Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Tenneco GmbH

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Tenneco GmbH currently has 1 pending office action. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, KOPPIKAR, VIVEK D. The data shows 0 distinct art units for this action, which may reflect a specific administrative status or a very narrow technical focus for this single filing.

KOPPIKAR, VIVEK D is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. As the only examiner currently reviewing the company's work, he represents the sole point of contact for their current USPTO activity. This concentration simplifies the prosecution landscape, as the company only needs to address the specific concerns and feedback of this one examiner to move their pending matter forward. The presence of 0 distinct art units indicates a highly focused technical scope.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOPPIKAR, VIVEK D 1 31.0% +46.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18876041 MOTORCYCLE-TYPE VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR MOTORCYCLE, WITH A PARTICULATE FILTER KOPPIKAR, VIVEK D —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18876041 MOTORCYCLE-TYPE VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR MOTORCYCLE, WITH A PARTICULATE FILTER KOPPIKAR, VIVEK D —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18876041 MOTORCYCLE-TYPE VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR MOTORCYCLE, WITH A PARTICULATE FILTER KOPPIKAR, VIVEK D — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024

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