Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toyota Motor Europe currently has 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ALKIRSH, AHMED, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action.
The presence of 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit means that the 1 pending office action is concentrated under a single point of contact. Practitioners must address the requirements of ALKIRSH, AHMED, who holds the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This concentration within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area suggests a technical scope for the current filings.
Because the pending portfolio is handled by one examiner, the outcome of the prosecution depends on an individual interpretation of the prior art. The practitioner can organize communication by addressing the requirements of the assigned art unit without coordinating across different departments. This environment allows for an approach centered on resolving the outstanding office action.
The volume of pending actions and examiners determines the administrative oversight required for these patent assets. Strategic efforts can be directed toward understanding the examiner patterns within this technology sector. Maintaining a dialogue with the examiner involved is a task for navigating the current prosecution phase.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALKIRSH, AHMED | 1 | 47.7% | +32.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17909538 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTIC FROM A MAIN VEHICLE TO A CLOUD SERVER | ALKIRSH, AHMED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3668 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17909538 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPORTING AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTIC FROM A MAIN VEHICLE TO A CLOUD SERVER | ALKIRSH, AHMED | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialToyota Motor Europe has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Ahmed Alkirsh has the most, with 1 of Toyota Motor Europe's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
