Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
129 pending office actions • 54 art units • 106 examiners • 0 of 129 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 262 patents granted in the last 365 days
Valeo S.A. has 129 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The docket reaches 107 distinct examiners and 53 distinct art units, reflecting extensive examiner dispersion across a substantial set of technical examination groups.
PEERCE, MATTHEW J is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. The limited concentration in that examiner assignment means portfolio controls, standardized response review, and art-unit issue tracking are likely more useful than a single-examiner engagement model.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 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. 22 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 + other | 1 (1%) |
| §103 only | 43 (33%) |
| §102 only | 11 (9%) |
| §112 only | 5 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 69 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 4 | 68.4% | +26.5% |
| ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | 3 | 72.2% | +14.3% |
| HENSON, KATINA N | 3 | 56.8% | +31.5% |
| TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 3 | 83.4% | +25.0% |
| CHANG, MINKI | 3 | 71.9% | +10.6% |
| DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | 2 | 80.4% | +18.4% |
| HAN, JASON | 2 | 68.1% | +32.1% |
| JOHNSON, ERIC | 2 | 62.3% | +22.6% |
| CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | 2 | 66.3% | +22.0% |
| WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 2 | 73.0% | +18.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18558668 | COOLING STRUCTURE, POWER MODULE COMPRISING SUCH A COOLING STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL POWER CONVERTER, SUCH AS AN INVERTER, COMPRISING SUCH A POWER MODULE | DUONG, THO V | 77d overdue |
| 18841696 | PLATE CONSTITUTING A HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH PLATE | JONES, GORDON A | 32d overdue |
| 18733955 | SWITCHING CELL WITH CONNECTING DEVICE | JOHNSON, RYAN | 31d overdue |
| 18809831 | DISCONNECTION MECHANISM, POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | MACARTHUR, VICTOR L | 4d overdue |
| 18293497 | WIPER WITH ELEMENT FOR SPRAYING CLEANING FLUID | HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW | 3d overdue |
| 18682795 | STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STATOR, ELECTRIC MACHINE AND VEHICLE | NGUYEN, VIET P | 5d |
| 18688906 | VEHICLE PART INTENDED TO BE PLACED FACING AN EMISSION CONE OF A RADAR SENSOR OF THE VEHICLE AND COMPRISING A DEICING SYSTEM | KARACSONY, ROBERT | 7d |
| 18262506 | MOTOR VEHICLE DEVICE FOR LIGHTING THE ROAD | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 76d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18850055 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR HAVING ACTIVATABLE NOTCH FILTER | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 8d overdue |
| 18867237 | LIGHTING DEVICE HAVING A LIGHTING MODULE ARRANGED IN FRONT OF AN ILLUMINATION MODULE | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 23d |
| 18262506 | MOTOR VEHICLE DEVICE FOR LIGHTING THE ROAD | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 76d |
| 18010916 | WIPER AND VEHICLE | HENSON, KATINA N | 79d |
| 19491252 | LIGHT UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | — |
| 19475186 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE, LIGHTING DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE | HAN, JASON | — |
| 19473359 | LINEAR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LAMP ASSEMBLY AND MOTOR VEHICLE | ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | — |
| 19473340 | LINEARLY LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LAMP ASSEMBLY AND MOTOR VEHICLE | ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 16 |
| 2875 | 15 |
| 3763 | 12 |
| 3723 | 10 |
| 3645 | 5 |
| 2845 | 4 |
| 1711 | 3 |
| 3665 | 3 |
| 3655 | 3 |
| 3752 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19491252 | LIGHT UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | 2875 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2025 |
| 19475186 | LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE, LIGHTING DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE | HAN, JASON | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19473359 | LINEAR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LAMP ASSEMBLY AND MOTOR VEHICLE | ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2025 |
| 19473340 | LINEARLY LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT, LAMP ASSEMBLY AND MOTOR VEHICLE | ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2025 |
| 19471758 | LIGHTING MODULE CONFIGURED TO PERFORM TWO LIGHTING FUNCTIONS | ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2025 |
| 19152637 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | HARRIS, WILLIAM N | 2875 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19140645 | LIGHT DEVICE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF MODULES | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 2875 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19124339 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | DELAHOUSSAYE, KEITH G | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19116132 | SYSTEM FOR EMITTING AND RECEIVING A LIGHT BEAM IN A MOTOR VEHICLE | KING, MONICA C | 2845 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19113537 | OPTICAL MODULE FOR A LIGHT-EMITTING SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | TUMEBO, TSION M | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19112838 | LIGHTING MODULE | DUNAY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2875 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19108787 | HIGH BEAM MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, HAVING AN UPWARDLY DIRECTED LIGHT SOURCE | SONG, ZHENG B | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18998862 | LIGHT-EMITTING UNIT FOR A LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE FOR A VEHICLE | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 2875 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18998172 | LIGHT MODULE FOR A VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE | HAN, JASON | 2875 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18576943 | TRANSPARENT OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR A VEHICLE | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18875236 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE COMPRISING A CAMERA | TRA, TUYEN Q | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18867237 | LIGHTING DEVICE HAVING A LIGHTING MODULE ARRANGED IN FRONT OF AN ILLUMINATION MODULE | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 2875 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18863776 | CONTROL OF THE MOVEMENT OF A SEMI-AUTONOMOUS OR AUTONOMOUS MOTORISED ROAD VEHICLE APPROACHING A LEVEL CROSSING | KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 3668 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18721943 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | LE, TUNG X | 2844 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18688906 | VEHICLE PART INTENDED TO BE PLACED FACING AN EMISSION CONE OF A RADAR SENSOR OF THE VEHICLE AND COMPRISING A DEICING SYSTEM | KARACSONY, ROBERT | 2845 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18541599 | BASE COMPONENT WITH A BULK MOLDED COMPOUND AND NO BASE COAT | BOYKIN, TERRESSA M | 1765 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18567825 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT IN A ROAD SURFACE, METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING AND AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE | DHILLON, PUNEET S | 2488 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18558552 | ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY FOR AN AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE, AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT SOURCES IN AN AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE | TRAN, MINH | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18262506 | MOTOR VEHICLE DEVICE FOR LIGHTING THE ROAD | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 2875 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18005889 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE AND AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING DEVICE | FABER, DAVID | 2172 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jan 18, 2023 |
| 19469820 | COATING COMPOSITION FOR A WIPER BLADE OF A WINDSCREEN WIPER | BOWMAN, ANDREW J | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 18684842 | ADAPTER FOR A WIPING SYSTEM | KARLS, SHAY LYNN | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 18697279 | STATOR FOR A THREE-PHASE ELECTRIC MOTOR AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRIC MOTOR | JOHNSON, ERIC | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18293497 | WIPER WITH ELEMENT FOR SPRAYING CLEANING FLUID | HOLIZNA, CALEB ANDREW | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18291752 | CONNECTING MEMBER FOR A WINDSCREEN WIPER SYSTEM | FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18580615 | BLANK FOR MANUFACTURING A DEVICE FOR PACKAGING AT LEAST ONE WINDSCREEN WIPER BLADE, AND CORRESPONDING PACKAGING DEVICE | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 3734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18574074 | WIPER OF A WIPER SYSTEM | HENSON, KATINA N | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18267280 | DEVICE FOR CLEANING AN OPTICAL SURFACE | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | 1711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18010916 | WIPER AND VEHICLE | HENSON, KATINA N | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 79d | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 19155172 | A METHOD OF OPERATING A RADAR SYSTEM, WHEREIN POSITION INFORMATION OF DETECTED TARGETS ARE DETERMINED BY USE OF MACHINE LEARNING, RADAR SYSTEM, DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | NGUYEN, HOANG V | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 18993449 | CALIBRATION OF A GESTURE RECOGNITION ALGORITHM FOR THE GESTURE-CONTROLLED OPENING OF AN AREA OF A VEHICLE CLOSED BY A MOVABLE COMPONENT | SHAAWAT, MUSSA A | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18879985 | HOUSING PART FOR THE HOUSING OF A VEHICLE CAMERA, OPTICAL MODULE FOR A VEHICLE CAMERA, VEHICLE CAMERA, VEHICLE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE CAMERA, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A VEHICLE CAMERA | ALJUNDI, MOUHAMMAD AWNI | 2639 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18973536 | OCCUPANCY GRID BASED DYNAMIC FIRING OF ULTRASONIC SENSORS | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | 3645 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2024 |
| 18850055 | ULTRASONIC SENSOR HAVING ACTIVATABLE NOTCH FILTER | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18841681 | IMPROVED OVERTAKING MANEUVER FOR OVERTAKING A PRECEDING THIRD PARTY VEHICLE | MERLINO, DAVID P | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18721018 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE | WILLIS, BRANDON Z. | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18711107 | OPTICAL INTERFEROMETER, LASER CONTROL DEVICE, TRANSMITTING DEVICE FOR A LIDAR SYS-TEM, LIDAR SYSTEM, VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE LIDAR SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPTICAL INTERFEROMETER | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18405154 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING A VIRTUAL BOTTOM VIEW ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE | ESPINOZA, ABIGAIL LEE | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18565273 | RECEIVING DEVICE OF A DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, VEHICLE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AT LEAST ONE DETECTION DEVICE | HAUT, EVAN HARRISON | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18562329 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DETECTION DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE DETECTION DEVICE | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2023 |
| 18352715 | SMART PARKING STRATEGY FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES | PETTIEGREW, TOYA R | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18342794 | INTERCONNECTOR FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER | SCHERMERHORN, JON | 3763 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18254486 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETERMINING TEMPERATURE-ADJUSTED DISTANCE VARIABLES, CORRESPONDING DETECTION DEVICE, AND VEHICLE HAVING AT LEAST ONE DETECTION DEVICE OF THIS KIND | NOEL, JEMPSON | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18038731 | ROAD MARKING DETECTION | BUSE, TERRY C | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 17793148 | METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN A VEHICLE DETECTION FIELD COMPRISING AN INTERIOR AND AN OUTER REGION OF A VEHICLE | PALL, CHARLES J | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialValeo S.A. has 129 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 54 art units and 106 examiners.
Matthew J Peerce has the most, with 4 of Valeo S.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
