Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH

21 pending office actions • 17 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 66 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
2
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 20 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
17
Medium (81%)
4
Easy (19%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (71%)
§102 only2 (10%)
§112 only4 (19%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

2
Life Sciences
10% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
13
Semiconductors
62% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
24% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2 86.9% +12.6%
KONG, SZE-HON 1 65.1% +14.3%
WASEL, MOHAMED A 1 90.0% +11.1%
RUPPERT, ERIC S 1 59.0% +24.7%
TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J 1 83.3% +15.0%
ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 1 81.5% +25.2%
SREEVATSA, SREEYA 1 85.6% +3.5%
VAZIRI, MASOUD 1 71.2% +8.6%
LORENCE, RICHARD M 1 83.1% +13.0%
MASIH, KAREN 1 90.8% +6.7%

Quick Wins (8)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17807755 Circuit Assembly For The Diagnosis Of A Service Disconnect Line Of An Electrically Operated Vehicle YESHAW, ESAYAS G 343d overdue
18739503 Capacitive Functionality Test For Varistors Of A High-Voltage Protective Device For An On-Board Vehicle Electrical System SREEVATSA, SREEYA 9d overdue
18750850 DIRECT VOLTAGE CONVERTER WITH SYNCHRONIZED DIVIDING MODULES ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 5d
18845632 Device Having a Communication Apparatus for Data Transfer Via a Data-Transfer Bus WASEL, MOHAMED A 19d
18806411 Distribution Device and Liquid Distribution Actuator TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J 27d
18699140 ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR A VEHICLE YESHAW, ESAYAS G 27d
18712967 Method For Noise Reduction During Operation Of An Electric Motor, And Motor Control Device For Controlling The Operation Of An Electric Motor Involving Noise Reduction MASIH, KAREN 30d
18731172 Locking Mechanism, Park Lock And Vehicle LORENCE, RICHARD M

Interview Candidates (8)

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
17807755 Circuit Assembly For The Diagnosis Of A Service Disconnect Line Of An Electrically Operated Vehicle YESHAW, ESAYAS G 343d overdue
18815250 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE RUPPERT, ERIC S 4d overdue
18850156 HYSTERESIS-BASED ACTUATION OF A VEHICLE DRIVE WITH AN ALTERNATING FREEWHEELING AND SHORT-CIRCUIT STATE IN THE EVENT OF A FAULT KONG, SZE-HON 5d
18750850 DIRECT VOLTAGE CONVERTER WITH SYNCHRONIZED DIVIDING MODULES ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 5d
18845632 Device Having a Communication Apparatus for Data Transfer Via a Data-Transfer Bus WASEL, MOHAMED A 19d
18806411 Distribution Device and Liquid Distribution Actuator TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J 27d
18699140 ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR A VEHICLE YESHAW, ESAYAS G 27d
18731172 Locking Mechanism, Park Lock And Vehicle LORENCE, RICHARD M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 2
2834 2
2846 2
2849 2
3657 1
2454 1
3763 1
1711 1
3617 1
3753 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18850156 HYSTERESIS-BASED ACTUATION OF A VEHICLE DRIVE WITH AN ALTERNATING FREEWHEELING AND SHORT-CIRCUIT STATE IN THE EVENT OF A FAULT KONG, SZE-HON 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 24, 2024
18845632 Device Having a Communication Apparatus for Data Transfer Via a Data-Transfer Bus WASEL, MOHAMED A 2454 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18815250 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 26, 2024
18806411 Distribution Device and Liquid Distribution Actuator TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J 1711 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18750850 DIRECT VOLTAGE CONVERTER WITH SYNCHRONIZED DIVIDING MODULES ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18739503 Capacitive Functionality Test For Varistors Of A High-Voltage Protective Device For An On-Board Vehicle Electrical System SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2838 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18680189 Locking Mechanism, Electric Motor Drive Unit, Vehicle And Method For Locking A Shaft Of A Drive Train VAZIRI, MASOUD 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18731172 Locking Mechanism, Park Lock And Vehicle LORENCE, RICHARD M 3617 §112 Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2024
18712967 Method For Noise Reduction During Operation Of An Electric Motor, And Motor Control Device For Controlling The Operation Of An Electric Motor Involving Noise Reduction MASIH, KAREN 2846 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending May 23, 2024
18665911 SEAL AND FLUID VALVE HAVING SUCH A SEAL ROST, ANDREW J 3753 §112 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending May 16, 2024
18632339 FLUID-COOLED ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND MOTOR VEHICLE MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18699140 ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR A VEHICLE YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18627910 DRIVE UNIT AND VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A DRIVE UNIT PERVIN, FARHANA 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18580523 Method and Apparatus for Identifying a Malfunction of Contactors of a DC Voltage Charging Connection for an Electric Vehicle PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18373413 MULTI-PART INVERTER FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINE WITH MULTIPLE WINDING SYSTEMS LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 2846 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18237983 SENSOR, CHANNEL, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM WALSH, RYAN D 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18356624 Method and Device for Determining an Ambient Pressure SHABMAN, MARK A 2855 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18212305 Sound Compensation Apparatus, Vehicle, Method for Sound Compensation and Method for Sound Emission LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 21, 2023
17807755 Circuit Assembly For The Diagnosis Of A Service Disconnect Line Of An Electrically Operated Vehicle YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 343d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2022
17629579 Method and Arrangement for Operating a Battery Device CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT 1727 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 18, 2022
17765750 CONTACT ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2022

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