Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 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 | 1 (9%) |
| §103 only | 4 (36%) |
| §102 only | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WANG, YI-KAI | 1 | 83.8% | +9.1% |
| LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | 1 | 65.0% | +26.2% |
| FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | 1 | 56.2% | +25.3% |
| REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 1 | 37.0% | +39.5% |
| CAIN, AARON G | 1 | 43.0% | +29.3% |
| JOHNS, HILARY LYNN | 1 | 81.8% | +15.9% |
| MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | 1 | 60.4% | +16.3% |
| STECKBAUER, KEVIN R | 1 | 82.0% | +7.8% |
| CROMER, ANDREW J | 1 | 76.1% | +17.5% |
| REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 1 | 69.1% | +12.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850094 | BATTERY PACK AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING A BATTERY PACK | JOHNS, HILARY LYNN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18735841 | PREDICTIVE OVERTAKING SUPPORT | STECKBAUER, KEVIN R | 168d overdue |
| 18860119 | METHOD AND SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR WHEEL TORQUE-BASED VEHICLE OPERATION | FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | 9d overdue |
| 17909825 | COOLANT DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD, PROPULSION BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 27d |
| 19145249 | METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR ESTIMATING A CRANKCASE VENTILATION FLOW RATE | WANG, YI-KAI | — |
| 19076095 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT, AND VEHICLE | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18566702 | METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR LIMITING A SPEED REDUCTION OF A VEHICLE; VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RELATED TO THE METHOD | REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 44d overdue |
| 18860119 | METHOD AND SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR WHEEL TORQUE-BASED VEHICLE OPERATION | FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | 9d overdue |
| 18895609 | METHOD FOR REDUCING BACKLASH IN A VEHICLE AND CONTROL ARRANGENT CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE METHOD | CAIN, AARON G | 9d |
| 19076095 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT, AND VEHICLE | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | — |
| 18911393 | CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DEACTIVATING AN ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | — |
| 18850094 | BATTERY PACK AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING A BATTERY PACK | JOHNS, HILARY LYNN | — |
| 18883085 | METHOD FOR HEATING A POWERTRAIN AND/OR SUBSYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE METHOD | MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | — |
| 18392367 | Method and Control Arrangement for Controlling a Speed of a Vehicle When Approaching and/or Travelling a Downhill Road Section | CROMER, ANDREW J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 3 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19145249 | METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR ESTIMATING A CRANKCASE VENTILATION FLOW RATE | WANG, YI-KAI | 3747 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19076095 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT, AND VEHICLE | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 18860119 | METHOD AND SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR WHEEL TORQUE-BASED VEHICLE OPERATION | FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE | 3662 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18911393 | CONTROL ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR DEACTIVATING AN ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE | REIDY, SEAN PATRICK | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18895609 | METHOD FOR REDUCING BACKLASH IN A VEHICLE AND CONTROL ARRANGENT CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE METHOD | CAIN, AARON G | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18850094 | BATTERY PACK AND A VEHICLE COMPRISING A BATTERY PACK | JOHNS, HILARY LYNN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18883085 | METHOD FOR HEATING A POWERTRAIN AND/OR SUBSYSTEM OF A VEHICLE AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE METHOD | MUSTAFA, IMRAN K | 3668 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18735841 | PREDICTIVE OVERTAKING SUPPORT | STECKBAUER, KEVIN R | 3747 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | 168d overdue | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18392367 | Method and Control Arrangement for Controlling a Speed of a Vehicle When Approaching and/or Travelling a Downhill Road Section | CROMER, ANDREW J | 3667 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18566702 | METHOD AND CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR LIMITING A SPEED REDUCTION OF A VEHICLE; VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM RELATED TO THE METHOD | REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 17909825 | COOLANT DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD, PROPULSION BATTERY COOLING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE | HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Sep 07, 2022 |
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