Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Sensata Technologies Inc.

10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (30%)
7
Medium (70%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only6 (60%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (20%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
30% of docket
5
Semiconductors
50% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
20% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALAM, MIRZA F 2 74.3% +33.9%
TUN, NAY L 1 64.8% +31.3%
JENKINS, JERMAINE L 1 88.1% +8.1%
SREEVATSA, SREEYA 1 86.1% +3.6%
YANG, JAMES J 1 57.2% +22.5%
ROJAS, BERNARD 1 83.0% +7.7%
TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 1 71.8% +9.3%
SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS 1 32.5% +58.7%
DAVIS, CYNTHIA L 1 72.3% +27.6%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18834063 Sensing Device Having Split Port Geometry JENKINS, JERMAINE L
18657275 ASSEMBLING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHING DEVICE TO MINIMIZE AIR GAPS IN MAGNETIC CIRCUIT PATHWAYS ROJAS, BERNARD

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18043025 ADJUSTMENT OF INDIRECTLY DETERMINED VALUES OF A TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM DAVIS, CYNTHIA L 18d overdue
18760486 TRANSFORMER-BASED TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR CURRENT INTERRUPTION DEVICES AND CIRCUIT DESIGNS FOR SAME SREEVATSA, SREEYA
18647272 MOVABLE CARRIER STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18760540 TIMING CONTROL IN A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM YANG, JAMES J 42d overdue
18043025 ADJUSTMENT OF INDIRECTLY DETERMINED VALUES OF A TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM DAVIS, CYNTHIA L 18d overdue
19188862 AUTO-LOCATION OF TIRE MONITORS ALAM, MIRZA F
19023697 TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE TUN, NAY L
18990764 AUTO-LOCATION OF TIRE MONITORS ALAM, MIRZA F
18187269 ISOLATED SOLID-STATE ACTIVE PRE-CHARGER SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2688 2
2837 2
2838 1
2686 1
2859 1
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19188862 AUTO-LOCATION OF TIRE MONITORS ALAM, MIRZA F §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2025
19023697 TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE TUN, NAY L 2688 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18990764 AUTO-LOCATION OF TIRE MONITORS ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18834063 Sensing Device Having Split Port Geometry JENKINS, JERMAINE L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18760486 TRANSFORMER-BASED TRIGGER MECHANISM FOR CURRENT INTERRUPTION DEVICES AND CIRCUIT DESIGNS FOR SAME SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18760540 TIMING CONTROL IN A TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING SYSTEM YANG, JAMES J 2686 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jul 01, 2024
18657275 ASSEMBLING AN ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCHING DEVICE TO MINIMIZE AIR GAPS IN MAGNETIC CIRCUIT PATHWAYS ROJAS, BERNARD 2837 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18647272 MOVABLE CARRIER STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRICAL DEVICE TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2837 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18187269 ISOLATED SOLID-STATE ACTIVE PRE-CHARGER SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS 2859 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2023
18043025 ADJUSTMENT OF INDIRECTLY DETERMINED VALUES OF A TIRE MONITORING SYSTEM DAVIS, CYNTHIA L 2857 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Feb 25, 2023

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