Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Wuhan Lotus Cars Co. Ltd. currently manages 6 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 6 distinct examiners, meaning that every active matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution suggests that the company's prosecution experience is decentralized, with no examiner overlap currently present in the pending portfolio.
The portfolio spans 2 distinct art units, indicating some technical variety within the transportation and mechanical systems fields. The busiest examiner, PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This confirms that even the most active examiner handles only a single case, as the 6 pending office actions are spread across 6 distinct examiners. Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of 2 distinct art units.
Because 6 distinct examiners are involved in the 6 pending office actions, there is no opportunity to apply insights from a single examiner to multiple cases. The 2 distinct art units represent the technical landscape the company is currently navigating. This structure requires Wuhan Lotus Cars Co. Ltd. to maintain a flexible strategy that can adapt to the different examination standards of each assigned official.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (17%) |
| §102 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | 1 | 87.3% | +17.3% |
| CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| LE, HUAN G | 1 | 88.5% | +13.5% |
| YOUNG, EDWIN | 1 | 91.4% | +5.8% |
| DOLAK, JAMES M | 1 | 78.8% | +18.3% |
| KOTTER, KIP T | 1 | 67.9% | +21.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19213727 | AERODYNAMIC KIT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | — |
| 18955866 | AERO SHUTTER FOR A VEHICLE | LE, HUAN G | — |
| 18862175 | ACTIVE AIR INTAKE GRILLE AND VEHICLE | YOUNG, EDWIN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259666 | WHEEL FOR A VEHICLE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE WHEEL | KOTTER, KIP T | 3d overdue |
| 19002560 | ACTIVE REAR DIFFUSOR FOR ROAD VEHICLE, ASSEMBLY AND ROAD VEHICLE | CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN | — |
| 18778090 | AERO SHUTTER FOR A VEHICLE | DOLAK, JAMES M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18259666 | WHEEL FOR A VEHICLE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE WHEEL | KOTTER, KIP T | 3d overdue |
| 19213727 | AERODYNAMIC KIT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | — |
| 18955866 | AERO SHUTTER FOR A VEHICLE | LE, HUAN G | — |
| 18778090 | AERO SHUTTER FOR A VEHICLE | DOLAK, JAMES M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3613 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19213727 | AERODYNAMIC KIT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE | PINKERTON, ROBERT LOUIS | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19002560 | ACTIVE REAR DIFFUSOR FOR ROAD VEHICLE, ASSEMBLY AND ROAD VEHICLE | CHEN, DANIEL GUANG-DIAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18955866 | AERO SHUTTER FOR A VEHICLE | LE, HUAN G | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18862175 | ACTIVE AIR INTAKE GRILLE AND VEHICLE | YOUNG, EDWIN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18778090 | AERO SHUTTER FOR A VEHICLE | DOLAK, JAMES M | 3613 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18259666 | WHEEL FOR A VEHICLE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING THE WHEEL | KOTTER, KIP T | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
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