | INJECTION DEVICE | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | — |
| 18835645 | FUEL INJECTOR | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | — |
| 18713740 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PINTLE FOR A FUEL INJECTOR | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| 18576971 | ROLLER TAPPET ASSEMBLY | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3752 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3747 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19156194 | FUEL COMPRESSOR | BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19120444 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING INJECTION IN A HYDROGEN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | HOLBROOK, TEUTA BAJRAMOVIC | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 18994964 | FUEL INJECTOR | CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18850551 | INJECTION DEVICE | PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18835645 | FUEL INJECTOR | GREENLUND, JOSEPH A | 3752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18713740 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PINTLE FOR A FUEL INJECTOR | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 3752 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18576971 | ROLLER TAPPET ASSEMBLY | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 3700 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
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