Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Yanfeng International Automotive Technology Co. Ltd. currently faces 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 4 distinct examiners, which indicates that each active case is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution suggests a lack of examiner overlap in the current prosecution cycle, requiring the company to navigate different sets of examiner preferences and styles simultaneously.
The portfolio's activity spans 3 distinct art units, showing that the 4 pending office actions are not confined to a single specialized group. This variety in art units implies that the company's technology is being evaluated against different sets of prior art and examination standards. The busiest examiner, SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Given that the total pending office actions stand at 4, this examiner handles a minority of the active workload. This spread across 3 distinct art units necessitates a broad strategy to address the diverse requirements of the patent office.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y | 1 | 76.8% | +20.9% |
| WUJCIAK, ALFRED J | 1 | 74.9% | +11.4% |
| FRISBY, KEITH J | 1 | 77.5% | +1.4% |
| LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW | 1 | 56.5% | +22.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18772443 | VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT | FRISBY, KEITH J | 14d |
| 18861107 | PYROTECHNIC CHARGE CHAMBER, HYBRID GAS GENERATOR AND SAFETY AIRBAG | SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y | — |
| 18883398 | SEAT ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE | WUJCIAK, ALFRED J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18861107 | PYROTECHNIC CHARGE CHAMBER, HYBRID GAS GENERATOR AND SAFETY AIRBAG | SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y | — |
| 18883398 | SEAT ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE | WUJCIAK, ALFRED J | — |
| 18757444 | COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR | LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3614 | 2 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18861107 | PYROTECHNIC CHARGE CHAMBER, HYBRID GAS GENERATOR AND SAFETY AIRBAG | SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y | 3614 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18883398 | SEAT ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLE | WUJCIAK, ALFRED J | 3636 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18772443 | VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT | FRISBY, KEITH J | 3614 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18757444 | COMPONENT FOR VEHICLE INTERIOR | LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW | 4100 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
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