Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
785 pending office actions • 235 art units • 659 examiners • 0 of 785 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,174 patents granted in the last 365 days
Robert Bosch GmbH maintains a large-scale prosecution operation with 805 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 193 distinct art units, indicating the company's extensive reach across mechanical and electronic systems. The involvement of 672 distinct examiners shows a high degree of fragmentation in the examination process.
KING, BRADLEY T is the busiest examiner, but he only manages 5 pending office actions. This number is low relative to the 805 total pending actions. Navigating 193 distinct art units requires a strategy to manage the diverse range of examiner expectations across the 672 distinct examiners. Consistency in legal arguments is necessary while addressing the specific requirements of the various units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 192 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. 192 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 | 12 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 146 (19%) |
| §103 only | 241 (31%) |
| §102 only | 46 (6%) |
| §112 only | 22 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (0%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 8 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 304 (39%) |
| No statute on record | 5 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, BRADLEY T | 5 | 70.8% | +22.5% |
| TRAN, LONG T | 4 | 83.2% | +13.8% |
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | 4 | 78.7% | +14.1% |
| CHEN, KUANG FU | 4 | 79.7% | +69.0% |
| LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3 | 81.9% | +11.6% |
| NGUYEN, CUONG H | 3 | 78.7% | +8.9% |
| ROYSTON, JOHN M | 3 | 77.8% | +17.0% |
| LANE, NICHOLAS J | 3 | 65.8% | +6.7% |
| TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE | 3 | 84.6% | +11.7% |
| HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 3 | 67.4% | +25.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18246900 | AXIAL FORCE TRANSMITTER FOR AN ACTUATING DEVICE OF A BRAKE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AXIAL FORCE TRANSMITTER | TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE | 30d overdue |
| 19129953 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE | TRAN, LONG T | — |
| 19109275 | INJECTION VALVE FOR FUELS, CYLINDER HEAD WITH INJECTION VALVE, METHOD FOR INSTALLING AN INJECTION VALVE INTO A CYLINDER HEAD, AND USE OF A CYLINDRICAL RECEPTACLE OF A CYLINDER HEAD AS THE OUTER SHELL OF AN INJECTION VALVE | TRAN, LONG T | — |
| 19052687 | Method for Waking up a Steering Control Unit | TRAN, LONG T | — |
| 18695733 | BRAKING DEVICE, ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKING SYSTEM | TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17651978 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FUSED SENSOR DETECTION CONDITION | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | 188d overdue |
| 17788197 | Hand-Held Power Tool Device, Hand-Held Power Tool having the Hand-Held Power Tool Device, and Accessories having the Hand-Held Power Tool Device | SHUM, KENT N | 147d overdue |
| 18439935 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A SAFETY-CRITICAL COMPUTER SYSTEM | BRYAN, JASON B | 146d overdue |
| 17372586 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING DATA | BLAIR, DOUGLAS B | 124d overdue |
| 18687001 | COOLING PLATE | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 87d overdue |
| 18184791 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMIZED BASIS FUNCTIONS FOR DESCRIBING TRAJECTORIES | HOOVER, BRENT JOHNSTON | 81d overdue |
| 17723939 | COMPUTATIONAL METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING A BIOPOLYMER PROPERTY OF A BIOPOLYMER | SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA | 77d overdue |
| 17841840 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL CATALYST LAYERS | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 74d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18556834 | BRAKE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BRAKING A VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST TWO AXLES | WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | 37d overdue |
| 18246900 | AXIAL FORCE TRANSMITTER FOR AN ACTUATING DEVICE OF A BRAKE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AXIAL FORCE TRANSMITTER | TORRES WILLIAMS, MELANIE | 30d overdue |
| 18496876 | Method for Processing and Assessing the Integrity of GNSS Position Information | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 8d overdue |
| 18548144 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A HYDRAULIC VOLUME | KING, BRADLEY T | 1d overdue |
| 18005433 | Hydraulic Block for a Hydraulic Assembly for a Traction Control System of a Hydraulic Vehicle Braking System | KING, BRADLEY T | 12d |
| 18394190 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR A RADAR SENSOR, METHOD FOR SUPPLYING ENERGY TO A RADAR SENSOR, RADAR SENSOR AND MOTOR VEHICLE | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 22d |
| 19085745 | Hand-Held Power Tool | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 35d |
| 19403399 | Hand-Held Power Tool | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 27 |
| 3723 | 18 |
| 3648 | 17 |
| 3731 | 16 |
| 3747 | 16 |
| 2855 | 16 |
| 3645 | 16 |
| 2857 | 16 |
| 3664 | 12 |
| 3663 | 12 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19563476 | Bumper Element for a Tool, a Venting Structure, and a Tool | IMAM, TANZIM | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2026 |
| 19421748 | Hand-Held Power Tool | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | 3731 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2025 |
| 19421666 | Hand-Held Power Tool | SONG, HIMCHAN | 3731 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2025 |
| 19403399 | Hand-Held Power Tool | LOPEZ, MICHELLE | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2025 |
| 19401617 | CO-ROTATING SCROLL COMPRESSOR | TRAN, BINH Q | 3746 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2025 |
| 19388241 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTING A DIGITAL MAP | HEIM, MARK ROBERT | 3668 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19382647 | METHOD FOR MATCHING ENVIRONMENTAL SENSOR SCANS | PATEL, SHARDUL D | 3664 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2025 |
| 19380582 | Tool Clamping Device and Oscillating Multifunction Tool | CHUKWURAH, NATHANIEL C | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19375386 | COOLING FAN SHROUD WITH HIGHLY SKEWED STATORS | FINK, THOMAS ANDREW | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19372361 | MAP CREATION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING | NGUYEN, CUONG H | 3664 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2025 |
| 19323574 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, USE OF THE DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, VEHICLE | LEE, JUSTIN S | 3668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19313356 | METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE DRIVING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE | OSTERHOUT, SHELLEY MARIE | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19272893 | Method for Operating a Motor Vehicle, Control Unit, and Motor Vehicle | RAMIREZ, ELLIS B | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19148716 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 3668 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19146013 | Method and System for Reliably Detecting Objects in the Surroundings of a Motor Vehicle | LEE, BRANDON DONGPA | 3662 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19145257 | CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD | LAMBERT, GABRIEL JOSEPH RENE | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19256771 | Power Tool | HODGE, LINDA J | 3731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19248686 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHECKING AND MODIFYING TRAJECTORY SUGGESTIONS FOR AN AUTOMATED OPERATING MODE OF A VEHICLE | KINGSLAND, KYLE J | 3663 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19138996 | H2 TANK VALVE FOR ARRANGEMENT ON AN H2 TANK OF AN H2-POWERED MOTOR VEHICLE | COLON MORALES, DAVID | 3753 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19138140 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BRAKING TORQUE, AND AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE | FURGASON, KAREN LYNELLE | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19227869 | METHOD, UNIT, AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A VEHICLE IS UNDERGOING A ROLLOVER | BAILEY, JOHN D | 3661 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19226352 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAVEL SPEED OF A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AS WELL AS IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | DEL VALLE, LUIS GERARDO | 3666 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19225209 | Method and Device for Improved Positioning of an Ego Vehicle Using a 3D Object Recognition Module | MCNALLY, KERRI L | 2685 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19133748 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKE SYSTEM | KRAFT, LOGAN M | 3747 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19219408 | Method for Predicting a State of an Environment of a Vehicle | RHEE, ROY B | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19218922 | Multiplexing Circuit, Method, and Controller of Inverter | PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19218805 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND CONTROL DEVICE | GREENE, MARK L | 3747 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19216291 | Swivel Angle Measuring Device on a Hydrostatic Axial Piston Machine with Variable Stroke Volume | COLLINS, DANIEL S. | 3745 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19216392 | METHOD FOR AT LEAST PARTIALLY AUTONOMOUSLY DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE AS WELL AS MOTOR VEHICLE | KIM, ANDREW SANG | 3668 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19211721 | FASTENER DRIVER TOOL | AHMED, MOBEEN | 3731 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19211991 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER BRAKE SYSTEM, POWER BRAKE SYSTEM, AND A MOTOR VEHICLE | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19129953 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE | TRAN, LONG T | 3747 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19129011 | Interface Device, Autonomous or Manual Work Device, and System | ANDERSON, MICHAEL W. | 3693 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 11, 2025 |
| 19203234 | Attachments for a Hand-Held Rotary Power Tool | LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19127982 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING AT LEAST ONE SERVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 3669 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19127475 | VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONTROL AND VEHICLE DYNAMICS CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | HERRERA, MICHAEL J | 3668 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19197084 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR VERIFYING AND APPROVING A MAP EXTENSION FOR A DIGITAL MAP FOR USE IN A MOVABLE DEVICE | FOLLMAN, BRODIE J | 3669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19112066 | DETECTION OF EXTERNAL INTERVENTIONS IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH ZONE SEPARATION FOR A DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE | LEE, MICHAEL M | 2436 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19191109 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASCERTAINING A SURFACE CONDITION OF A ROAD REGION | BRUSHABER, FREDERICK M | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19190687 | Method for Fault Tolerant Implementation of a Mapping of at Least One Input Value to at Least One Output Value by a Processing Assembly having a Plurality of Processing Units and a Processing Assembly | MYERS, PAUL R | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2025 |
| 19122298 | FUEL INJECTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR INSTALLING A FUEL INJECTOR IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH | 3747 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19181823 | Compressor With Housing-Integrated Air Storage Device | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19176602 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DRIVING FUNCTION OF A MOVABLE DEVICE | NGUYEN, MISA H | 3666 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19176959 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19171590 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DATA PROCESSING DEVICE | SAADOUN, HASSAN | 2435 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19171668 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DATA PROCESSING DEVICE | LIU, ZHE | 2493 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19170810 | Method for Predicting Trajectories of Road Users | GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW | 3664 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19092443 | Computer-Implemented Method and System for Planning the Behavior of a Vehicle | LAMBERT, GABRIEL JOSEPH RENE | — | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19089634 | TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATING A ROAD MAP FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING | SMITH, ISAAC G | 3662 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19087491 | Method, Device, Controller and Computer Program Product for Comfortable Braking | MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | 3665 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialRobert Bosch GmbH has 785 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 235 art units and 659 examiners.
Bradley T King has the most, with 5 of Robert Bosch GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.