Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
22 pending office actions • 12 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 77 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vitesco Technologies GmbH currently handles 22 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed across 12 distinct art units, showing a range of technical classifications for the company's filings. The prosecution involves 22 distinct examiners, meaning that every single pending action is currently assigned to a different individual at the patent office. This distribution requires the company to manage 22 separate interactions simultaneously.
The busiest examiner, BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This matches the workload of every other examiner involved, as the 22 pending actions are spread across 22 distinct examiners. Such a distribution across 12 distinct art units suggests that the company's Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio is not concentrated in any single examination group. This lack of examiner overlap across the 22 pending actions requires the company to manage 22 separate professional relationships and examination styles. The breadth of 12 art units further emphasizes the varied technical nature of the pending applications currently under review.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 2 (9%) |
| §103 only | 6 (27%) |
| §102 only | 2 (9%) |
| §112 only | 2 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 1 | 78.2% | +8.4% |
| PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN | 1 | 69.4% | +12.3% |
| FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE | 1 | 83.3% | +1.9% |
| MOUBRY, JAMES G | 1 | 79.5% | +13.0% |
| PAUL, ANTONY M | 1 | 89.7% | +9.5% |
| LING, FOR K. | 1 | 53.7% | +18.6% |
| REID JR, CHARLES H | 1 | 69.0% | +24.3% |
| INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY | 1 | 85.6% | +8.2% |
| SUN, CHARLIE | 1 | 91.3% | +11.5% |
| YESHAW, ESAYAS G | 1 | 87.1% | +11.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18921415 | Fuse Circuit Assembly for An Energy System and Energy System | FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580523 | Method and Apparatus for Identifying a Malfunction of Contactors of a DC Voltage Charging Connection for an Electric Vehicle | PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R | 13d |
| 18699140 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR A VEHICLE | YESHAW, ESAYAS G | 27d |
| 18373413 | MULTI-PART INVERTER FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINE WITH MULTIPLE WINDING SYSTEMS | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 33d |
| 17629579 | Method and Arrangement for Operating a Battery Device | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 33d |
| 18881910 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING AN ANGULAR POSITION MEASUREMENT IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN | — |
| 18845584 | RELIEF OF HIGHER-LOADED SWITCHING ELEMENTS IN TRACTION INVERTERS BY MEANS OF DUTY CYCLE ADAPTATION | PAUL, ANTONY M | — |
| 18800460 | Busbar Oil Sealing Between Motor and Inverter for Axle Drives | REID JR, CHARLES H | — |
| 18776459 | CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18699140 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR A VEHICLE | YESHAW, ESAYAS G | 27d |
| 18881910 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING AN ANGULAR POSITION MEASUREMENT IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN | — |
| 18852745 | Detecting Manipulation of a Sensor Value of an Exhaust Gas Sensor of an Internal Combustion Engine for a Vehicle | MOUBRY, JAMES G | — |
| 18815045 | Thermal Management System for a Vehicle | LING, FOR K. | — |
| 18800460 | Busbar Oil Sealing Between Motor and Inverter for Axle Drives | REID JR, CHARLES H | — |
| 18631145 | Computer-Implemented Method And An Electronic Control Unit For A Deterministic Data Communication In A Partitioned Embedded System | SUN, CHARLIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3747 | 2 |
| 1724 | 2 |
| 2859 | 2 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2849 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18848206 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A FLUID CONVEYING DEVICE, FLUID CONVEYING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 18881910 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING AN ANGULAR POSITION MEASUREMENT IN AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE | PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN | 3747 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18921415 | Fuse Circuit Assembly for An Energy System and Energy System | FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18852745 | Detecting Manipulation of a Sensor Value of an Exhaust Gas Sensor of an Internal Combustion Engine for a Vehicle | MOUBRY, JAMES G | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18845584 | RELIEF OF HIGHER-LOADED SWITCHING ELEMENTS IN TRACTION INVERTERS BY MEANS OF DUTY CYCLE ADAPTATION | PAUL, ANTONY M | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18815045 | Thermal Management System for a Vehicle | LING, FOR K. | 3763 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18800460 | Busbar Oil Sealing Between Motor and Inverter for Axle Drives | REID JR, CHARLES H | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18776459 | CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD | INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18631145 | Computer-Implemented Method And An Electronic Control Unit For A Deterministic Data Communication In A Partitioned Embedded System | SUN, CHARLIE | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18699140 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR A VEHICLE | YESHAW, ESAYAS G | 2849 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18698103 | ELECTRICAL FEEDTHROUGH AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 2847 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18614787 | Device And Method for Preventing a Parked Vehicle from Rolling Away | KWON, JOHN | 3747 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18688867 | ENGINE CONTROL COMPUTER | QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 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 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18567518 | DC VEHICLE CHARGING CIRCUIT COMPRISING A TRANSISTOR AND AN INVERSE DIODE FOR BLOCKING FAULT CURRENT CAUSED BY CHARGING-STATION VARISTORS | HENZE, DAVID V | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18373413 | MULTI-PART INVERTER FOR ELECTRICAL MACHINE WITH MULTIPLE WINDING SYSTEMS | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 2846 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18026895 | FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY | OHARA, BRIAN R | 1724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
| 18026221 | FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY | NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V | 1724 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18069274 | Battery Unit, Method, and Apparatus for Operating the Battery Unit | BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18010304 | METHOD FOR DISCHARGING A VEHICLE HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ON-BOARD VEHICLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, AND INSULATION MONITORING DEVICES | MCFARLAND, DANIEL PATRICK | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 17629579 | Method and Arrangement for Operating a Battery Device | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 1727 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Apr 18, 2022 |
| 17213531 | HEATING DEVICE FOR INSTALLATION IN A VEHICLE TANK FOR REDUCING AGENT AND VEHICLE TANK | RHUE, ABIGAIL H | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2021 |
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