Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

VALEO EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH

11 pending office actions • 4 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (45%)
6
Medium (55%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (55%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

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
4
Semiconductors
36% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
7
Business / Other
64% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YESHAW, ESAYAS G 1 87.0% +11.3%
ANDREWS, MICHAEL 1 64.3% +24.6%
CHANG, MINKI 1 71.8% +10.3%
JOHNSON, ERIC 1 62.0% +22.6%
KENERLY, TERRANCE L 1 73.7% +15.1%
BOUZIANE, SAID 1 77.0% +11.5%
SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 1 72.9% +37.3%
MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 1 85.9% +13.9%
JOHNSON, RYAN 1 83.7% +15.9%
PAUL, ANTONY M 1 89.7% +9.3%

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
18733955 SWITCHING CELL WITH CONNECTING DEVICE JOHNSON, RYAN 31d overdue
18906665 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INTENDED TO BE PLACED ON BOARD A VEHICLE MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P —

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18696111 SERIES CONNECTION OF MAGNET POCKETS TO IMPROVE AND SPEED UP THE FILLING AND VENTILATION PROCESS GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 7d
18707369 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER CONVERTER USING A VARIABLE SWITCHING FREQUENCY PAUL, ANTONY M 14d
19137854 POWER MODULE, ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER AND ELECTRIC DRIVE FOR A MEAN OF TRANSPORT YESHAW, ESAYAS G —
18989328 ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO A ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE CHANG, MINKI —
18978356 ELECTRIC MACHINE AND VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED COOLING SYSTEM JOHNSON, ERIC —

Interview Candidates (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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18733955 SWITCHING CELL WITH CONNECTING DEVICE JOHNSON, RYAN 31d overdue
19137854 POWER MODULE, ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER AND ELECTRIC DRIVE FOR A MEAN OF TRANSPORT YESHAW, ESAYAS G —
18879094 STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, ELECTRIC MACHINE, ELECTRIC DRIVE FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE ANDREWS, MICHAEL —
18989328 ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO A ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE CHANG, MINKI —
18978356 ELECTRIC MACHINE AND VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED COOLING SYSTEM JOHNSON, ERIC —
18977009 ROTOR LAMINATED CORE FOR A ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, HAVING A TERMINAL LAMINATION KENERLY, TERRANCE L —
18872302 ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL CIRCUIT, ELECTRIC DRIVE ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE BOUZIANE, SAID —
18971269 HOUSING ASSEMBLY, ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE AND VEHICLE SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2836 1
2849 1
2846 1
2834 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19137854 POWER MODULE, ELECTRIC POWER CONVERTER AND ELECTRIC DRIVE FOR A MEAN OF TRANSPORT YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2836 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 11, 2025
18879094 STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, ELECTRIC MACHINE, ELECTRIC DRIVE FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE ANDREWS, MICHAEL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024
18989328 ASSEMBLY FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO A ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE CHANG, MINKI — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18978356 ELECTRIC MACHINE AND VEHICLE WITH IMPROVED COOLING SYSTEM JOHNSON, ERIC — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18977009 ROTOR LAMINATED CORE FOR A ROTOR OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, HAVING A TERMINAL LAMINATION KENERLY, TERRANCE L — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18872302 ELECTRIC MACHINE CONTROL CIRCUIT, ELECTRIC DRIVE ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE BOUZIANE, SAID — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18971269 HOUSING ASSEMBLY, ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE AND VEHICLE SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18906665 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INTENDED TO BE PLACED ON BOARD A VEHICLE MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18733955 SWITCHING CELL WITH CONNECTING DEVICE JOHNSON, RYAN 2849 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18707369 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A POWER CONVERTER USING A VARIABLE SWITCHING FREQUENCY PAUL, ANTONY M 2846 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 03, 2024
18696111 SERIES CONNECTION OF MAGNET POCKETS TO IMPROVE AND SPEED UP THE FILLING AND VENTILATION PROCESS GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 27, 2024

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