Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
16 pending office actions • 9 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 | 3 (19%) |
| §103 only | 9 (56%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINHARDT, LAURA E | 2 | 69.9% | +20.1% |
| SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 1 | 89.1% | +16.3% |
| COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 1 | 66.1% | +17.7% |
| LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | 1 | 65.0% | +26.2% |
| PHAM, CLINT V | 1 | 45.2% | +30.8% |
| MILLER, LEAH NICOLE | 1 | 57.5% | -4.1% |
| JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS | 1 | 40.5% | +23.2% |
| CASS, JEAN PAUL | 1 | 72.9% | +25.3% |
| KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA | 1 | 70.1% | +23.9% |
| SU, STEPHANIE T | 1 | 68.2% | +30.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18174241 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING AN INITIAL POSITION FOR POSITIONING A VEHICLE | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | 12d |
| 18638083 | PREVENTIVE DEADLOCK CLASSIFIER | SU, STEPHANIE T | 14d |
| 19233322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE VEHICLES | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | — |
| 19222215 | HANDLING DEGRADATION STATES OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | — |
| 18843556 | A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN NAVIGATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ALONG A ROUTE | CASS, JEAN PAUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18897578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOVEMENTS OF VEHICLES | JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS | 42d overdue |
| 17996161 | UNCERTAINTY-DIRECTED TRAINING OF A REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AGENT FOR TACTICAL DECISION-MAKING | LINHARDT, LAURA E | 15d overdue |
| 18638083 | PREVENTIVE DEADLOCK CLASSIFIER | SU, STEPHANIE T | 14d |
| 17996143 | TACTICAL DECISION-MAKING THROUGH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION | LINHARDT, LAURA E | 34d |
| 19233322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE VEHICLES | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | — |
| 19231644 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION ON A SITE | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | — |
| 19222215 | HANDLING DEGRADATION STATES OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | — |
| 19131829 | A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INITIATING PRECONDITIONING OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM OR COMPONENT | PHAM, CLINT V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3666 | 4 |
| 3663 | 3 |
| 3662 | 2 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19233322 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ONE OR MORE VEHICLES | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 3666 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19231644 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION ON A SITE | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19222215 | HANDLING DEGRADATION STATES OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | LEE, BRANDON SUNG EUN | 3661 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19131829 | A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INITIATING PRECONDITIONING OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM OR COMPONENT | PHAM, CLINT V | 3663 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 18855058 | A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A FLEET OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | MILLER, LEAH NICOLE | 3666 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18897578 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOVEMENTS OF VEHICLES | JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18843556 | A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN NAVIGATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ALONG A ROUTE | CASS, JEAN PAUL | 3666 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18837396 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOAD-AWARE SCHEDULING OF VEHICLE MOVEMENTS | KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18638083 | PREVENTIVE DEADLOCK CLASSIFIER | SU, STEPHANIE T | 3662 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18551923 | A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF VEHICLES | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 3628 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18462952 | A COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR INITIALIZING A LOCALIZATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | HALL, HANA VICTORIA | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18174241 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING AN INITIAL POSITION FOR POSITIONING A VEHICLE | SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY | 3669 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18168832 | METHOD FOR LOCALIZING AND/OR MAPPING DURING OPERATION OF A VEHICLE IN AN ENVIRONMENT | PATEL, MANGLESH M | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Feb 14, 2023 |
| 17996143 | TACTICAL DECISION-MAKING THROUGH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION | LINHARDT, LAURA E | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 17996161 | UNCERTAINTY-DIRECTED TRAINING OF A REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AGENT FOR TACTICAL DECISION-MAKING | LINHARDT, LAURA E | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 17905108 | MANAGEMENT UNIT FOR MANAGING MATERIAL DUMPING, SYSTEM, AUTONOMOUS DUMP MACHINE AND METHOD | JIN, SELENA MENG | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
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