Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Webasto SE

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

24 pending office actions • 18 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Webasto SE has 25 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket is distributed across 21 examiners and 18 art units, showing broad coverage of technical and examination assignments.

BUTCHER, CAROLINE N is the busiest identified examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration supports targeted examiner review, while portfolio oversight should account for the numerous other examiner and art-unit contexts.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

16
Hard (67%)
8
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (29%)
§102 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
25% of docket
3
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LYJAK, LORI LYNN 2 89.9% +8.5%
DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 2 65.5% -8.9%
DEEAN, DEEPAK A 2 49.2% +42.2%
EIDE, ERIC T 1 67.0% +21.9%
BOLOTIN, DMITRIY 1 81.1% +12.8%
ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 1 85.6% +4.9%
YANG, ZHEREN J 1 57.3% +52.8%
ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 1 87.2% +8.4%
BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 1 81.2% +13.3%
MCKINNON, TERRELL L 1 31.3% +19.2%

Quick Wins (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19185983 VEHICLE WINDOW BOLOTIN, DMITRIY —
18971462 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING A ROOF SKIN ARRANGEMENT AND CONVERTIBLE TOP LINKAGE LYJAK, LORI LYNN —
18688476 FLOW GUIDING DEVICE FOR BEING INSTALLED ON A PANEL COMPONENT LYJAK, LORI LYNN —

Hard Cases (16)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18687113 ROOF MODULE FOR FORMING A VEHICLE ROOF HAVING A CLEANING APPARATUS BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 30d
19152339 VEHICLE ROOF ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PANE WITH A LIGHT GUIDE LAYER EIDE, ERIC T —
18879591 ROOF ARRANGEMENT WITH LINER ELEMENT ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE —
18991954 VEHICLE WINDOW AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A VEHICLE WINDOW YANG, ZHEREN J —
18985669 COVER FOR A VEHICLE ROOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COVER ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS —
18971466 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING A CONVERTIBLE TOP LINKAGE BUTCHER, CAROLINE N —
18965305 SENSOR MODULE HAVING AN ENVIRONMENT SENSOR AND A COOLING DEVICE MCKINNON, TERRELL L —
18864769 MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR WIND DEFLECTOR OF SUNROOF OF VEHICLE, WIND DEFLECTOR AND SUNROOF CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17791682 BURNER AND MOBILE HEATING DEVICE DEEAN, DEEPAK A 9d
19152339 VEHICLE ROOF ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PANE WITH A LIGHT GUIDE LAYER EIDE, ERIC T —
19185983 VEHICLE WINDOW BOLOTIN, DMITRIY —
18991954 VEHICLE WINDOW AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A VEHICLE WINDOW YANG, ZHEREN J —
18971466 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING A CONVERTIBLE TOP LINKAGE BUTCHER, CAROLINE N —
18965305 SENSOR MODULE HAVING AN ENVIRONMENT SENSOR AND A COOLING DEVICE MCKINNON, TERRELL L —
18282634 HEATING DEVICE, PREFERABLY FUEL-OPERATED HEATING DEVICE, FOR A VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A HEATING DEVICE DEEAN, DEEPAK A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3612 5
2486 2
3762 2
2875 1
2623 1
1781 1
3644 1
3676 1
3632 1
2484 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19152339 VEHICLE ROOF ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PANE WITH A LIGHT GUIDE LAYER EIDE, ERIC T 2875 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 30, 2025
19185983 VEHICLE WINDOW BOLOTIN, DMITRIY 2623 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2025
18879591 ROOF ARRANGEMENT WITH LINER ELEMENT ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 3612 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18991954 VEHICLE WINDOW AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A VEHICLE WINDOW YANG, ZHEREN J 1781 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18985669 COVER FOR A VEHICLE ROOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COVER ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 3644 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18971466 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING A CONVERTIBLE TOP LINKAGE BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 3676 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18971462 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING A ROOF SKIN ARRANGEMENT AND CONVERTIBLE TOP LINKAGE LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18965305 SENSOR MODULE HAVING AN ENVIRONMENT SENSOR AND A COOLING DEVICE MCKINNON, TERRELL L 3632 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18864769 MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR WIND DEFLECTOR OF SUNROOF OF VEHICLE, WIND DEFLECTOR AND SUNROOF CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN 3612 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2024
18834907 ASSEMBLIES FOR MOVING A COVER, AND VEHICLE ROOF DANG, HUNG Q 2484 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18784006 VEHICLE ROOF HAVING AN OUTER ROOF SKIN ELEMENT AND HEADLINER BEMKO, TARAS P 3672 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18562667 Bus bar for contacting of battery cells accommodated in a cell holder, battery module arrangement and method for connecting a bus bar to a battery cell CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO 1729 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18644474 SENSOR MODULE COMPRISING A WEATHERSTRIP ARRANGEMENT, A ROOF MODULE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 2486 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18619550 LAMINATED PANE FOR A VEHICLE, VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAMINATED PANE COLGAN, LAUREN ROBINSON 1784 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18619450 SENSOR MODULE FOR BEING DISPOSED ON A MOTOR VEHICLE DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 2486 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18614239 Case lid for a case of an electric motor, case assembly having the case lid and electric motor SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 2834 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18688476 FLOW GUIDING DEVICE FOR BEING INSTALLED ON A PANEL COMPONENT LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18687113 ROOF MODULE FOR FORMING A VEHICLE ROOF HAVING A CLEANING APPARATUS BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §102§103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18565712 Battery and battery control method MERKLING, MATTHEW J 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18389355 Battery for a motor vehicle LIN, GIGI LEE 1726 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18282634 HEATING DEVICE, PREFERABLY FUEL-OPERATED HEATING DEVICE, FOR A VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A HEATING DEVICE DEEAN, DEEPAK A 3762 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 18, 2023
18019418 Housing for a battery module for receiving battery cells MELFI, OLIVIA MASON 1700 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2023
17893687 Roof Module for Forming a Vehicle Roof Having a Displaceable Cleaning Nozzle BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022
17791682 BURNER AND MOBILE HEATING DEVICE DEEAN, DEEPAK A 3762 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jul 08, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Webasto SE have?

Webasto SE has 24 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 18 art units and 21 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Webasto SE applications?

Lori Lynn Lyjak has the most, with 2 of Webasto SE's pending office actions.

What technology area are Webasto SE's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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