Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Witte Automotive GmbH has 10 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket spans 8 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, showing examiner dispersion across a smaller number of technical examination groups.
GILBERT, WILLIAM V is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That is the largest examiner-specific concentration identified. Counsel can use the shared art-unit structure to organize recurring automotive issues, while keeping separate histories for examiner-specific claim interpretations and response practice.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (10%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (70%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 2 | 58.0% | +25.8% |
| PATEL, VISHAL A | 2 | 59.1% | +22.6% |
| LUGO, CARLOS | 1 | 74.9% | +13.6% |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 48.4% | +16.5% |
| FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 1 | 75.5% | +24.6% |
| BYRD, EUGENE G | 1 | 70.1% | +8.9% |
| COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | 1 | 67.6% | +22.6% |
| HALL, ARTHUR O | 1 | 63.7% | +73.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19186734 | DOOR HANDLE ARRANGEMENT | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 18989600 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING COMPONENTS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPENSATING TOLERANCES | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — |
| 18976415 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | — |
| 18826256 | CONNECTING DOME, IN PARTICULAR SCREW DOME, AND FASTENING ASSEMBLY | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — |
| 18736631 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | BYRD, EUGENE G | — |
| 18736675 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | PATEL, VISHAL A | — |
| 17815959 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR CLEANING A VEHICLE ELEMENT | HALL, ARTHUR O | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19186734 | DOOR HANDLE ARRANGEMENT | LUGO, CARLOS | — |
| 18989600 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING COMPONENTS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPENSATING TOLERANCES | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — |
| 18976415 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | — |
| 18916833 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | — |
| 18826256 | CONNECTING DOME, IN PARTICULAR SCREW DOME, AND FASTENING ASSEMBLY | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — |
| 18736675 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | PATEL, VISHAL A | — |
| 18437417 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | PATEL, VISHAL A | — |
| 18320245 | Vehicle Having a Flap Unit for an Opening on the Vehicle | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 4 |
| 3993 | 2 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19186734 | DOOR HANDLE ARRANGEMENT | LUGO, CARLOS | 3675 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 18989600 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING COMPONENTS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPENSATING TOLERANCES | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18976415 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18916833 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 3675 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18826256 | CONNECTING DOME, IN PARTICULAR SCREW DOME, AND FASTENING ASSEMBLY | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | 3993 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18736631 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | BYRD, EUGENE G | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18736675 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | PATEL, VISHAL A | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18437417 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | PATEL, VISHAL A | 3631 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18320245 | Vehicle Having a Flap Unit for an Opening on the Vehicle | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | 3612 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 17815959 | CLEANING DEVICE FOR CLEANING A VEHICLE ELEMENT | HALL, ARTHUR O | 3752 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialWitte Automotive GmbH has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.
William V Gilbert has the most, with 2 of Witte Automotive GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
