Waymo LLC

Portfolio Summary

69

Total Pending OAs

52

Non-Final OAs

12

Final Rejections

5

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 69 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

31

Overdue

3

Due this week

19

Due this month

13

Due in next 60 days

3

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. 69 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (31)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (19)Due ≤ 60 days (13)Due later (3)

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.

1

Hard (1%)

64

Medium (93%)

2

Easy (3%)

2

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (1%)
§103 only	57 (83%)
§102 only	7 (10%)
§112 only	1 (1%)
Double-patenting only	1 (1%)
No statute on record	2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

0

Life Sciences

0% of docket

8

Information Tech

12% of docket

8

Communications

12% of docket

3

Semiconductors

4% of docket

50

Mechanical / Eng

72% 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.

690 h

Manual time on pending OAs

138 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

241 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

6.0 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN	4	45.5%	+63.2%
HO, MATTHEW	2	73.2%	+14.0%
RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M	1	77.4%	+15.0%
PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS	1	86.1%	+20.7%
AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B	1	76.2%	+14.0%
PARK, KYLE S	1	66.0%	+33.2%
ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY	1	44.3%	+36.0%
HOLMAN, JOHN D	1	55.4%	+27.5%
BARAKAT, MOHAMED	1	73.9%	+23.4%
ALUNKAL, THOMAS D	1	72.0%	+15.5%

Quick Wins (1)

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
19256718	GENERATING SCOUTING OBJECTIVES	PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS	83d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
19038794	Reachability User Experience Interfaces for Autonomous Vehicles	PARK, KYLE S	27d

Interview Candidates (14)

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
17947904	INTERFERENCE-BASED SUPPRESSION OF INTERNAL RETRO-REFLECTIONS IN COHERENT SENSING DEVICES	BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN	37d overdue
18950841	TREE POLICY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING SOLUTIONS	HO, MATTHEW	28d overdue
17549088	COUPLED LASERS FOR COHERENT DISTANCE AND VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS	BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN	17d overdue
18989096	EXTERNAL FACING COMMUNICATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	BARAKAT, MOHAMED	4d overdue
19059867	Close-in Sensing Camera System	AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B	12d
18990426	VIBROMETRY-BASED BEHAVIOR PREDICTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS	HOLMAN, JOHN D	12d
18980144	SECONDARY DISENGAGE ALERT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	ALUNKAL, THOMAS D	21d
19038794	Reachability User Experience Interfaces for Autonomous Vehicles	PARK, KYLE S	27d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3668	7
3663	7
3645	7
3665	5
3666	4
3669	3
3662	3
3658	3
3667	2
2689	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19258665	Optical Sensor for Mirror Zero Angle in a Scanning Lidar	RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M	3642	§103	Non-Final OA	41d	AI Ready	Jul 02, 2025
19256718	GENERATING SCOUTING OBJECTIVES	PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS	3665	DP	Non-Final OA	83d	Pending	Jul 01, 2025
19059867	Close-in Sensing Camera System	AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B	2488	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	AI Ready	Feb 21, 2025
19038794	Reachability User Experience Interfaces for Autonomous Vehicles	PARK, KYLE S	3666	§101	Non-Final OA	27d	AI Ready	Jan 28, 2025
18989050	ARRANGING TRIPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BASED ON WEATHER CONDITIONS	ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY	3669	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	AI Ready	Dec 20, 2024
18990426	VIBROMETRY-BASED BEHAVIOR PREDICTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS	HOLMAN, JOHN D	3667	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	AI Ready	Dec 20, 2024
18989096	EXTERNAL FACING COMMUNICATIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	BARAKAT, MOHAMED	2689	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	AI Ready	Dec 20, 2024
18980144	SECONDARY DISENGAGE ALERT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	ALUNKAL, THOMAS D	2686	§102	Non-Final OA	21d	AI Ready	Dec 13, 2024
18981277	GENERATING CONTROL INPUTS FOR AGENT TRAJECTORY PLANNING USING NEURAL NETWORKS	AN, IG TAI	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	23d	AI Ready	Dec 13, 2024
18973151	Systems For Implementing Fallback Behaviors For Autonomous Vehicles	SWEENEY, BRIAN P	3668	§112	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	AI Ready	Dec 09, 2024
18969041	HANDLING MANEUVER LIMITS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS	MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE	3668	§103	Non-Final OA	41d	AI Ready	Dec 04, 2024
18969022	MASS DISTRIBUTION-INFORMED OPTIMIZATION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMS	HO, MATTHEW	3669	§103	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	Dec 04, 2024
18955364	TESTING A SCHEDULING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES USING SIMULATIONS	SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	AI Ready	Nov 21, 2024
18952239	METHOD AND VEHICLE FOR RESPONDING TO A LANE BLOCKING OBJECT	REFAI, RAMSEY	3664	§102	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	AI Ready	Nov 19, 2024
18950841	TREE POLICY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING SOLUTIONS	HO, MATTHEW	3669	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	AI Ready	Nov 18, 2024
18950372	FLEET MANAGEMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N	3624	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	AI Ready	Nov 18, 2024
18946349	IDENTIFYING PARKABLE AREAS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	POINT, RUFUS C	2689	§103	Non-Final OA	11d overdue	AI Ready	Nov 13, 2024
18936116	Railroad Light Detection	KUNTZ, JEWEL A	3666	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	AI Ready	Nov 04, 2024
18929174	Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersections	SOOFI, YAZAN A	3668	§102	Non-Final OA	41d	Pending	Oct 28, 2024
18924713	Reporting Road Event Data and Sharing with Other Vehicles	SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	AI Ready	Oct 23, 2024
18923014	Lane Adjustment Techniques for Slow Lead Agents	SHAFI, MUHAMMAD	3666	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	AI Ready	Oct 22, 2024
18901951	CAMERA PEEK INTO TURN	HESS, MICHAEL J	2481	§103	Non-Final OA	43d	AI Ready	Sep 30, 2024
18897239	Synchronized Spinning LIDAR and Rolling Shutter Camera System	PHAM, NAM D	2487	Other	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	AI Ready	Sep 26, 2024
18896422	User Interface Techniques for Recommending Remote Assistance Actions	TC 3600, DOCKET	3600	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	AI Ready	Sep 25, 2024
18889024	Remote Assistance for an Autonomous Vehicle in Low Confidence Situations	ANWARI, MACEEH	3663	§102	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	AI Ready	Sep 18, 2024
18883353	LATERAL GAP PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	MUSTAFA, IMRAN K	3668	§103	Non-Final OA	35d	AI Ready	Sep 12, 2024
18883455	GENERATING TRAJECTORIES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Sep 12, 2024
18828864	Detection of Pedestrian Using Radio Devices	SHUDY, ANGELINA M	3668	§103	Non-Final OA	86d overdue	AI Ready	Sep 09, 2024
18815952	TRAJECTORY LIMITING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	WILLIS, BRANDON Z.	3665	§103	Non-Final OA	10d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 27, 2024
18796553	REAL-TIME LANE CHANGE SELECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	AMIN, BHAVESH V	3657	Other	Non-Final OA	25d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 07, 2024
18794503	LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING DEVICE USING COMBINED OPTICAL SIGNALS	LEE, TYLER J	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	35d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 05, 2024
18760933	Systems and Methods for Infrared Sensing	DOWNING, SAVANNAH STARR	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	AI Ready	Jul 01, 2024
18759076	Methods and Systems for Mitigating the Effects of Weather-related Attenuation on Radar Imagery	SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM	3668	§103	Final Rejection	41d	AI Ready	Jun 28, 2024
18731976	LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LIDAR) DEVICES HAVING VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER (VCSEL) EMITTERS	EUSTAQUIO, CAL J	2686	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Jun 03, 2024
18652670	EMERGENCY SIGNALING IN AUTONOMOUS TRUCKING SYSTEMS	REINERT, JONATHAN E	3668	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	AI Ready	May 01, 2024
18605352	MANAGING A FLEET OF VEHICLES	MERLINO, DAVID P	3665	§103	Non-Final OA	97d overdue	AI Ready	Mar 14, 2024
18600449	STATEFUL AND END-TO-END MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING	BOYAR, NOAH WILLIAM	2669	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	AI Ready	Mar 08, 2024
18588393	EVALUATING PULLOVERS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	CHEN, SHELLEY	3665	§103	Non-Final OA	37d overdue	Pending	Feb 27, 2024
18392299	Methods and Systems for using a Visual Language Model to Provide Remote Assistance to Vehicles	KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA	3666	§103	Non-Final OA	112d overdue	Pending	Dec 21, 2023
18544896	ASSESSING SURPRISE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	MILLER, LEAH NICOLE	3663	§102	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	AI Ready	Dec 19, 2023
18542327	TRAINING A POINT CLOUD PROCESSING MODEL USING A COMPUTER VISION MODEL	MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL	2663	§103	Final Rejection	7d	AI Ready	Dec 15, 2023
18531643	Stacked Image Processing to Reduce Blur for Autonomous Driving	LU, ZHIYU	2665	§103	Final Rejection	23d overdue	Pending	Dec 06, 2023
18522666	Methods and Systems for Validating Automotive Radar Pitch using Elevation Sidelobe Measurements	GOOD, KENNETH W	3648	§103	Non-Final OA	35d	AI Ready	Nov 29, 2023
18517438	Universal Spectrum Utilization Exchange for Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation and Avoidance	LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Nov 22, 2023
18515949	Methods and Systems for Transmit Beam Agnostic Radar Calibration	PERVIN, NUZHAT	3648	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	AI Ready	Nov 21, 2023
18506925	3-D OBJECT DETECTION BASED ON SYNTHETIC POINT CLOUD FRAMES	LE, JOHN H	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	AI Ready	Nov 10, 2023
18505516	KINEMATIC MODEL FOR AUTONOMOUS TRUCK ROUTING	EL SAYAH, MOHAMAD O	3658	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	AI Ready	Nov 09, 2023
18239168	CONFIGURATION-BASED SAMPLING OF RUN SEGMENTS FOR SIMULATING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BEHAVIOR	TRAN, KHOI H	3656	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	AI Ready	Aug 29, 2023
18142429	RARE EXAMPLE MINING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	VO, STEVEN	2148	§103	Non-Final OA	22d overdue	AI Ready	May 02, 2023
18064612	Methods and Systems for Providing Remote Assistance to an Autonomous Vehicle	CASTRO, PAUL A	3658	§103	Non-Final OA	79d overdue	AI Ready	Dec 12, 2022
18062085	Anti-Reflection Coated Lens for Fast Axis Collimation	NIGAM, NATASHA	2872	§102	Non-Final OA	72d overdue	Pending	Dec 06, 2022
17994991	TRAINING A CLASSIFIER TO DETECT OPEN VEHICLE DOORS	KAPOOR, DEVAN	2126	§103	Final Rejection	33d	AI Ready	Nov 28, 2022
17951001	DETECTING STATIONARY NON-PARTICIPANTS OF TRAFFIC	CHOU, SHIEN MING	3667	§103	Final Rejection	53d overdue	AI Ready	Sep 22, 2022
17947904	INTERFERENCE-BASED SUPPRESSION OF INTERNAL RETRO-REFLECTIONS IN COHERENT SENSING DEVICES	BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN	3645	§103	Non-Final OA	37d overdue	AI Ready	Sep 19, 2022
17882687	Smart Signs for Autonomous Vehicles	TUN, NAY L	2688	§103	Final Rejection	13d	AI Ready	Aug 08, 2022
17830021	USER-CONTROLLED ROUTE SELECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	47d	AI Ready	Jun 01, 2022
17662239	Mitigating Crosstalk from High-Intensity Returns in a Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Device	BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN	3645	§103	Final Rejection	70d	AI Ready	May 06, 2022
17730436	UNIFICATION OF SPECIALIZED MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS FOR EFFICIENT OBJECT DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION	DUONG, HIEN LUONGVAN	2147	§103	Non-Final OA	24d overdue	AI Ready	Apr 27, 2022
17591130	INCORPORATING POSITION ESTIMATION DEGRADATION INTO TRAJECTORY PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS	MANCHO, RONNIE M	3657	§102	Non-Final OA	672d overdue	Pending	Feb 02, 2022
17549088	COUPLED LASERS FOR COHERENT DISTANCE AND VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS	BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN	3645	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	AI Ready	Dec 13, 2021
17435582	Systems and Methods for Real-Time LIDAR Range Calibration	NOEL, JEMPSON	3645	§103	Non-Final OA	36d overdue	AI Ready	Sep 01, 2021
17398436	HARD EXAMPLE MINING FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK	BAKER, EZRA JAMES	2126	§103	Final Rejection	9d overdue	AI Ready	Aug 10, 2021
17443163	OPTIMIZED MULTICHANNEL OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR LIDAR SENSORS	BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN	3645	§103	Final Rejection	61d	Pending	Jul 21, 2021
17376611	Adjusting Lidar Parameters Based on Environmental Conditions	QI, ZHENGQING J	3645	§103	Final Rejection	21d	AI Ready	Jul 15, 2021
17303770	DETERMINATION OF ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE APPLICATIONS	XIAO, YUQING	3645	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	AI Ready	Jun 07, 2021
17195882	DETECTING AND RESPONDING TO SOUNDS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES	PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN	3658	§103	Final Rejection	22d	AI Ready	Mar 09, 2021
17136489	SIMULATIONS OF SENSOR BEHAVIOR IN AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE	WU, PAYSUN	3665	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	AI Ready	Dec 29, 2020
17119108	Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Reordering Image Data	UNDERWOOD, BAKARI	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	40d	AI Ready	Dec 11, 2020
17099634	MULTI OBJECT TRACKING USING MEMORY ATTENTION	WU, NICHOLAS S	2148	§103	Final Rejection	9d	AI Ready	Nov 16, 2020

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