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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