Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
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.
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.
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 + other | 2 (18%) |
| §103 only | 4 (36%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (18%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBER, TAMARA L | 2 | 87.1% | +12.1% |
| WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | 1 | 70.9% | +16.8% |
| HILGENDORF, DALE W | 1 | 84.2% | +21.8% |
| NGUYEN, NGA X | 1 | 77.6% | +5.5% |
| BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 1 | 88.3% | +11.2% |
| MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | 1 | 60.4% | +16.3% |
| MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J | 1 | 75.0% | +18.8% |
| ROBERT, DANIEL M | 1 | 78.2% | +10.3% |
| ELARABI, TAREK A | 1 | 70.0% | +36.3% |
| MERLINO, DAVID P | 1 | 71.4% | +11.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18945382 | Ambiguous Lane Detection Event Miner | HILGENDORF, DALE W | 21d |
| 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18440826 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TAMPER DETECTION OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM | ROBERT, DANIEL M | 15d overdue |
| 18646649 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING A LANE CHANGE MANEUVER OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | WEBER, TAMARA L | 20d |
| 19090334 | Hierarchical Vehicle Action Prediction | WEBER, TAMARA L | — |
| 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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18440826 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TAMPER DETECTION OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM | ROBERT, DANIEL M | 15d overdue |
| 18202104 | On-Vehicle Driving Behavior Modelling | MERLINO, DAVID P | 11d overdue |
| 18646649 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING A LANE CHANGE MANEUVER OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | WEBER, TAMARA L | 20d |
| 18945382 | Ambiguous Lane Detection Event Miner | HILGENDORF, DALE W | 21d |
| 18243575 | DETERMINING ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES FOR NAVIGATING A VEHICLE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR EXTERNAL CONDITIONS OF THE VEHICLE | ELARABI, TAREK A | 40d |
| 19183316 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE BASED SCENARIO DISCOVERY TO TRAIN A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR A DRIVING SYSTEM | WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | — |
| 19090334 | Hierarchical Vehicle Action Prediction | WEBER, TAMARA L | — |
| 18666592 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SAFETY SUPPORT WITH UNMANNED VEHICLES | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3667 | 3 |
| 3662 | 2 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 2165 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19183316 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NATURAL LANGUAGE BASED SCENARIO DISCOVERY TO TRAIN A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR A DRIVING SYSTEM | WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL | 2165 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19090334 | Hierarchical Vehicle Action Prediction | WEBER, TAMARA L | 3667 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 18945382 | Ambiguous Lane Detection Event Miner | HILGENDORF, DALE W | 3662 | §112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18667969 | MAPPING AND DETECTION FOR SAFE NAVIGATION | NGUYEN, NGA X | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18666592 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SAFETY SUPPORT WITH UNMANNED VEHICLES | BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN | 3666 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18646649 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING A LANE CHANGE MANEUVER OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | WEBER, TAMARA L | 3667 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18637195 | SCENARIO-BASED MOTION PLANNING AND CONTROL FOR COASTING | MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18590925 | Generic Obstacle Detection in Drivable Area | MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J | 3667 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18440826 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TAMPER DETECTION OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM | ROBERT, DANIEL M | 3665 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18243575 | DETERMINING ACCEPTABLE RESPONSES FOR NAVIGATING A VEHICLE THAT ACCOUNTS FOR EXTERNAL CONDITIONS OF THE VEHICLE | ELARABI, TAREK A | 3661 | §102 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18202104 | On-Vehicle Driving Behavior Modelling | MERLINO, DAVID P | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
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