Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
65 pending office actions • 47 art units • 64 examiners • 0 of 65 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 201 patents granted in the last 365 days
Volkswagen AG has 63 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The portfolio involves 62 examiners and 47 art units, indicating that nearly every matter has a separate examiner while technical assignments recur more often.
MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration makes examiner-specific coordination useful for those matters but insufficient as a portfolio-wide strategy. Art-unit monitoring and consistent internal treatment of recurring claim issues are more broadly relevant.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 9 (14%) |
| §103 only | 20 (31%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| §112 only | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 31 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 2 | 59.7% | +26.5% |
| GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 1 | 93.1% | -2.2% |
| WU, PAYSUN | 1 | 65.5% | +20.6% |
| ARCIERO, ADAM A | 1 | 65.2% | -17.7% |
| ALKIRSH, AHMED | 1 | 47.7% | +32.9% |
| LEE, GILBERT Y | 1 | 78.8% | +10.7% |
| TO, TUAN C | 1 | 86.1% | +10.0% |
| GOFF II, JOHN L | 1 | 59.5% | +31.0% |
| LUGO, CARLOS | 1 | 74.9% | +13.6% |
| TRAN, MINH | 1 | 86.3% | +15.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19291202 | Method For Operating An Assistance System Of An Ego Vehicle | TO, TUAN C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18005881 | Method and System for Monitoring a Wireless Communication Network | ASRES, HERMON | 155d overdue |
| 18885279 | VALIDATING A TRAVEL CORRIDOR FOR LATERAL GUIDANCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | HORNER, MINATO LEE | 71d overdue |
| 18667747 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A CRANKCASE SYSTEM, CRANKCASE SYSTEM, VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN | 31d overdue |
| 18698736 | A CONCEPT FOR CONTROLLING AN UPDATE PROCESS OF A COMPUTATIONAL FUNCTION BLOCK IN A VEHICLE | SOLTANZADEH, AMIR | 9d overdue |
| 18499065 | VEHICLE SUSPENSION FOR TRAILER COUPLING MECHANISM AND VEHICLE SUPPORT | FRISBY, KEITH J | 16d |
| 18839531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED COORDINATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF A PLURALITY OF ROBOTS | EVANS, KARSTON G | 29d |
| 18294000 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS | YEA, JI-HAE P | 35d |
| 18263807 | METHOD, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DATA CARRIER SIGNAL | BEAN, GRIFFIN TANNER | 70d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18551589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ITEMS OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE MOVEMENT OF A VEHICLE | WU, PAYSUN | — |
| 19479539 | Method for Activating a Vehicle Function, Vehicle Function System, and Vehicle | ALKIRSH, AHMED | — |
| 19331934 | SNAP-ON SEALING RING FOR EXTERNALLY SEALING A SHAFT CONNECTION | LEE, GILBERT Y | — |
| 19291202 | Method For Operating An Assistance System Of An Ego Vehicle | TO, TUAN C | — |
| 19245895 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACCUMULATOR AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN ACCUMULATOR | GOFF II, JOHN L | — |
| 19134007 | A METHOD FOR GUIDING A BOWDEN CABLE PLUG-IN CONNECTION TO AN END POSITION IN A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, GUIDE SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A BOWDEN CABLE PLUG-IN CONNECTION TO AN END POSITION IN A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, AND BOWDEN CABLE SYSTEM FOR A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 19176979 | Method For Operating At Least One Luminaire Of A Vehicle And Luminaire | TRAN, MINH | — |
| 19041676 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING A HANDS-OFF STATE AT A STEERING WHEEL OF A VEHICLE | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3665 | 5 |
| 1727 | 3 |
| 3668 | 3 |
| 3614 | 2 |
| 3675 | 2 |
| 2845 | 2 |
| 3669 | 2 |
| 3646 | 2 |
| 3725 | 2 |
| 3663 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19480265 | VEHICLE HAVING A RESTRAINT DEVICE | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2025 |
| 18551589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ITEMS OF INFORMATION REGARDING THE MOVEMENT OF A VEHICLE | WU, PAYSUN | 3665 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18001240 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING THE POWER OF FUEL CELL SYSTEMS IN A VEHICLE | ARCIERO, ADAM A | 1727 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2022 |
| 19479539 | Method for Activating a Vehicle Function, Vehicle Function System, and Vehicle | ALKIRSH, AHMED | 3668 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2025 |
| 19331934 | SNAP-ON SEALING RING FOR EXTERNALLY SEALING A SHAFT CONNECTION | LEE, GILBERT Y | 3675 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 19291202 | Method For Operating An Assistance System Of An Ego Vehicle | TO, TUAN C | 3661 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19245895 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ACCUMULATOR AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN ACCUMULATOR | GOFF II, JOHN L | 1746 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19134007 | A METHOD FOR GUIDING A BOWDEN CABLE PLUG-IN CONNECTION TO AN END POSITION IN A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, GUIDE SYSTEM FOR GUIDING A BOWDEN CABLE PLUG-IN CONNECTION TO AN END POSITION IN A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, AND BOWDEN CABLE SYSTEM FOR A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE COMPONENT OF A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19176979 | Method For Operating At Least One Luminaire Of A Vehicle And Luminaire | TRAN, MINH | 2845 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19116199 | METHOD FOR SITUATION-BASED ACTUATION OF LIGHTING ALONG A ROAD | LUONG, HENRY T | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19114270 | STEERING COLUMN SWITCH, STEERING WHEEL SYSTEM, MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD | AU, SCOTT D | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19041676 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING A HANDS-OFF STATE AT A STEERING WHEEL OF A VEHICLE | MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE | 3669 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19033652 | Method For Sensing Surroundings Of A Vehicle By Means Of A Sensor System On The Basis Of Consecutive Interconnection Of Subarrays Of The Sensor System, And Sensor System And Vehicle | WINDRICH, MARCUS E | 3646 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19020772 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE FOR LOCKING AND/OR UNLOCKING AN OBJECT | ALIZADA, OMEED | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19018105 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING TRAJECTORIES FOR AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE | KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | 3665 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19015259 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LONGITUDINALLY GUIDING A MOTOR VEHICLE | SHUDY, ANGELINA M | 3668 | §112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18881387 | Method for Operating a Vehicle, and Vehicle | BARAKAT, MOHAMED | 2689 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19007376 | MOTORCYCLE LANE SPLITTING DETECTION SYSTEM | MOORE, WHITNEY | 3646 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18990852 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SPECIFIC CONNECTIVITY QUALITY OF SERVICE ALONG A ROUTE OF A VEHICLE | WELTE, BENJAMIN PETER | 2477 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18914121 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING INTERCONNECTED COMPONENTS OF AN INTERIOR-TRIM PART, AND INTERCONNECTED COMPONENTS OF AN INTERIOR-TRIM PART | CONDO, VERONICA MARIE | 3612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2024 |
| 18902039 | METHOD FOR INFLUENCING AN AGING PROCESS OF A COMPONENT OF AN EXHAUST AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM, CONTROL UNIT, DRIVING MACHINE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18885279 | VALIDATING A TRAVEL CORRIDOR FOR LATERAL GUIDANCE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | HORNER, MINATO LEE | 3665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 71d overdue | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18839531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED COORDINATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF A PLURALITY OF ROBOTS | EVANS, KARSTON G | 3657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18782968 | BRAKE ELEMENT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BRAKE ELEMENT | TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH | 3655 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18763751 | METHOD FOR CALENDERING AN ELECTRODE TAPE, AND CALENDERING DEVICE | EKIERT, TERESA M | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18737213 | TRACTION NETWORK FOR A VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TRACTION NETWORK | PHAM, DUC M | 2849 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18734456 | Method And Assistance System For Parking Support By Means Of A Hybrid Map, Corresponding Digital Hybrid Map, And Correspondingly Configured Motor Vehicle | ROBINSON, KITO R | 3664 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18715028 | METHODS FOR IMPROVING A HANDOVER, APPARATUS, VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | EMADI, MARYAM NMN | 2478 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18713593 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL OPERATING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2621 | §103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18713380 | METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT FOR INCREASING A SIGNAL STRENGTH, METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE, APPARATUS, VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | LEE, JOHN J | 2649 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18713125 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ORGANIZING ACCESS TO A SHARED MEMORY OF A VEHICLE | LI, SIDNEY | 2137 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18667747 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A CRANKCASE SYSTEM, CRANKCASE SYSTEM, VEHICLE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | MOSCOLA, MATTHEW JOHN | 3663 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18710583 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR TESTING THE INSTALLATION OR REMOVAL OF AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT | HARRISON, CHANTE E | 2615 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18649858 | METHOD FOR BIDIRECTIONAL ENERGY EXCHANGE BETWEEN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND A CHARGING STATION, AND ARRANGEMENT | BERHANU, SAMUEL | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18647823 | BATTERY CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH A BATTERY CELL | CULLEN, SEAN P | 1725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18646686 | LITHIUM-ION BATTERY | SCHULER, JACOB JEROME | 1727 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18644983 | ANODE MATERIAL, BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANODE MATERIAL | SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S | 1723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18634658 | PASSENGER-COMPARTMENT COMPONENT FOR AN AIR VENT, AIR VENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD | HAMILTON, FRANCES F | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18698736 | A CONCEPT FOR CONTROLLING AN UPDATE PROCESS OF A COMPUTATIONAL FUNCTION BLOCK IN A VEHICLE | SOLTANZADEH, AMIR | 2191 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18621963 | COATING DEVICE, METHOD, AND ELECTRODE | THOMAS, BINU | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18607462 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SOLID-STATE BATTERY CELL | MCCONNELL, WYATT P | 1727 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 16, 2024 |
| 18605545 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A ROLLING DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRODE SHEET, AND ROLLING DEVICE | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18691247 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRODE OF A SOLID-STATE BATTERY CELL | WEI, YVONNE | 1722 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18294000 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS | YEA, JI-HAE P | 2471 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18424270 | Method and Device for Autonomous Movement of a Vehicle in a Variably Optimized Dynamic Driving State | SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18542740 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY | WILENSKY, MOSHE K | 3725 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2023 |
| 18542732 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN END WALL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING END WALLS OF MOTOR VEHICLE BODIES OF DIFFERENT MOTOR VEHICLE TYPES | COOK, KYLE A | 3726 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2023 |
| 18542730 | BATTERY WITH OPTIMIZED TEMPERATURE CONTROLLABILITY | HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC | 1772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2023 |
| 18541363 | TRANSFORMER-BASED AI PLANNER FOR LANE CHANGING ON MULTI-LANE ROAD | ROBERT, DANIEL M | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18536380 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A STATE OF CHARGE OF A BATTERY CELL AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A STATE OF CHARGE OF A BATTERY CELL | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVolkswagen AG has 65 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 47 art units and 64 examiners.
Caitlin Renee Mccleary has the most, with 2 of Volkswagen AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
