Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Pirelli Tyre S.p.a.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 5 of 12 (42%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Pirelli Tyre S.p.a. has 13 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 10 distinct examiners across 5 distinct art units, showing that multiple applications share art-unit settings while examiner assignments remain more dispersed.

FISCHER, JUSTIN R is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. A focused review of that examiner's matters may identify useful response alignment, but the portfolio still requires coordination across the other examiners and units.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)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.

2
Hard (17%)
9
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (67%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FISCHER, JUSTIN R 2 44.2% +2.5%
DYE, ROBERT C 2 63.4% +11.1%
BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 2 54.4% +37.6%
PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1 63.6% +45.9%
CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C 1 67.8% +14.9%
PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1 74.4% +22.0%
USELDING, JOHN E 1 53.8% +17.9%
DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1 51.8% +16.9%
WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 1 62.8% -16.5%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17645929 PROCESS AND PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 78d overdue
19132432 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR WHEELS OF VEHICLES PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17645929 PROCESS AND PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 78d overdue
18710600 A TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS DYE, ROBERT C 5d overdue
17632018 BICYCLE TYRE DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 7d
17776024 METHOD AND PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 70d
19132432 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR WHEELS OF VEHICLES PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP —
19210982 APPARATUS FOR APPLYING RUBBERIZED ELECTRONIC TAGS TO A TYRE BEING PROCESSED CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C —
18858712 TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS DYE, ROBERT C —
18710897 TIRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS PEPITONE, MICHAEL F —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1749 6
3619 2
1745 1
1767 1
1763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19134000 BELTLESS TYRE FOR MOTOR VEHICLES FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 29, 2025
19132432 PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR WHEELS OF VEHICLES PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2025
19210982 APPARATUS FOR APPLYING RUBBERIZED ELECTRONIC TAGS TO A TYRE BEING PROCESSED CAILLOUET, CHRISTOPHER C 1745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2025
18858712 TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS DYE, ROBERT C 3619 §103 Non-Final OA — AI Ready Oct 21, 2024
18710897 TIRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2024
18710600 A TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS DYE, ROBERT C 3619 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 15, 2024
18708312 COMPOSITIONS FOR ELASTOMERIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING A NEW SECONDARY CROSS-LINKING SYSTEM AND TIRES COMPRISING THE SAME USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18552023 TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS FISCHER, JUSTIN R 1749 §103 Non-Final OA — AI Ready Sep 22, 2023
17776024 METHOD AND PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 11, 2022
17632018 BICYCLE TYRE DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1749 §103 Final Rejection 7d AI Ready Feb 01, 2022
17645929 PROCESS AND PLANT FOR BUILDING TYRES FOR VEHICLE WHEELS BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 §103§112 Final Rejection 78d overdue AI Ready Dec 23, 2021
16619595 TYRE FOR VEHICLE WHEELS WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue AI Ready Dec 05, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Pirelli Tyre S.p.a. have?

Pirelli Tyre S.p.a. has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Pirelli Tyre S.p.a. applications?

Justin R Fischer has the most, with 2 of Pirelli Tyre S.p.a.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Pirelli Tyre S.p.a.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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