Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 3 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 holds a company patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio currently has 9 pending office actions. These actions are handled by 7 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. GILBERT, WILLIAM V is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending actions. The presence of 9 pending office actions suggests a steady volume of ongoing prosecution within the mechanical sector.
The distribution of 9 pending office actions across 2 distinct art units suggests a significant concentration of filings within a few technical groups. With 7 distinct examiners involved, the company faces a variety of examiner perspectives. Practitioners should focus on the 2 distinct art units while managing the 9 pending office actions across the 7 distinct examiners. The busiest examiner's 2 pending actions require a specific strategy tailored to that official's style. This structure requires balancing a broad strategy across the 7 distinct examiners with a focused approach for the identified art units. Maintaining consistency across the pending actions is essential within the transportation and mechanical sectors.
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 | 57.9% | +25.8% |
| PATEL, VISHAL A | 2 | 59.0% | +22.5% |
| LUGO, CARLOS | 1 | 74.9% | +14.0% |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 48.3% | +16.4% |
| FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 1 | 75.4% | +24.8% |
| MILLER, WILLIAM L | 1 | 79.0% | +14.8% |
| COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | 1 | 67.5% | +22.5% |
| HALL, ARTHUR O | 1 | 63.6% | +73.9% |
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 | — |
| 18884217 | CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE ELEMENT AND VEHICLE APPARATUS | MILLER, WILLIAM 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18884217 | CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE ELEMENT AND VEHICLE APPARATUS | MILLER, WILLIAM 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3631 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19186734 | DOOR HANDLE ARRANGEMENT | LUGO, CARLOS | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 18989600 | DEVICE FOR CONNECTING COMPONENTS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR COMPENSATING TOLERANCES | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — | §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 | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18916833 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18884217 | CONNECTING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A PROTECTIVE ELEMENT AND VEHICLE APPARATUS | MILLER, WILLIAM L | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18826256 | CONNECTING DOME, IN PARTICULAR SCREW DOME, AND FASTENING ASSEMBLY | GILBERT, WILLIAM V | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18736675 | DEVICE FOR COMPENSATING FOR TOLERANCES BETWEEN TWO COMPONENTS TO BE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER | PATEL, VISHAL A | — | §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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