Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
129 pending office actions • 52 art units • 106 examiners • 0 of 129 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 260 patents granted in the last 365 days
Valeo S.A. is managing 136 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This portfolio is spread across 43 distinct art units, indicating a wide variety of technical subject matter. The prosecution involves 114 distinct examiners, which means that while some examiners are handling multiple applications, the review process is largely decentralized across the 136 pending actions. The presence of 114 distinct examiners highlights the need for a diverse set of prosecution tactics.
ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 4 pending office actions. With 136 total actions and 114 examiners, the company faces a diverse set of examiner behaviors. Navigating 43 different art units requires a sophisticated approach to maintain consistency across the 136 pending matters while addressing the specific requirements of each examination group. Success in this portfolio depends on the ability to coordinate across 43 art units and address the individual tendencies of 114 different examiners. The involvement of 43 distinct art units highlights the broad technical scope of the company's current filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 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. 24 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 | 42 (33%) |
| §102 only | 8 (6%) |
| §112 only | 5 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 73 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | 3 | 72.1% | +14.4% |
| CARLSON, MARC | 3 | 70.9% | +23.4% |
| TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 3 | 83.3% | +25.0% |
| CHANG, MINKI | 3 | 71.8% | +10.1% |
| HAN, JASON | 2 | 68.1% | +32.1% |
| PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 2 | 68.3% | +26.3% |
| JOHNSON, ERIC | 2 | 62.3% | +22.7% |
| HENSON, KATINA N | 2 | 56.6% | +31.8% |
| CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | 2 | 66.3% | +22.0% |
| SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18292575 | OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE FOR MONITORING A MONITORING REGION WITH CHECK ON FUNCTIONAL SAFETY | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | — |
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 |
| 18733955 | SWITCHING CELL WITH CONNECTING DEVICE | JOHNSON, RYAN | 31d overdue |
| 19044589 | LUMINOUS MODULE THAT IMAGES THE ILLUMINATED SURFACE OF A COLLECTOR | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 4d 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 |
| 18696111 | SERIES CONNECTION OF MAGNET POCKETS TO IMPROVE AND SPEED UP THE FILLING AND VENTILATION PROCESS | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 7d |
| 18254011 | RECEIVED-SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS OF A DETECTION DEVICE FOR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE MONITORING REGION, DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DETECTION DEVICE | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | 12d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19044589 | LUMINOUS MODULE THAT IMAGES THE ILLUMINATED SURFACE OF A COLLECTOR | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 4d overdue |
| 18262506 | MOTOR VEHICLE DEVICE FOR LIGHTING THE ROAD | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 76d |
| 18010916 | WIPER AND VEHICLE | HENSON, KATINA N | 79d |
| 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 | — |
| 19471758 | LIGHTING MODULE CONFIGURED TO PERFORM TWO LIGHTING FUNCTIONS | ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | — |
| 18998172 | LIGHT MODULE FOR A VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE | HAN, JASON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 18 |
| 2875 | 13 |
| 3763 | 11 |
| 3723 | 9 |
| 3645 | 7 |
| 3648 | 5 |
| 3618 | 4 |
| 1711 | 3 |
| 3665 | 3 |
| 3655 | 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 |
| 19159021 | LIGHT GUIDE | NEGRON, ISMAEL | 2875 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 19141095 | OPTICAL ILLUMINATION ASSEMBLY, LIGHTING DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE | SONG, ZHENG B | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 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 |
| 19044589 | LUMINOUS MODULE THAT IMAGES THE ILLUMINATED SURFACE OF A COLLECTOR | PEERCE, MATTHEW J | 2875 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 03, 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 |
| 18863235 | LIGHTING DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, COMPRISING AN OUPUT LENS AND AN INTERMEDIATE SCREEN | EIDE, ERIC T | 2875 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18721943 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | LE, TUNG X | 2844 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18683137 | DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE, COMPRISING A CAMERA AND A MASKING ZONE OPPOSITE SAID CAMERA | KAUFFMAN, RUBY LUCIA | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Feb 12, 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 |
| 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 |
| 18685503 | ADAPTER FOR A WIPING SYSTEM | CARLSON, MARC | 3723 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 18293344 | WIPER FOR A DEVICE FOR WIPING A GLAZED SURFACE OF A VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A MOTOR VEHICLE | SHUM, KENT N | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 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 | 3700 | §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 |
| 18702754 | DETECTION DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR OF A VEHICLE, FOR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE MONITORING REGION BY MEANS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SCANNING SIGNALS, VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DETECTION DEVICE | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18292575 | OPTICAL DETECTION DEVICE FOR MONITORING A MONITORING REGION WITH CHECK ON FUNCTIONAL SAFETY | SLAUGHTER, ETHAN JAKOB | 3648 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18578312 | METHOD AND SURROUNDINGS MONITORING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN THE SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MOVEMENT LIMIT FOR A MOVEMENT OF A MOVABLE COMPONENT OF A VEHICLE, AND DOOR OPENING SYSTEM OR COLLISION WARNING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE DOORS FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD | PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH | 3669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 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 |
| 18038731 | ROAD MARKING DETECTION | BUSE, TERRY C | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 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 |
| 18254011 | RECEIVED-SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS OF A DETECTION DEVICE FOR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE MONITORING REGION, DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DETECTION DEVICE | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialValeo S.A. has 129 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 52 art units and 106 examiners.
Omar Rojas Cadima has the most, with 3 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.