Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
PlusAI Inc. has 9 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 9 distinct examiners across 8 distinct art units. Examiner assignments are fully distributed, while the art-unit structure includes limited repetition.
LI, CE LI is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The profile does not show repeated examiner concentration. Prosecution planning should therefore focus on each application’s claims and examination setting, with the shared art-unit assignments providing the main basis for identifying related technical issues.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (11%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, CE LI | 1 | 71.8% | +14.5% |
| SHUDY, ANGELINA M | 1 | 76.5% | +7.6% |
| WILBURN, MOLLY K | 1 | 90.1% | +9.0% |
| JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | 1 | 81.0% | +26.7% |
| BUTLER, MICHAEL E | 1 | 51.2% | +22.2% |
| BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 1 | 88.2% | +11.0% |
| MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | 1 | 45.6% | +33.9% |
| MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J | 1 | 75.0% | +18.3% |
| ELARABI, TAREK A | 1 | 69.2% | +37.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18979408 | SURROUNDING TRAFFIC SPEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | 35d |
| 18666592 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SAFETY SUPPORT WITH UNMANNED VEHICLES | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18243575 | DETERMINING ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES FOR NAVIGATING A VEHICLE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR EXTERNAL CONDITIONS OF THE VEHICLE | ELARABI, TAREK A | 40d |
| 19277237 | CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BASED ON DATA PROCESSING FOR A FAULTY TIRE | LI, CE LI | — |
| 19061196 | ADAPTIVE AND FUEL EFFICIENT PLANNING AND CONTROL | SHUDY, ANGELINA M | — |
| 18989547 | DETECTION OF ON-ROAD OBJECT POSITION USING MARKERS | WILBURN, MOLLY K | — |
| 18590925 | Generic Obstacle Detection in Drivable Area | MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18630908 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF HIGH BEAM OPERATION | MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | 9d |
| 18979408 | SURROUNDING TRAFFIC SPEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | 35d |
| 18243575 | DETERMINING ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES FOR NAVIGATING A VEHICLE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR EXTERNAL CONDITIONS OF THE VEHICLE | ELARABI, TAREK A | 40d |
| 19277237 | CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BASED ON DATA PROCESSING FOR A FAULTY TIRE | LI, CE LI | — |
| 18766581 | Turn and Brake Action Prediction Using Vehicle Light Detection | BUTLER, MICHAEL E | — |
| 18666592 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SAFETY SUPPORT WITH UNMANNED VEHICLES | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | — |
| 18590925 | Generic Obstacle Detection in Drivable Area | MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3668 | 1 |
| 2666 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19277237 | CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BASED ON DATA PROCESSING FOR A FAULTY TIRE | LI, CE LI | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19061196 | ADAPTIVE AND FUEL EFFICIENT PLANNING AND CONTROL | SHUDY, ANGELINA M | 3668 | §101Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18989547 | DETECTION OF ON-ROAD OBJECT POSITION USING MARKERS | WILBURN, MOLLY K | 2666 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18979408 | SURROUNDING TRAFFIC SPEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | JACKSON, DANIELLE MARIE | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18766581 | Turn and Brake Action Prediction Using Vehicle Light Detection | BUTLER, MICHAEL E | 3655 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18666592 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SAFETY SUPPORT WITH UNMANNED VEHICLES | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 3666 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18630908 | AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF HIGH BEAM OPERATION | MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18590925 | Generic Obstacle Detection in Drivable Area | MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J | 3667 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18243575 | DETERMINING ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES FOR NAVIGATING A VEHICLE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR EXTERNAL CONDITIONS OF THE VEHICLE | ELARABI, TAREK A | 3661 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPlusAI Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 9 examiners.
Ce Li Li has the most, with 1 of PlusAI Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
