Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
67 pending office actions • 29 art units • 66 examiners • 0 of 67 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 434 patents granted in the last 365 days
SUBARU Corporation currently manages 70 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 70 actions are distributed across 69 distinct examiners, which indicates a very high degree of individual examiner variety. The involvement of 31 distinct art units further suggests that the company's intellectual property is spread across a wide range of specialized technical groups within the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is Brindley, Timothy J, who is currently handling 2 of the pending office actions. This small concentration of 2 actions with a single individual means that the vast majority of the portfolio is being reviewed by examiners who are only handling a single case for the entity. For practitioners, this decentralized environment requires a highly adaptable prosecution strategy, as 69 distinct examiners will likely bring a diverse array of perspectives and requirements.
With 31 distinct art units involved, the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems filings are subject to many different procedural standards. The 70 pending office actions reflect a broad research and development base that necessitates familiarity with numerous examination units. While Brindley, Timothy J and his 2 pending actions represent the busiest point of contact, the overall success of the portfolio depends on navigating the 69 distinct examiners assigned to the various cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 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. 12 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 | 4 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 8 (12%) |
| §103 only | 23 (34%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| §112 only | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 27 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 2 | 81.8% | +7.4% |
| MOYER, DALE S | 1 | 81.6% | +16.3% |
| CODUROGLU, JALAL C | 1 | 85.8% | +7.4% |
| LAGUARDA, GONZALO | 1 | 72.9% | +7.0% |
| WANG, JACK K | 1 | 61.4% | +12.5% |
| PHAM, THAI N | 1 | 78.0% | +20.3% |
| GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | 1 | 76.6% | +11.5% |
| MELTON, TODD M | 1 | 84.3% | +17.8% |
| BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL | 1 | 54.1% | +39.1% |
| AZIZ, ABDULMAJEED | 1 | 43.0% | +40.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19553708 | TRIM COVER AND VEHICLE SEAT | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | — |
| 19205861 | SEAT TRIM AND VEHICLE SEAT | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | — |
| 19190885 | TRAVELING CONTROL APPARATUS | MELTON, TODD M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18166815 | BATTERY DETERIORATION DEGREE PREDICTION APPARATUS | HUFFMAN, JULIAN D | 191d overdue |
| 18270022 | DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | ROBERT, DANIEL M | 5d overdue |
| 18541754 | VEHICLE BODY FRAME STRUCTURE | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 4d overdue |
| 17713466 | ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM | GUPTA, SARIKA | 3d overdue |
| 18706124 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, VEHICLE, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 6d |
| 18233707 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE | PILLAY, DEVINA | 8d |
| 18368460 | FASTENER APPARATUS, FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE USING THE FASTENER APPARATUS, AND FASTENER ATTACHING METHOD USING THE FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE | CHAU, ALAIN | 22d |
| 17687950 | COMPOSITE LAMINATE DESIGNING METHOD AND AIRCRAFT | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 60d |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19354533 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | MOYER, DALE S | — |
| 19228874 | DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | WANG, JACK K | — |
| 19217837 | INTERIOR LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM | PHAM, THAI N | — |
| 19203254 | VEHICLE | GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | — |
| 19190885 | TRAVELING CONTROL APPARATUS | MELTON, TODD M | — |
| 19185634 | ABNORMALITY IDENTIFICATION ASSIST SYSTEM AND LEARNING METHOD | BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL | — |
| 19170119 | BATTERY MANAGER | AZIZ, ABDULMAJEED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3665 | 4 |
| 3666 | 3 |
| 3663 | 2 |
| 2859 | 2 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 3747 | 1 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19553708 | TRIM COVER AND VEHICLE SEAT | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | 3636 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2026 |
| 19354533 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | MOYER, DALE S | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2025 |
| 19235778 | EMERGENCY REPORT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | CODUROGLU, JALAL C | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19230260 | INTERNAL-COMBUSTION-ENGINE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | LAGUARDA, GONZALO | 3747 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19228874 | DRIVE ASSIST APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | WANG, JACK K | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19217837 | INTERIOR LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM | PHAM, THAI N | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19205861 | SEAT TRIM AND VEHICLE SEAT | BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19203254 | VEHICLE | GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19190885 | TRAVELING CONTROL APPARATUS | MELTON, TODD M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19185634 | ABNORMALITY IDENTIFICATION ASSIST SYSTEM AND LEARNING METHOD | BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19170119 | BATTERY MANAGER | AZIZ, ABDULMAJEED | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19084275 | SIDE DOOR STRUCTURE | BEMKO, TARAS P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19077360 | DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND VEHICLE | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19077423 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | KOPPOLU, VAISALI RAO | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19066794 | BLOWER PROTECTION STRUCTURE OF A SEATBACK, AND VEHICLE SEAT | GRABER, MARIA EILEEN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19063156 | BLOWER PROTECTION STRUCTURE OF A SEATBACK, AND VEHICLE SEAT | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19057651 | VEHICLE SEAT | DUNN, DAVID R | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18986864 | INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE | KHAYER, SOHANA T | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18982026 | VEHICLE FRONT STRUCTURE | PANG, ROGER L | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18979850 | VEHICLE-FUNCTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE | TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE | 3667 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18976763 | AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | ARANT, HARRY E | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18974926 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION APPARATUS | RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE | 3666 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18966746 | VEHICLE | EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18930139 | VEHICLE SIDE STRUCTURE | LEMBO, AARON LLOYD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18929688 | VEHICLE FRONT HOOD STRUCTURE | LONGHURST, LUCILLE DREW | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18928300 | VEHICLE PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS | AKHTER, SHARMIN | 2689 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18909182 | UPDATE APPARATUS | RIVERA, ANIBAL | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18906494 | CONTROL DEVICE | YANCHUS III, PAUL B | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18894073 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL DEVICE | MERLINO, DAVID P | 3665 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18772425 | BRAKE CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18771112 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER | 2664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18748831 | PROTECTIVE STRUCTURE | GUTMAN, HILARY L | 3612 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18718499 | MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE | BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18738793 | VEHICLE FLOOR MAT STRUCTURE | FREEDMAN, LAURA | 3614 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18716571 | DRIVING SKILL EVALUATION METHOD, DRIVING SKILL EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18676803 | MOBILE BODY | GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18708020 | LAND-AND-AIR MOBILE DEVICE | BROWNE, SCOTT A | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18650749 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | WASAFF, JOHN S. | 3629 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18706124 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, VEHICLE, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 3665 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18637040 | VEHICLE OUTSIDE AIR INTAKE STRUCTURE | FRICK, EMMA K | 3613 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18630514 | WASHER NOZZLE MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 3723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18595624 | LASER WELDING METHOD AND LASER WELDING APPARATUS | ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18591055 | INSPECTION SYSTEM | HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18591147 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM | KNOWLAN, KEVIN MICHAEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18433914 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS | KASENGE, CHARLES R | 2116 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18403271 | IN-VEHICLE BATTERY | KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18541754 | VEHICLE BODY FRAME STRUCTURE | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 3676 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18537564 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | ZHAO, LEI | 2668 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18385949 | DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WATER CONTENT STATE OF FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL VEHICLE | DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18383767 | VEHICLE | KENLAW, GRACE A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18468013 | VEHICLE | TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18368460 | FASTENER APPARATUS, FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE USING THE FASTENER APPARATUS, AND FASTENER ATTACHING METHOD USING THE FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE | CHAU, ALAIN | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18367750 | HYBRID VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM | AFRIN, NAZIA | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18462562 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | TRISCHLER, JOHN T | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18460818 | AIRCRAFT CONTROL SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AIRCRAFT, AIRCRAFT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND AIRCRAFT | BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN | 2125 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18240464 | METHOD OF DESIGNING AIRCRAFT PART AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AIRCRAFT PART | FLYNN, ABBY J | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18455830 | ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM | FUREMAN, JARED | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18233707 | POWER STORAGE DEVICE | PILLAY, DEVINA | 1726 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18270022 | DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE | ROBERT, DANIEL M | 3665 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18269923 | VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE USED THEREBY, AND VEHICLE | PALL, CHARLES J | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18209681 | CHARGING SYSTEM | JACKSON, JORDAN L | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18166815 | BATTERY DETERIORATION DEGREE PREDICTION APPARATUS | HUFFMAN, JULIAN D | 2859 | §101 | Final Rejection | 191d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 18150373 | BATTERY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE | ONDRASIK, JOHN PAUL | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jan 05, 2023 |
| 17870521 | BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING BATTERY MODULES | CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN | 1722 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Jul 21, 2022 |
| 17858505 | VITAL SIGN MEASUREMENT DEVICE | FARDANESH, MARJAN | 3791 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
| 17713466 | ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM | GUPTA, SARIKA | 1729 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2022 |
| 17687950 | COMPOSITE LAMINATE DESIGNING METHOD AND AIRCRAFT | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 2188 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Mar 07, 2022 |
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