Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

ZF Automotive UK Limited

13 pending office actions • 5 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

9
Hard (69%)
3
Medium (23%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (15%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (69%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
31% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
5
Business / Other
38% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2 80.8% +14.0%
MASIH, KAREN 1 91.0% +6.6%
WILHELM, TIMOTHY 1 78.6% +11.8%
MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN 1 72.5% +23.3%
SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR 1 57.8% +50.9%
STEFANON, JUSTIN 1 50.8% +48.3%
CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN 1 81.5% +22.9%
SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE 1 70.0% +40.0%
WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE 1 80.3% +12.4%
STANLEY, TYLER JAY 1 40.7% +60.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18526480 SUPPLY VOLTAGE MONITORING APPARATUS WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE

Hard Cases (9)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18647293 MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 11d overdue
18820437 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MOTOR AND A MULTIPLE LANE MOTOR CIRCUIT IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 84d
18919921 MOTOR CONTROL METHOD MASIH, KAREN
18911763 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING A MOTOR WILHELM, TIMOTHY
18911715 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING A MOTOR MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN
18753211 STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN
18461072 DUAL MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY STANLEY, TYLER JAY
18362450 A DUAL MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY STABLEY, MICHAEL R

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18647293 MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 11d overdue
18820437 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MOTOR AND A MULTIPLE LANE MOTOR CIRCUIT IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 84d
18911763 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING A MOTOR WILHELM, TIMOTHY
18911715 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING A MOTOR MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN
18765409 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCOPORATING A MOTOR SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR
18765451 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCOPORATING A MOTOR STEFANON, JUSTIN
18753211 STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN
18678839 MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY AND A MOTOR FOR USE THEREIN SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3611 3
2846 2
2834 1
2836 1
3612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18919921 MOTOR CONTROL METHOD MASIH, KAREN §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18911763 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING A MOTOR WILHELM, TIMOTHY §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18911715 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCORPORATING A MOTOR MEDANI, MOHAMED NMN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18820437 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A MOTOR AND A MULTIPLE LANE MOTOR CIRCUIT IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2846 §103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18765409 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCOPORATING A MOTOR SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18765451 ELECTRIC MOTOR AND HANDWHEEL ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY INCOPORATING A MOTOR STEFANON, JUSTIN 2834 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18753211 STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE CHOWDHURY, AL-BIRR RAHMAN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18678839 MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY AND A MOTOR FOR USE THEREIN SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE 3611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18647293 MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2846 §103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18526480 SUPPLY VOLTAGE MONITORING APPARATUS WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE 2836 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18461072 DUAL MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2023
18362450 A DUAL MOTOR DRIVE ASSEMBLY STABLEY, MICHAEL R 3611 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2023
18298759 STEERING COLUMN ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 3612 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 11, 2023

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