Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

ZF Friedrichshafen AG

151 pending office actions • 46 art units • 126 examiners • 0 of 151 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 326 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

151
Total Pending OAs
105
Non-Final OAs
37
Final Rejections
9
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 46 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

26
Overdue
1
Due this week
11
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 46 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (26)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (4)

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.

78
Hard (52%)
61
Medium (40%)
11
Easy (7%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (1%)
§101 + other12 (8%)
§103 only46 (30%)
§102 only15 (10%)
§112 only10 (7%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)64 (42%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
1% of docket
4
Information Tech
3% of docket
3
Communications
2% of docket
19
Semiconductors
13% of docket
89
Mechanical / Eng
59% of docket
34
Business / Other
23% 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.

1,510 h
Manual time on pending OAs
302 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
528 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
13.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LANE, NICHOLAS J 7 65.7% +6.1%
ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM 3 100.0% +0.0%
KING, BRADLEY T 3 70.7% +22.4%
HSIAO, JAMES K 3 76.8% +15.4%
COLLINS, DANIEL S. 2 85.1% +9.5%
IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW 2 71.4% +0.0%
AUNG, SAN M 2 77.7% +20.4%
KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 2 85.0% +3.2%
PERVIN, FARHANA 2 81.9% +7.6%
LEWIS, TISHA D 2 87.7% +9.5%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18818943 BRAKE CALIPER ARRANGEMENT ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM
18678865 VEHICLE BRAKE CYLINDER COLLINS, DANIEL S.
19138893 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WORK MACHINE PERVIN, FARHANA
18540149 TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE WITH TRANSMISSION KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS
18358429 BRAKE ACTUATOR AND VEHICLE BRAKE ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM

Hard Cases (78)

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
18539850 ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED EQUIPMENT ORTIZ, ELIM 191d overdue
17992973 GUIDE ELEMENT AND BRAKE ANCHOR FOR A DISK BRAKE SYSTEM, AND DISK BRAKE SYSTEM BURCH, MELODY M 72d overdue
18257795 POWER MODULE FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE HAVING OPTIMIZED COOLING AND CONTACTING BODNAR, JOHN A 59d overdue
18493358 CHECKING AN ACTUAL-PRESSURE SENSOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM LAGUARDA, GONZALO 50d overdue
19104727 VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM HAVING AN AIR BAG FREEDMAN, LAURA 44d overdue
18579098 PLUG INTERFACE, PLUG ELEMENT, MICROMOBILITY VEHICLE PATEL, TULSIDAS C 31d overdue
18969946 DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN INCLINATION ANGLE LI, CE LI 23d overdue
18467525 Method for Determining a Defect State of a Drive Train of a Vehicle, Monitoring Unit and Vehicle LAGUARDA, GONZALO 19d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18538425 METHOD FOR BRAKE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE COMBINATION AND BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OPERATING THIS METHOD KING, BRADLEY T 9d overdue
18447541 BRAKE SYSTEMS WITH MOTOR-DRIVEN MASTER CYLINDERS AND ELECTRIC SECONDARY POWER TRANSMISSION UNITS KING, BRADLEY T 70d
18524435 BRAKE AIR THROUGH FLOW DEVICE AND BRAKE DUST COLLECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING BRAKE AIR FROM A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM HSIAO, JAMES K 76d
18070885 ELECTROHYDRAULIC BRAKE MODULE KING, BRADLEY T
17989215 BRAKE ACTUATOR UNIT, ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE, AND SPINDLE DRIVE FOR A BRAKE ACTUATOR UNIT AUNG, SAN M
18733150 DAMPER VALVE DEVICE FOR A VIBRATION DAMPER HSIAO, JAMES K
18665964 REDUNDANCY VALVE ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE SYSTEM HAVING PRESSURE MODULATION VIA REDUNDANTLY FORMED ABS VALVES HSIAO, JAMES K
18761790 TRAILER CONTROL MODULE WITH TRACTOR PROTECTION FUNCTION AUNG, SAN M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3616 23
3655 10
2834 10
3747 7
3661 5
3614 3
3668 3
3618 3
3662 3
3617 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19413411 BRAKE PRESSURE GENERATOR COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2025
19230193 STEERING COLUMN FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD FRISBY, KEITH J 3614 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2025
18818943 BRAKE CALIPER ARRANGEMENT ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18678865 VEHICLE BRAKE CYLINDER COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2024
18419911 HOUSING AND FRAME FOR EMB ACTUATOR IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW 3616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18533476 ELECTROMECHANICAL VEHICLE BRAKE WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 3616 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18552932 ELECTRIC PARKING BRAKE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF IRVIN, THOMAS W 3616 §102§103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18116509 ELECTROHYDRAULIC BRAKE UNIT KRAMER, DEVON C 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 02, 2023
18082937 ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 16, 2022
18070885 ELECTROHYDRAULIC BRAKE MODULE KING, BRADLEY T 3616 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2022
17992973 GUIDE ELEMENT AND BRAKE ANCHOR FOR A DISK BRAKE SYSTEM, AND DISK BRAKE SYSTEM BURCH, MELODY M 3616 §102§103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2022
17989215 BRAKE ACTUATOR UNIT, ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE, AND SPINDLE DRIVE FOR A BRAKE ACTUATOR UNIT AUNG, SAN M 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2022
17988466 ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE BRAKE AND ELECTROMECHANICAL VEHICLE BRAKE LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17984501 CARRIER ASSEMBLY AND DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR AN ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE BRAKE, AND ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 10, 2022
17868273 BRAKE PEDAL MODULE TESTARDI, DAVID A 3664 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2022
17841231 BRAKE CALIPER HAVING A FACEPLATE LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2022
17729490 METHOD FOR REDUCING VIBRATIONS IN A FRICTION BRAKE, AND BRAKING SYSTEM AND PROGRAM CODE LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §102§103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Apr 26, 2022
19350722 CONTROL UNIT FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRIC OIL PUMPS LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2025
19293676 HYBRID ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND DRIVE MECHANISM AND RANGE EXTENDER THEREOF, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 3655 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2025
19148899 Bottom Bracket Gearing System with an Arrangement for Actuating a Brake Shift Element PERVIN, FARHANA 3655 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2025
19250373 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVING DEVICE FOR A WORKING MACHINE PANG, ROGER L 3655 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 26, 2025
19139533 METHOD FOR CHECKING THE PLAUSIBILITY OF A PARAMETER CHOI, JISUN 3666 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2025
19138893 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A WORK MACHINE PERVIN, FARHANA 3655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
19138941 METHOD FOR ADAPTING A CLUTCH FOR A VEHICLE LEWIS, TISHA D 3619 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
19125752 METHOD, CONTROL DEVICE AND DRIVE GROUP FOR PREVENTING UNDESIRED TRAVELLING OF A WORK MACHINE IN A WRONG DIRECTION, AND WORK MACHINE LEE, JUSTIN S 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2025
19116937 Method for Controlling a Shifting Process LIU, HENRY Y 3654 §102Other Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2025
19104646 ASSEMBLY FOR A GEARBOX FOR A WIND TURBINE, ARRANGEMENT, KIT, GEARBOX FOR A WIND TURBINE, METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING AN ASSEMBLY FOR A GEARBOX AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A WIND TURBINE HANNON, TIMOTHY 3655 §102 Final Rejection 83d Pending Feb 18, 2025
19099531 WINDING, WINDING ASSEMBLY, AND COMPONENT FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2025
18880766 POWER-SHIFT TRANSMISSION FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION OF THE RANGE CHANGE TYPE BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
18877658 STATOR FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE HAVING A RESILIENT OUTER CONTOUR CHANG, MINKI §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18980053 DRIVE UNIT FOR A VEHICLE ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2024
18969946 DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN INCLINATION ANGLE LI, CE LI 3661 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2024
18969820 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CAUSE OF FAILURE OF A FAILURE OF A MANUFACTURED VEHICLE, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2024
18872143 CHASSIS COMPONENT MASINICK, JONATHAN PETER 3678 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18871085 METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK LEVY, MERRITT E 3666 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2024
18963561 METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A CLUTCH CONTROL COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 3662 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Nov 28, 2024
18962795 Device for Grounding a Shaft GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18956389 INVERTER WITH A TEMPERATURE MEASURING SYSTEM SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2024
18954096 COLLECTING COMPONENT FOR AN OIL GUIDING ARRANGEMENT TRUONG, THOMAS §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18866323 POWER-GENERATING COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE NGUYEN, VIET P 2834 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18866245 DUAL-LAYER WAVE WINDING MAT AND POWER-DEPENDENT COMPONENT HAVING A DUAL-LAYER WAVE WINDING MAT MOK, ALEX W 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18940102 HOUSING SEALING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRIC DRIVE DEVICE SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18863103 CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENT OF THE VEHICLE, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROCESS ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2024
18925855 Drive Arrangement for a Bicycle ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18852686 TEST STAND FOR TESTING AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVABLE AXLE MODULE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MODULAR SYSTEM KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18897528 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIGITAL EMERGENCY CARD KIM, AHSHIK 2876 §102Other Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2024
18850240 ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM SARWAR, BABAR 3667 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18838748 ROTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR A SEPARATELY EXCITED SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE MOK, ALEX W 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18838176 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN OF A WORKING MACHINE, ELECTRIFIED DRIVE TRAIN, AND WORKING MACHINE TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA 3665 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18833554 TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF AN ELECTRIC DRIVE AXLE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BRADFORD, JONATHAN 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18778243 COOLING SYSTEM FOR A DRIVING DEVICE OF A HYBRID OR ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND DRIVING DEVICE WITH SUCH A COOLING SYSTEM AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18763249 Grounding of a Rotor of an Electric Machine GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 03, 2024
18756774 Wheel Hub for a Commercial Vehicle Drive Axle ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2024
18735581 CONTACT ASSEMBLY FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS AND POWER ELECTRONICS MODULE ELNAKIB, AHMED 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18716276 BELT TIGHTENER HAVING A SPUR GEAR MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD 3654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18733150 DAMPER VALVE DEVICE FOR A VIBRATION DAMPER HSIAO, JAMES K §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18712098 ROTOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, ELECTRIC MACHINE COMPRISING THE ROTOR ASSEMBLY, AND VEHICLE COMPRISING THE ELECTRIC MACHINE STOUT, RILEY OWEN 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18707190 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVE TRAIN OF A WORKING MACHINE REIDY, SEAN PATRICK 3663 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18703792 Power Module and Method for Assembling a Power Module MEHTA, RATISHA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2024
18641987 Method for Operating a Drive Device for a Muscle-Powered Vehicle SMITH, JORDAN T 3611 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18702967 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE PHAM, LEDA T 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18695913 VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A VIBRATION DAMPER, AND VIBRATION DAMPER COMPRISING THE VALVE ASSEMBLY LANE, NICHOLAS J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18616756 Arrangement for Grounding a Component CHANG, MINKI 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18604751 Drive Train for a Motor Vehicle NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18687313 DRIVE TRAIN FOR A WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL 3613 §112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18686071 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH AT LEAST ONE BRAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SAHNI, VISHAL R 3616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2024
18682288 Drivetrain for a Vehicle, and Vehicle SUAREZ, ERNESTO A 3655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18681991 Drive Train for a Vehicle and Vehicle Comprising Same RESTIFO, JEFFREY J 3613 §102§103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18293244 CLUTCH ASSEMBLY FOR A DIFFERENTIAL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE TAYLOR II, JAMES JOSEPH 3655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18414814 INSTALLATION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LAMINATED CORES, BONDED OVER THEIR ENTIRE SURFACE, FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE KIM, PAUL D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18579098 PLUG INTERFACE, PLUG ELEMENT, MICROMOBILITY VEHICLE PATEL, TULSIDAS C 2834 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2024
18579029 ATTACHMENT OF AN ENERGY STORE TO A VEHICLE FRAME BY MEANS OF A LEVER ARCIERO, ADAM A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2024
18579150 METHOD FOR THE MOMENTARY-VALUE-DEPENDENT ACTUATION, IN REAL TIME, OF A TOPOLOGICAL SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH FOR A POWER ELECTRONICS SYSTEM PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO 2838 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18540000 Methods and Systems for Identifying Vehicles of Interest SENSENIG, SHAUN D 3629 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18539850 ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED EQUIPMENT ORTIZ, ELIM 2836 §102§103 Final Rejection 191d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18540149 TRANSMISSION AND VEHICLE WITH TRANSMISSION KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 3655 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2023
18568086 Shaft-Grounding Device for Establishing an Electrically Conductive Connection Between a Rotatable Shaft and a Housing SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH 2834 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 07, 2023
18495465 METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING ENERGY STORED IN A VEHICLE, CHARGING DEVICE, CONTROL UNIT AND VEHICLE ST CYR, DANIEL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
18477243 HALF-BRIDGE POWER DEVICE AND HALF-BRIDGE POWER MODULE JUNGE, BRYAN R. 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18455956 SEMICONDUCTOR POWER MODULE HAVING MORE EFFICIENT HEAT DISSIPATION AND IMPROVED SWITCHING BEHAVIOR HOSSAIN, MOAZZAM 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18364769 FLUID FILTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18359365 STEERING SYSTEM FOR USE IN TURNING STEERABLE VEHICLE WHEELS STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 26, 2023
18358429 BRAKE ACTUATOR AND VEHICLE BRAKE ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM 3616 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2023
18355245 HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE FOR A CONVERTER FOR A VEHICLE, POWER CONVERTER, ELECTRIC AXLE DRIVE, VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HEAT DISSIPATION DEVICE TIVARUS, CRISTIAN ALEXANDRU 2899 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jul 19, 2023
18257880 POWERTRAIN FOR A WORKING MACHINE, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE POWERTRAIN AND WORKING MACHINE TRIGGS, JAMES J 3615 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2023
18257795 POWER MODULE FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE DRIVE HAVING OPTIMIZED COOLING AND CONTACTING BODNAR, JOHN A 2893 §103§112 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18257313 POWERTRAIN FOR A WORK MACHINE, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE POWERTRAIN, AND WORK MACHINE HASAN, SYED O 3747 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2023
18324383 ELECTRICALLY OPERABLE DRIVE TRAIN AND VEHICLE NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18295080 GEAR WITH A THREE-PART STRUCTURE ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 03, 2023
17987067 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WITH VISUALIZATION OF AN AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT PONTIUS, JAMES M 2488 §112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2022
17996232 HYBRID TRAINING METHOD FOR SELF-LEARNING ALGORITHMS STORK, KYLE R 2128 §101§103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2022
17914190 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PLANNING AND/OR CONTROLLING A PRODUCTION BY A PRODUCTION SYSTEM, AND PRODUCTION PLANNING AND/OR CONTROL SYSTEM FOR PRODUCTION OPTIMIZATION PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE 2187 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2022
19329180 METHOD FOR MONITORING A SPACE TO THE REAR AND/OR A SPACE TO THE SIDES FOR A MULTIPLE-UNIT VEHICLE COMBINATION, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND/OR COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, CONTROL DEVICE, TRAILER, TRACTOR VEHICLE AND MULTIPLE-UNIT VEHICLE COMBINATION DANG, HUNG Q 2484 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2025
19272816 METHOD FOR BRAKING A MULTI-PART VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, CONTROL DEVICE FOR A TRAILER, TRAILER, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND/OR COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2025
19267316 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE BY CARRYING OUT AT LEAST ONE DRIVING DYNAMICS INTERVENTION LONSBERRY, HUNTER B §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2025
19264720 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE HOANG, JOHNNY H §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2025
19245038 METHOD FOR APPROXIMATING A FRICTION VALUE HUYNH, HAI H §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2025
19235677 METHOD FOR ASSISTING A DOCKING PROCEDURE BY A VEHICLE, CONTROL UNIT, VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM YANOSKA, JOSEPH ANDERSON 3664 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2025
19235460 METHOD FOR APPROXIMATING A COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION CHACE, CHRISTIAN 3661 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2025
19235442 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A BRAKE SYSTEM, BRAKE CONTROLLER, AND VEHICLE PEKO, BRITTANY RENEE 3661 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2025
19235471 METHOD FOR IMPROVING A VEHICLE-DYNAMICS-RELATED STABILITY OF A UTILITY VEHICLE HAVING A LIFT AXLE MANLEY, SHERMAN D 3661 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2025
19227125 METHOD FOR TORQUE-BASED OPERATION OF AN INVERTER OF AN ELECTRIC DRIVE OF A VEHICLE, INVERTER, ELECTRIC DRIVE, VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND/OR COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2025
19221389 METHOD FOR APPROXIMATING A FRICTION VALUE LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3661 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2025
19221379 METHOD FOR LIMITING A CONTINUOUS DECELERATION EFFORT OF A CONTINUOUS DECELERATION DEVICE AMICK, JACOB M §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2025
19129708 METHOD AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING AN AT LEAST PARTIALLY AUTOMATED VEHICLE SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM 3668 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
19204338 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PERFORMANCE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN A TARGET PERFORMANCE AND AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE OF A VEHICLE ACTUATOR SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2025
19177660 STEERING SYSTEM HAVING A STEERING DEVICE, VEHICLE HAVING A NUMBER OF STEERING AXLES AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A STEERING WHEEL RESISTANCE IN THE VEHICLE MANLEY, SHERMAN D §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2025
19171018 METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE APPLIED PRESSURE OF A VEHICLE BRAKE AND VEHICLE BRAKE IN QUESTION ANWARI, MACEEH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2025
19096190 METHOD FOR PLANNING AN OPERATING STRATEGY FOR AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVABLE VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A UTILITY VEHICLE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND/OR COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, CONTROLLER, ELECTRICALLY DRIVABLE VEHICLE, IN PARTICULAR A UTILITY VEHICLE REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2025
19111339 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE COMBINATION, AND VEHICLE COMBINATION AN, IG TAI 3662 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2025
19076463 CENTRAL ELECTRICAL DEVICE FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRIC DRIVING AND/OR RECUPERATION AXLE OF A TRAILER OR SEMITRAILER OF A UTILITY VEHICLE MCCULLERS, AARON KYLE 3663 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2025
19076671 TRAILER NETWORK SYSTEM FOR DATA COMMUNICATION IN A TRAILER VEHICLE, TRAILER VEHICLE HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR SAME SHAH, MEHULKUMAR J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2025
18925976 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A HEIGHT OF A TRAILER WHEN HITCHING SHUI, MING 2663 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18888280 MODULAR ELECTRIC POWER STEERING UNIT WITH BEVEL INPUT FOR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING IN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 3617 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18810084 CONTROLLER, VEHICLE SYSTEM, VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE CONTROLLER GREENE, MARK L §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18713214 METHOD FOR FORMING A PIVOTAL CONNECTION BETWEEN A TOWING VEHICLE AND A TRAILER, STATE ASCERTAINING ASSEMBLY, AND VEHICLE BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18665964 REDUNDANCY VALVE ASSEMBLY AND BRAKE SYSTEM HAVING PRESSURE MODULATION VIA REDUNDANTLY FORMED ABS VALVES HSIAO, JAMES K Other Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18661215 VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM WITH INTERFACE UNIT MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 10, 2024
18639653 METHOD FOR DETECTING CARGO OSIFADE, IDOWU O 2675 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 18, 2024
18698364 METHOD FOR LOCATING A TRAILER, PROCESSING UNIT, AND VEHICLE IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN 2616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2024
18600261 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, ROTARY MEASURING DEVICE, ROTARY MEASURING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE ZHONG, XIN Y 2855 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18407061 ELECTROPNEUMATIC PARKING BRAKE UNIT WITH A SELF-HOLDING FUNCTION IN THE EVENT OF A FAULT LEWIS, TISHA D 3619 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 08, 2024
18538425 METHOD FOR BRAKE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE COMBINATION AND BRAKE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR OPERATING THIS METHOD KING, BRADLEY T 3616 §112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18524435 BRAKE AIR THROUGH FLOW DEVICE AND BRAKE DUST COLLECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING BRAKE AIR FROM A VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM HSIAO, JAMES K 3616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18493358 CHECKING AN ACTUAL-PRESSURE SENSOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18490142 ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE ACTUATOR FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL BRAKE ARRANGEMENT RASHID, MAHBUBUR 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18467525 Method for Determining a Defect State of a Drive Train of a Vehicle, Monitoring Unit and Vehicle LAGUARDA, GONZALO 3747 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18464055 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTROPNEUMATIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM, AND ELECTROPNEUMATIC PARKING BRAKE SYSTEM ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM 3616 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2023
18456338 DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION BETWEEN A TOWING VEHICLE AND A TRAILER VEHICLE AND A SYSTEM INCLUDING THE DEVICE WILHELM, TIMOTHY 3617 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2023
18363491 Method and Brake System for Emergency Stopping of a Commercial Vehicle STECKBAUER, KEVIN R 3747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023
18062743 Sensor Cleaning System and Vehicle having a Sensor Cleaning System BARR, MICHAEL E 1711 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2022
19209537 PNEUMATIC VALVE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD OF OPERATING A PNEUMATIC VALVE ARRANGEMENT BRAUCH, CHARLES JOSEPH §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2025
19044344 CABIN LEVELLING VALVE AND SYSTEM, COMMERCIAL VEHICLE, METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A CABIN LEVELLING VALVE, AND USE OF A CABIN LEVELLING VALVE SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y 3614 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 03, 2025
19033993 MULTI-CIRCUIT PROTECTION VALVE UNIT FOR AN AIR PROCESSING UNIT AND AIR PROCESSING UNIT OF A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LE, MINH Q 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
18851296 PRESSURE MEASURING MODULE FOR A PNEUMATIC DEVICE OF A VEHICLE HUANG, DAVID Z §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18820595 DAMPING MEMBER FOR A PNEUMATIC VALVE OF A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE, PNEUMATIC SYSTEM, VEHICLE, AND METHOD BROWN, DREW J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18836550 BRAKE MODULATOR WITH A RELAY VALVE COVER PLATE BOWES, STEPHEN M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18761790 TRAILER CONTROL MODULE WITH TRACTOR PROTECTION FUNCTION AUNG, SAN M 3616 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18580677 BRAKE CALIPER FOR A VEHICLE BRAKE LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 19, 2024
18402395 FORCE-MEASURING DEVICE SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P 3616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 02, 2024
18559930 DISC BRAKE COMPRISING AN ADJUSTING UNIT IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW 3616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
17580389 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE DURING A BRAKING WITH BRAKING FORCES THAT ACT DIFFERENTLY ON RESPECTIVE SIDES OF A STEERABLE VEHICLE AXLE, CONTROL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE KONG, SZE-HON 3657 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jan 20, 2022
19104727 VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION SYSTEM HAVING AN AIR BAG FREEDMAN, LAURA 3614 §103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2025
18941016 STEERING GEAR AND STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING DEVICE WITH SUCH A STEERING GEAR LEE, MATTHEW D §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18920122 STEER-BY-WIRE-SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAME TRAN, LONG T 3747 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 18, 2024
18753335 STEERING APPARATUS HAVING A STEERING SHAFT AND HAVING AN END STOP DEVICE FOR LIMITING A STEERING ANGLE OF ROTATION, AND STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM HAVING SUCH A STEERING DEVICE KNUTSON, JACOB D §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18633888 STEERING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE HAVING A STEERING ELEMENT AND STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING HAVING SUCH A STEERING SYSTEM MORALES, OMAR 3747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2024
18521558 STEER-BY-WIRE STEERING SYSTEM AND METHOD REINBOLD, SCOTT A 3747 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18550299 BELT WITH HEATING SECTION AND TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE, AND SEAT BELT SYSTEM PAIK, SANG YEOP 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18544535 ACCUMULATOR WITH SUPPLY VALVE AND BRAKE SYSTEM USING SAME NGUYEN, DUSTIN T 3616 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18447541 BRAKE SYSTEMS WITH MOTOR-DRIVEN MASTER CYLINDERS AND ELECTRIC SECONDARY POWER TRANSMISSION UNITS KING, BRADLEY T 3616 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 10, 2023

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