Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Yandex Self Driving Group LLC currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that the company's current prosecution efforts are concentrated on a specific aspect of self-driving or mechanical technology. The fact that the action is in 1 distinct art unit indicates a consistent application of examination standards for this transportation-related filing.
WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action currently assigned. Since there is 1 distinct examiner, the outcome of the current prosecution is dependent on Wigger's assessment. The 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current active prosecution in this area. This focused prosecution environment allows for a clear and direct path toward resolving the pending matter in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
Practitioners should analyze the 1 pending office action to develop a strategy that addresses the examiner's specific concerns. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the company can avoid the complexities of managing multiple examiners or varying art unit practices. Strategy should be tailored to the specific nuances of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. Efficiently resolving the 1 pending office action will be the main priority for the company's current self-driving technology efforts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18086615 | LIDAR SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CALIBRATING THE LIDAR SYSTEM | WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID | 43d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18086615 | LIDAR SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF CALIBRATING THE LIDAR SYSTEM | WIGGER, BENJAMIN DAVID | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialYandex Self Driving Group LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Benjamin David Wigger has the most, with 1 of Yandex Self Driving Group LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
