Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
71 pending office actions • 41 art units • 69 examiners • 0 of 71 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 264 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rivian Ip Holdings LLC manages 74 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution of these actions involves 71 distinct examiners, showing that almost every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This high level of examiner diversity is paired with a presence in 42 distinct art units, indicating a wide technical footprint within the transportation sector.
KESSIE, DANIEL is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This low number of pending actions for the busiest examiner, relative to the 74 total pending office actions, underscores the decentralized nature of Rivian's patent prosecution. Practitioners should expect to engage with a broad array of 71 distinct examiners across 42 distinct art units when managing this portfolio. The ratio of examiners to actions suggests that there is very little opportunity to leverage consistent examiner relationships across multiple matters. This decentralized profile requires a tailored approach for each of the 74 pending office actions, as they are spread across a vast number of technical groups and individual reviewers.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 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. 21 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 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (8%) |
| §103 only | 23 (32%) |
| §102 only | 10 (14%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 30 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KESSIE, DANIEL | 2 | 62.2% | +24.1% |
| STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 2 | 56.4% | +80.4% |
| BAHL, SANGEETA | 1 | 20.7% | +19.7% |
| SHAAWAT, MUSSA A | 1 | 76.6% | +5.8% |
| GREENE, MARK L | 1 | 76.0% | +19.8% |
| MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | 1 | 60.4% | +16.0% |
| BUKHARI, AQEEL H | 1 | 85.6% | +14.3% |
| KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | 1 | 57.0% | +26.9% |
| MULDER, DOMINICK ANTHONY CHIR | 1 | 71.3% | +21.0% |
| CASS, JEAN PAUL | 1 | 73.0% | +25.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19225987 | LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY-LESS ARCHITECTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES | BUKHARI, AQEEL H | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18341073 | VEHICLE SHELVING CONVEYANCE AND STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SNELTING, JONATHAN D | 117d overdue |
| 18109192 | PREDICTING MAINTENANCE SERVICINGS FOR A FLEET OF VEHICLES | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 9d |
| 18147508 | BATTERY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHODS | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 12d |
| 18089841 | FLUSH DROPPABLE GLASS ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR OR TAILGATE OF A VEHICLE | GUTMAN, HILARY L | 14d |
| 17866186 | CHARGING MANAGEMENT ENGINE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA | 15d |
| 18782718 | RECONFIGURATION OF DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGING POWER ELECTRONIC MODULE TO PERFORM VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | AHMED, YUSEF A | 16d |
| 17353358 | CELL CARRIER WITH INTEGRATED SIDE WALLS | ROSENBAUM, AMANDA R | 22d |
| 18628567 | DYNAMIC PRESENTATION OF VEHICLE ACTION PREDICTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING | ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM | 27d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19376197 | DATA-DRIVEN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DAY-BY-DAY DIARIES OF VEHICLE USAGE FOR DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS | BAHL, SANGEETA | — |
| 19302303 | INSTANT SUSPENSION MODE DIFFERENTIATION | GREENE, MARK L | — |
| 19242854 | SLEEP STATE MONITORING FOR VEHICLES | MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | — |
| 19225987 | LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY-LESS ARCHITECTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES | BUKHARI, AQEEL H | — |
| 19218040 | MODULAR SCALABLE PLATFORM ZONAL ARCHITECTURE PACKAGING | KESSIE, DANIEL | — |
| 19218038 | DIRECT CONNECT LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY TO ZONAL CONTROLLER | KESSIE, DANIEL | — |
| 19216433 | BLIND SPOT VIEW ENHANCEMENTS FOR VEHICLES | KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | — |
| 19200531 | ZONAL ARCHITECTURE CIRCUIT DESIGN | MULDER, DOMINICK ANTHONY CHIR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1727 | 4 |
| 3665 | 3 |
| 3626 | 2 |
| 3747 | 2 |
| 3668 | 2 |
| 2836 | 2 |
| 3667 | 2 |
| 3634 | 2 |
| 3734 | 2 |
| 2834 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19376197 | DATA-DRIVEN SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DAY-BY-DAY DIARIES OF VEHICLE USAGE FOR DURABILITY AND RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS | BAHL, SANGEETA | 3626 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19310701 | DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING DRIVER VEHICLE INFORMATION FOR VEHICLES | SHAAWAT, MUSSA A | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19302303 | INSTANT SUSPENSION MODE DIFFERENTIATION | GREENE, MARK L | 3747 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19242854 | SLEEP STATE MONITORING FOR VEHICLES | MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19225987 | LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY-LESS ARCHITECTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES | BUKHARI, AQEEL H | 2849 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19218040 | MODULAR SCALABLE PLATFORM ZONAL ARCHITECTURE PACKAGING | KESSIE, DANIEL | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19218038 | DIRECT CONNECT LOW VOLTAGE BATTERY TO ZONAL CONTROLLER | KESSIE, DANIEL | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19216433 | BLIND SPOT VIEW ENHANCEMENTS FOR VEHICLES | KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | 2421 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19200531 | ZONAL ARCHITECTURE CIRCUIT DESIGN | MULDER, DOMINICK ANTHONY CHIR | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19182417 | FAIL SAFE LATCH SYSTEM | CASS, JEAN PAUL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19175960 | FIELD DETERMINATION FOR OBSTACLE DETECTION | HOLLOWAY, JASON R | 3658 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19174778 | SLEEP STATE CONSUMPTION ESTIMATION FOR VEHICLES | SOOD, ANSHUL | 3667 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19086917 | VISUAL GADGET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 3669 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19076151 | REAL-TIME CONTEXTUAL FEEDBACK FOR NAVIGATION APPLICATION | CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19071607 | ZONAL CONTROLLER PACKAGING | ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19070214 | DYNAMIC VEHICLE RENDERING SYSTEM | LI, JAI WEI TOMMY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19064912 | SEATBACK STRAPS AND ACCESSORY ATTACHMENT | THEIS, MATTHEW T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19059066 | DETECTION OF OPEN WIRES IN BATTERY MODULES | MURSHED, OSAMAH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19025925 | VOLTAGE MONITORING USING HIERARCHICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SAFETY CRITICAL APPLICATIONS | NGUYEN, TUNG X | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19023036 | DYNAMIC OPACITY VARIATION FOR VEHICLE ROOF GLASS SYSTEM | CHUNG, DAVID Y | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19002461 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL HINGES FOR VEHICLE CLOSURES | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18965978 | AUGMENTING VEHICLE ROUTING INFORMATION | BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW | 3667 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18911134 | REDUNDANT SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A CONTROLLED STOP IN AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM | SHARMA, SHIVAM | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18896364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTOR REGENERATION | MASIH, KAREN | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18782718 | RECONFIGURATION OF DIRECT CURRENT FAST CHARGING POWER ELECTRONIC MODULE TO PERFORM VEHICLE-TO-VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | AHMED, YUSEF A | 2838 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18778730 | PORTABLE SHELTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 3636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18753339 | DIGITAL MICROMIRROR DEVICE IN HIGH RESOLUTION LAMP | CATTANACH, COLIN J | 2875 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18653134 | TERMINAL BLOCK FOR MOUNTING DC LINK CAPACITOR | BUI, HUNG S | 2841 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18641209 | INVERTER MODULE INTEGRATABLY MOUNTABLE WITH DRIVE UNIT OF VEHICLE | SHRIVER II, JAMES A | 3613 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18628567 | DYNAMIC PRESENTATION OF VEHICLE ACTION PREDICTIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING | ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM | 3668 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18596550 | AIRFLOW CONTROL FOR HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18444290 | HINGE FOR MITIGATING FORCE TRANSFER | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18440950 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES | NASH, BRIAN D | 3734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18426193 | CLIPS FOR ASSEMBLY | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18415541 | HIT-AND-RUN DETECTION FOR VEHICLES | THOMAS, SOUMYA | 2664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18404101 | STATOR WINDINGS WITH ODD CONDUCTORS LAYERS | CHANG, MINKI | 2834 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18398694 | AUXILIARY ENERGY SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE | MCCONNELL, WYATT P | 1727 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2023 |
| 18540724 | ELECTROLYTE FILLING OF BATTERY CELL | KNOWLAN, KEVIN MICHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18529695 | HYBRID POWER CONVERTER CONNECTED TO AN ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM | WILLIAMS, ARUN C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18528059 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE COMPONENTS | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18487962 | VEHICLE DRIVE MODES AND ASSOCIATED USER INTERFACES | REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18476567 | THERMAL COMPONENT FOR BATTERY PACK | CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY | 1751 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18447899 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSIENT SUPPRESSION | NGUYEN, DANNY | 2800 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18341073 | VEHICLE SHELVING CONVEYANCE AND STORAGE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SNELTING, JONATHAN D | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 117d overdue | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18341061 | TEMPERATURE SENSING APPARATUS | WEI, ZHONGQING | 1727 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18341187 | HEADER APPARATUS | LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM | 1724 | §103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18194254 | VEHICLE GRILLE GUARD AND TIRE CARRIER | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | 3612 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18193924 | FOLDABLE HEATING APPARATUS | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18129172 | MULTIHEAD DEEP LEARNING MODEL FOR OBJECTS IN 3D SPACE | MA, MICHELLE HAU | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18193090 | BULKHEAD FITTING | RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER | 3679 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
| 18123740 | MODULAR ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY PACK FRAME HAVING EXTRUDED ALUMINUM STRUCTURAL MEMBERS | BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH | 1727 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2023 |
| 18109192 | PREDICTING MAINTENANCE SERVICINGS FOR A FLEET OF VEHICLES | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 18091230 | TELEMATICS-BASED FLEET CHARGING | HENZE, DAVID V | 2859 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 18147293 | TEXTURED ELECTRODE TAB | RAMOS RIVERA, GILBERTO | 1725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18147508 | BATTERY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHODS | HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18089841 | FLUSH DROPPABLE GLASS ASSEMBLY FOR A DOOR OR TAILGATE OF A VEHICLE | GUTMAN, HILARY L | 3612 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
| 18085790 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NOISE DETECTION AND RESPONSE | YAARY, MICHAEL D | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18054661 | LAYERED ELECTRODE | EOFF, ANCA | 1722 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2022 |
| 18053213 | INTERCHANGEABLE MEMBER FOR A VEHICLE | HELVEY, PETER N. | 3734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Nov 07, 2022 |
| 17897382 | BATTERY ELECTRODE AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF | HA, STEVEN S | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17866186 | CHARGING MANAGEMENT ENGINE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA | 3692 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jul 15, 2022 |
| 17866238 | BATTERY PACK INSULATION SUPPORT | BILLIET, AMANDA JUNE | 1729 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2022 |
| 17856444 | MICRON- AND SUBMICRON-SIZED LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE PARTICLES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME | MARTIN, ANGELA J | 1727 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jul 01, 2022 |
| 17847503 | ADHESIVE ADDITIVE FOR ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | CAPOZZI, CHARLES | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | 124d overdue | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
| 17833362 | BATTERY MODULE FLEX CIRCUIT | ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Jun 06, 2022 |
| 17748600 | STATOR CORE OF STACKED LAMINATIONS WITH COOLANT FLOW CHANNELS | MATES, ROBERT E | 2834 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 17740555 | BATTERY PACK APPARATUS | FREEMAN, EMILY ELIZABETH | 1724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | May 10, 2022 |
| 17557380 | MULTI-MODAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 21, 2021 |
| 17534649 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HEATING BATTERIES | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 2846 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2021 |
| 17380344 | BATTERY PACK VENTING | DISNEY, CHRISTINE CONLON | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Jul 20, 2021 |
| 17353358 | CELL CARRIER WITH INTEGRATED SIDE WALLS | ROSENBAUM, AMANDA R | 1752 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 21, 2021 |
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