Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
92 pending office actions • 38 art units • 84 examiners • 31 of 92 (34%) have an AI response strategy ready • 226 patents granted in the last 365 days
Waymo LLC has 92 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 84 distinct examiners and 37 distinct art units, showing substantial examiner dispersion across a more concentrated technical structure. The art-unit distribution provides a useful basis for identifying recurring issues in related technology areas.
KHATIB, RAMI is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That limited concentration does not identify one examiner as the principal source of docket complexity. Counsel may benefit from centralized technology and claim review, followed by tailored prosecution planning for the many examiner assignments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 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. 26 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 | 10 (11%) |
| §103 only | 47 (51%) |
| §102 only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 7 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 18 (20%) |
| No statute on record | 4 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KHATIB, RAMI | 2 | 77.0% | +13.7% |
| AMIN, BHAVESH V | 2 | 79.6% | +15.1% |
| ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 2 | 44.3% | +32.8% |
| HELLNER, MARK | 2 | 90.4% | +8.6% |
| BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | 2 | 77.3% | +16.9% |
| NOEL, JEMPSON | 2 | 66.9% | +30.4% |
| HULKA, JAMES R | 2 | 76.3% | +11.9% |
| XIAO, YUQING | 2 | 60.5% | +27.7% |
| LEE, JUSTIN S | 1 | 74.6% | +25.6% |
| PECHE, JORGE O | 1 | 80.7% | +17.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19257952 | LANE CHANGES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INVOLVING TRAFFIC STACKS AT INTERSECTION | PECHE, JORGE O | — |
| 18959920 | Systems and Methods for Occlusion Detection | HELLNER, MARK | — |
| 18779594 | Light Detection using an Aperture | HELLNER, MARK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17591130 | INCORPORATING POSITION ESTIMATION DEGRADATION INTO TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 672d overdue |
| 18142429 | RARE EXAMPLE MINING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | VO, STEVEN | 22d overdue |
| 18989050 | ARRANGING TRIPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 28d |
| 18924713 | Reporting Road Event Data and Sharing with Other Vehicles | SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J | 33d |
| 18969041 | HANDLING MANEUVER LIMITS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | 41d |
| 18929174 | Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersections | SOOFI, YAZAN A | 41d |
| 19299689 | WRONG-WAY DRIVING MODELING | KHATIB, RAMI | — |
| 19245955 | PERIMETER SENSOR HOUSINGS | NGUYEN, TAN QUANG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18796553 | REAL-TIME LANE CHANGE SELECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | AMIN, BHAVESH V | 25d overdue |
| 17303770 | DETERMINATION OF ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | XIAO, YUQING | 14d |
| 16869682 | USING PREDICTION MODELS FOR SCENE DIFFICULTY IN VEHICLE ROUTING | KHATIB, RAMI | 27d |
| 18989050 | ARRANGING TRIPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 28d |
| 17662239 | Mitigating Crosstalk from High-Intensity Returns in a Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Device | XIAO, YUQING | 70d |
| 19299689 | WRONG-WAY DRIVING MODELING | KHATIB, RAMI | — |
| 19276153 | PROVIDING WAIT TIMES FOR PICKUPS OF PASSENGERS INVOLVING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | LEE, JUSTIN S | — |
| 19257952 | LANE CHANGES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INVOLVING TRAFFIC STACKS AT INTERSECTION | PECHE, JORGE O | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 10 |
| 3668 | 7 |
| 3662 | 7 |
| 3669 | 6 |
| 3663 | 6 |
| 3666 | 4 |
| 3661 | 3 |
| 3667 | 3 |
| 3657 | 3 |
| 2884 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19299689 | WRONG-WAY DRIVING MODELING | KHATIB, RAMI | 3669 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19276153 | PROVIDING WAIT TIMES FOR PICKUPS OF PASSENGERS INVOLVING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | LEE, JUSTIN S | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19257952 | LANE CHANGES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES INVOLVING TRAFFIC STACKS AT INTERSECTION | PECHE, JORGE O | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19251112 | Methods and Systems for Automatic Introspective Perception | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 3661 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19245955 | PERIMETER SENSOR HOUSINGS | NGUYEN, TAN QUANG | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19236021 | AUTO-EXPOSURE OCCLUSION CAMERA | LUU, THANH X | 2878 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19231163 | MODELING AGENT DRIVING BEHAVIOR | SMITH, ISAAC G | 3662 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19229684 | SELECTIVE DEACTIVATION OF LIGHT EMITTERS FOR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION IN LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) DEVICES | BENNETT, JENNIFER D | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19226442 | Continuing Lane Driving Prediction | MERLINO, DAVID P | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 19220715 | Methods and Systems for Adjusting Vehicle Behavior based on Estimated Unintentional Lateral Movements | ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM | 3668 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19211380 | ARRANGING PASSENGER TRIPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | CROMER, ANDREW J | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19202681 | STEERING SYSTEM FAULT RESPONSE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | REDA, MATTHEW J | 3665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19198574 | Interior Camera System for a Self Driving Car | PHAM, TOAN NGOC | 2685 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19199050 | Static Dome Assembly for LiDAR Systems | HANSEN, JONATHAN M | 2877 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19197038 | SERVICE AREA MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | NGUYEN, NGA B | 3625 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19186950 | Augmented Reality Wayfinding | TAN, OLIVER E | 3669 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19091916 | ARRANGING PASSENGER PICKUPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | AMIN, BHAVESH V | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19083422 | DENIAL OF SERVICE RESPONSE TO THE DETECTION OF ILLICIT SIGNALS ON THE IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION NETWORK | GUNDRY, STEPHEN T | 2435 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19059867 | Close-in Sensing Camera System | AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B | 2488 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 12d | AI Ready | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19058733 | Multiple Destination Trips For Autonomous Vehicles | LEE, TYLER J | 3663 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19052077 | Impact Resistant Heated Window Mount for Thermal Camera | TANINGCO, MARCUS H | 2884 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19049616 | SENSOR INTEGRATION FOR LARGE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | VORCE, AMELIA J.I. | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19034427 | CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS BASED ON MOTION PATTERNS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS | SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM | 3668 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19015091 | Actively Modifying a Field of View of an Autonomous Vehicle in View of Constraints | HILGENDORF, DALE W | 3662 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19011765 | DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO PROCESSIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | 3662 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18999012 | Systems and Methods for Data Communication via a Rotary Link | PEREZ, ANGELICA | 2649 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18989086 | Low-Overhead, Bidirectional Error Checking for a Serial Peripheral Interface | BRADEN, GRACE VICTORIA | 2112 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18989050 | ARRANGING TRIPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS | ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY | 3669 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | AI Ready | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18978766 | Pedestrian Countdown Signal Classification to Increase Pedestrian Behavior Legibility | BITAR, NANCY | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18969041 | HANDLING MANEUVER LIMITS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | 3668 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 41d | AI Ready | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18959843 | MAPPING ACTIVE AND INACTIVE CONSTRUCTION ZONES FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING | BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18959920 | Systems and Methods for Occlusion Detection | HELLNER, MARK | 3645 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18959357 | Monolithic Silicon Photomultiplier Array | WILLIAMS, DON J | 2878 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18955364 | TESTING A SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING SIMULATIONS | SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | AI Ready | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18955396 | Methods and Systems for Real-time Automotive Radar Sensor Validation | GUYAH, REMASH RAJA | 3648 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18952239 | METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR RESPONDING TO A LANE BLOCKING OBJECT | REFAI, RAMSEY | 3664 | §102 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | AI Ready | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18950830 | SCENE TOKENIZATION FOR MOTION PREDICTION | PERLMAN, DAVID S | 2673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18936116 | Railroad Light Detection | KUNTZ, JEWEL A | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | AI Ready | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18930591 | Methods and Systems for Radar Reflection Filtering During Vehicle Navigation | MOORE, WHITNEY | 3646 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18929174 | Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersections | SOOFI, YAZAN A | 3668 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18924713 | Reporting Road Event Data and Sharing with Other Vehicles | SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J | 3662 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 33d | AI Ready | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18921915 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for using Remote Assistance to Annotate Images of an Environment | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 3661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18918915 | Programmable SiPM Arrays | FAYE, MAMADOU | 2884 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18917449 | Optical Signal Routing Devices and Systems | MOONEY, MICHAEL P | 2874 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18913074 | BEHAVIOR PREDICTION USING SCENE-CENTRIC REPRESENTATIONS | LAMBERT, GABRIEL JOSEPH RENE | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18906650 | ROUTE VARIATION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES | MACIOROWSKI, GODFREY ALEKSANDER | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18905382 | IDENTIFICATION OF REAL AND IMAGE SIGN DETECTIONS IN DRIVING APPLICATIONS | WEBB, MARGARET G | 2641 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18901951 | CAMERA PEEK INTO TURN | HESS, MICHAEL J | 2481 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 43d | AI Ready | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18895206 | Rotatable Mirror Device | BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18889024 | Remote Assistance for an Autonomous Vehicle in Low Confidence Situations | ANWARI, MACEEH | 3663 | §102 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | AI Ready | Sep 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWaymo LLC has 92 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 38 art units and 84 examiners.
Rami Khatib has the most, with 2 of Waymo LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
