Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Webasto SE

28 pending office actions • 15 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)

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.

15
Hard (54%)
11
Medium (39%)
1
Easy (4%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only10 (36%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (50%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
21% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
21% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
11
Business / Other
39% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LYJAK, LORI LYNN 2 89.8% +8.6%
CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN 2 100.0% +0.0%
EIDE, ERIC T 1 66.9% +22.2%
YANG, ZHEREN J 1 57.2% +52.9%
ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 1 87.6% +7.8%
BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 1 81.4% +13.6%
MCKINNON, TERRELL L 1 30.4% +20.3%
TRAN, NGUYEN 1 83.5% +7.7%
AKARAGWE, YANICK A 1 83.3% +12.2%
DANG, HUNG Q 1 68.4% +18.3%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18985669 COVER FOR A VEHICLE ROOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COVER ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS
18971462 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING A ROOF SKIN ARRANGEMENT AND CONVERTIBLE TOP LINKAGE LYJAK, LORI LYNN
18864769 MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR WIND DEFLECTOR OF SUNROOF OF VEHICLE, WIND DEFLECTOR AND SUNROOF CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN
18688476 FLOW GUIDING DEVICE FOR BEING INSTALLED ON A PANEL COMPONENT LYJAK, LORI LYNN

Hard Cases (15)

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
18651074 PANE ARRANGEMENT VONCH, JEFFREY A 20d
18384447 Method for ascertaining a proportion of defective battery cells, battery controller, computer program, computer-readable storage medium, battery and motor vehicle LEE, PAUL D 20d
18290480 MOBILE HEATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE HEATING DEVICE PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES 22d
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
18971473 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING COUPLED MULTI-BAR ARRANGEMENTS BUTCHER, CAROLINE N
18965305 SENSOR MODULE HAVING AN ENVIRONMENT SENSOR AND A COOLING DEVICE MCKINNON, TERRELL L
18959142 DC-DC CONVERTER TRAN, NGUYEN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19152339 VEHICLE ROOF ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A PANE WITH A LIGHT GUIDE LAYER EIDE, ERIC T
18991954 VEHICLE WINDOW AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A VEHICLE WINDOW YANG, ZHEREN J
18971473 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING COUPLED MULTI-BAR ARRANGEMENTS BUTCHER, CAROLINE N
18965305 SENSOR MODULE HAVING AN ENVIRONMENT SENSOR AND A COOLING DEVICE MCKINNON, TERRELL L
18857309 ARRANGEMENT FOR MOVING A COVER AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING AN ARRANGEMENT AKARAGWE, YANICK A
18834907 ASSEMBLIES FOR MOVING A COVER, AND VEHICLE ROOF DANG, HUNG Q

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1781 2
3612 2
2875 1
2486 1
1784 1
2834 1
2871 1
1783 1
3799 1
2857 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 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2025
18991954 VEHICLE WINDOW AND VEHICLE COMPRISING SUCH A VEHICLE WINDOW YANG, ZHEREN J Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18985669 COVER FOR A VEHICLE ROOF AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COVER ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18971473 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING COUPLED MULTI-BAR ARRANGEMENTS BUTCHER, CAROLINE N §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18971462 CONVERTIBLE TOP HAVING A ROOF SKIN ARRANGEMENT AND CONVERTIBLE TOP LINKAGE LYJAK, LORI LYNN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18965305 SENSOR MODULE HAVING AN ENVIRONMENT SENSOR AND A COOLING DEVICE MCKINNON, TERRELL L §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18959142 DC-DC CONVERTER TRAN, NGUYEN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18864769 MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR WIND DEFLECTOR OF SUNROOF OF VEHICLE, WIND DEFLECTOR AND SUNROOF CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18857309 ARRANGEMENT FOR MOVING A COVER AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING AN ARRANGEMENT AKARAGWE, YANICK A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18834907 ASSEMBLIES FOR MOVING A COVER, AND VEHICLE ROOF DANG, HUNG Q §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18834818 ASSEMBLY FOR MOVING A COVER CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18651074 PANE ARRANGEMENT VONCH, JEFFREY A 1781 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18644474 SENSOR MODULE COMPRISING A WEATHERSTRIP ARRANGEMENT, A ROOF MODULE AND A MOTOR VEHICLE DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 2486 §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 §103 Non-Final OA 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§112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18293000 Battery module and battery HILTON, ALBERT MICHAEL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18292800 GLASS PANEL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GLASS PANEL DEVICE QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2024
18407063 MOTOR VEHICLE PANE AND MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A MOTOR VEHICLE PANE FIGG, TRAVIS M 1783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18290480 MOBILE HEATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE HEATING DEVICE PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES 3799 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18384447 Method for ascertaining a proportion of defective battery cells, battery controller, computer program, computer-readable storage medium, battery and motor vehicle LEE, PAUL D 2857 §101 Final Rejection 20d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18372399 Busbar assembly and vehicle battery DOUYETTE, KENNETH J 1725 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18282682 Method for checking an insulation state of a battery or battery system NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18450686 VEHICLE ROOF HAVING A SEALING SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME VINEIS, FRANK J 1781 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2023
18032676 Charging device having emergency power supply, and method for the supply of emergency power DIAO, M BAYE 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 19, 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
17781679 Supporting structure for receiving battery cells RICKMAN, HOLLY C 1785 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 01, 2022

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