Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co. Ltd.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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%)
5
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only3 (50%)
§112 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D 1 87.5% +13.5%
VERLEY, NICOLE T 1 83.8% +3.9%
IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 1 74.2% +24.8%
FRISBY, KEITH J 1 77.5% +1.5%
BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J 1 81.3% +7.6%
MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 1 69.7% +37.0%

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
18981375 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR VERLEY, NICOLE T 46d overdue
18723542 CONNECTING MECHANISM FOR HEADREST AND SOFT PILLOW, AND HEADREST SOFT PILLOW ASSEMBLY BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J 42d overdue
19189434 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D 12d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18849906 ROLLER-SLIDING COLUMN COMPOSITE SLIDING RAIL CARRIER SYSTEM IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 17d overdue
18565812 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 6d
19189434 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D 12d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3614 2
2627 1
3631 1
3636 1
3654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19189434 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR SUBEDI, DEEPROSE D 2627 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 25, 2025
18981375 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR VERLEY, NICOLE T 3614 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2024
18849906 ROLLER-SLIDING COLUMN COMPOSITE SLIDING RAIL CARRIER SYSTEM IJAZ, MUHAMMAD 3631 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2024
18772443 VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT FRISBY, KEITH J 3614 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18723542 CONNECTING MECHANISM FOR HEADREST AND SOFT PILLOW, AND HEADREST SOFT PILLOW ASSEMBLY BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J 3636 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18565812 COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 3654 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 30, 2023

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