Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Webasto SE

21 pending office actions • 15 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
3
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
18
Medium (86%)
2
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only18 (86%)
§112 only2 (10%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
24% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
57% 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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 2 85.3% +3.0%
VONCH, JEFFREY A 1 52.2% +43.9%
NGUYEN, DUNG T 1 82.1% +1.0%
DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 1 64.8% -9.4%
FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD 1 79.0% +2.8%
LEE, EDMUND H 1 69.2% +17.6%
ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 1 88.4% +10.4%
ZHUO, WENWEI 1 78.9% +7.6%
ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES 1 67.5% -6.3%
PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES 1 63.7% +20.7%

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
18575934 Charging cable, charging station, charging system, and method for transmitting a charging current from a charging station to a traction battery ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 87d overdue
18601501 VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION HAVING DETACHABLE ROOF PARTS BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 1d overdue
18687113 ROOF MODULE FOR FORMING A VEHICLE ROOF HAVING A CLEANING APPARATUS BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 30d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18575934 Charging cable, charging station, charging system, and method for transmitting a charging current from a charging station to a traction battery ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 87d overdue
18292649 METHOD OF PRODUCING A COVER FOR A VEHICLE ROOF LEE, EDMUND H 43d overdue
18651074 PANE ARRANGEMENT VONCH, JEFFREY A 20d
18290480 MOBILE HEATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE HEATING DEVICE PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES 22d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3612 5
2859 2
3645 2
1781 1
2871 1
2486 1
3676 1
1744 1
2858 1
3799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18651074 PANE ARRANGEMENT VONCH, JEFFREY A 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18634031 FUNCTIONAL LAYER AND METHOD FOR CONTACTING A FUNCTIONAL LAYER NGUYEN, DUNG T 2871 Other Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18619450 SENSOR MODULE FOR BEING DISPOSED ON A MOTOR VEHICLE DEMOSKY, PATRICK E 2486 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18601501 VEHICLE CONSTRUCTION HAVING DETACHABLE ROOF PARTS BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18687113 ROOF MODULE FOR FORMING A VEHICLE ROOF HAVING A CLEANING APPARATUS BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18686986 ROOF MODULE FOR FORMING A VEHICLE ROOF HAVING A CLEANING NOZZLE FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD 3676 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18292649 METHOD OF PRODUCING A COVER FOR A VEHICLE ROOF LEE, EDMUND H 1744 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2024
18575934 Charging cable, charging station, charging system, and method for transmitting a charging current from a charging station to a traction battery ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2024
18565934 VEHICLE ROOF HAVING A FRAME DEVICE ZHUO, WENWEI 3612 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18522661 ROOF MODULE COMPRISING A COOLING MECHANISM ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18290480 MOBILE HEATING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE HEATING DEVICE PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES 3799 §103 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 §112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 27, 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
18188608 Window module, motor vehicle having such a window module and roof module having such a window module COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 3612 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2023
18187080 Sensor assembly comprising a cover element, and method for producing a cover element of a sensor assembly of a motor vehicle NOEL, JEMPSON 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18003288 VEHICLE UNIT, GROUND UNIT AND METHOD FOR CHARGING A BATTERY OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE HENZE, DAVID V 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
17894348 Roof Module for Forming a Vehicle Roof Comprising a Cleaning Nozzle HENSON, KATINA N 3723 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 24, 2022
17893687 Roof Module for Forming a Vehicle Roof Having a Displaceable Cleaning Nozzle BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022
17793509 Roof Module for a Motor Vehicle Comprising a Sensor System ALVARE, PAUL 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 128d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2022
17791682 BURNER AND MOBILE HEATING DEVICE DEEAN, DEEPAK A 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 08, 2022
17781679 Supporting structure for receiving battery cells RICKMAN, HOLLY C 1785 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 01, 2022

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