ZF Friedrichshafen AG

Portfolio Summary

67

Total Pending OAs

47

Non-Final OAs

18

Final Rejections

2

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 67 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

37

Overdue

2

Due this week

19

Due this month

5

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. 67 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (37)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (19)Due ≤ 60 days (5)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.

2

Hard (3%)

57

Medium (85%)

6

Easy (9%)

2

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	2 (3%)
§103 only	47 (70%)
§102 only	10 (15%)
§112 only	6 (9%)
No statute on record	2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

1

Life Sciences

1% of docket

2

Information Tech

3% of docket

2

Communications

3% of docket

25

Semiconductors

37% of docket

37

Mechanical / Eng

55% 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.

670 h

Manual time on pending OAs

134 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

234 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.9 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
KRUG, RANDELL J	2	76.2%	+17.7%
KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS	1	84.9%	+3.2%
PANG, ROGER L	1	89.6%	+6.6%
LIU, HENRY Y	1	75.9%	+12.7%
HANNON, TIMOTHY	1	81.4%	+11.7%
KHANDPUR, JAY	1	85.3%	+10.6%
DYER, ANDREW R	1	60.1%	+38.3%
LI, CE LI	1	71.7%	+14.9%
MCPHERSON, JAMES M	1	82.4%	+17.7%
LEVY, MERRITT E	1	33.7%	+34.6%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18983797	SENSING PERFORMANCE VALIDATION IN ADVANCED DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM VERIFICATION	KHANDPUR, JAY	15d overdue
19293676	HYBRID ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND DRIVE MECHANISM AND RANGE EXTENDER THEREOF, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME	KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS	5d overdue
18969909	DEVICE FOR HEIGHT LEVEL DETERMINATION	MCPHERSON, JAMES M	9d
19250373	METHOD FOR OPERATING A DRIVING DEVICE FOR A WORKING MACHINE	PANG, ROGER L	29d
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	83d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17996232	HYBRID TRAINING METHOD FOR SELF-LEARNING ALGORITHMS	STORK, KYLE R	8d overdue
18755114	METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATING A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM	COLLINS, DANIEL S.	6d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18634331	Actuating Arrangement for a Transmission and Vehicle	KRUG, RANDELL J	86d overdue
18871085	METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK	LEVY, MERRITT E	49d overdue
19087736	SHIFTING ARRANGEMENT OF A GEARSET OF A VEHICLE	KRUG, RANDELL J	42d overdue
18969946	DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN INCLINATION ANGLE	LI, CE LI	23d overdue
18983797	SENSING PERFORMANCE VALIDATION IN ADVANCED DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM VERIFICATION	KHANDPUR, JAY	15d overdue
19116937	Method for Controlling a Shifting Process	LIU, HENRY Y	10d overdue
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	4d overdue
18969909	DEVICE FOR HEIGHT LEVEL DETERMINATION	MCPHERSON, JAMES M	9d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
2834	8
3655	6
2838	5
3618	3
3662	3
3661	3
2846	3
3613	3
3663	2
3666	2

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19293676	HYBRID ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND DRIVE MECHANISM AND RANGE EXTENDER THEREOF, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME	KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS	3655	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Aug 07, 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
19116937	Method for Controlling a Shifting Process	LIU, HENRY Y	3654	Other	Non-Final OA	10d overdue	Pending	Mar 28, 2025
19087736	SHIFTING ARRANGEMENT OF A GEARSET OF A VEHICLE	KRUG, RANDELL J	3618	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Mar 24, 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	Non-Final OA	83d	Pending	Feb 18, 2025
18983797	SENSING PERFORMANCE VALIDATION IN ADVANCED DRIVER-ASSISTANCE SYSTEM VERIFICATION	KHANDPUR, JAY	3658	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Dec 17, 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	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Dec 05, 2024
18969946	DEVICE FOR DETECTING AN INCLINATION ANGLE	LI, CE LI	3661	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Dec 05, 2024
18969909	DEVICE FOR HEIGHT LEVEL DETERMINATION	MCPHERSON, JAMES M	3663	§102	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Dec 05, 2024
18871085	METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCK	LEVY, MERRITT E	3666	§102	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	Pending	Dec 02, 2024
18963561	METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A CLUTCH CONTROL	COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN	3662	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Nov 28, 2024
18863103	CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AN ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENT OF THE VEHICLE, CONTROL ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CONTROL APPARATUS AND PROCESS	ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF	3667	§103	Non-Final OA	51d overdue	Pending	Nov 05, 2024
18909581	DEVICE FOR FORMING AN OIL PAN AND AN OIL PAN ARRANGEMENT	HASAN, SYED O	3747	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Oct 08, 2024
18897528	METHOD FOR PROVIDING A DIGITAL EMERGENCY CARD	KIM, AHSHIK	2876	Other	Final Rejection	52d overdue	Pending	Sep 26, 2024
18850240	ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM	SARWAR, BABAR	3667	§103	Non-Final OA	59d overdue	Pending	Sep 24, 2024
18838349	Bottom-bracket Transmission for a Micromobility Vehicle	PRATHER, GREGORY T	3618	§103	Final Rejection	120d overdue	Pending	Aug 14, 2024
18773679	System for Anti-Theft Braking and Related Methods	LIM, STEVEN	2688	§103	Final Rejection	70d	Pending	Jul 16, 2024
18755114	METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATING A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH A HYDRAULIC SYSTEM	COLLINS, DANIEL S.	3745	§101	Final Rejection	6d	Pending	Jun 26, 2024
18721889	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT	AN, IG TAI	3662	§103	Final Rejection	61d	Pending	Jun 20, 2024
18720013	INVERTER AND OUTPUT FILTER SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SINGLE-PHASE AND THREE-PHASE OUTPUT VOLTAGES	TIKU, SISAY G	2838	§102	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Jun 14, 2024
18743706	ELECTRIC MACHINE FOR DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE	JOHNSON, ERIC	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Jun 14, 2024
18735581	CONTACT ASSEMBLY FOR POWER SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS AND POWER ELECTRONICS MODULE	ELNAKIB, AHMED	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	18d overdue	Pending	Jun 06, 2024
18672639	METHOD FOR REGULATING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR	MASIH, KAREN	2846	§102	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	May 23, 2024
18712164	METHOD FOR EXECUTING HANDLING INSTRUCTIONS WITH A WORKING MACHINE	SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R	3661	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	May 21, 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
18711821	ROTOR ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND ELECTRIC MACHINE HAVING THE ROTOR ARRANGEMENT	STEFANON, JUSTIN	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	May 20, 2024
18634331	Actuating Arrangement for a Transmission and Vehicle	KRUG, RANDELL J	3618	§112	Non-Final OA	86d overdue	Pending	Apr 12, 2024
18616756	Arrangement for Grounding a Component	CHANG, MINKI	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Mar 26, 2024
18606937	BASE PLATE AND SINGLE-PHASE MODULE OF AN INVERTER, INVERTER AND POWER ELECTRONICS	MEHARI, YEMANE	2838	§103	Non-Final OA	45d overdue	Pending	Mar 15, 2024
18603802	METHOD FOR LIMITING A POWER OF AN ELECTRIC MOTOR	BOUZIANE, SAID	2846	§102	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Mar 13, 2024
18689604	TRIAGE DEVICE WITH CARD READER	REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH	3686	§103	Final Rejection	10d overdue	Pending	Mar 06, 2024
18687934	SWITCH MODULE FOR AN INVERTER ARRANGEMENT, INVERTER ARRANGEMENT HAVING THE SWITCH MODULE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE INVERTER ARRANGEMENT	HAUSMAN, JARED RAYMOND	2838	§103	Non-Final OA	86d overdue	Pending	Feb 29, 2024
18591285	DEVICE FOR THE DE-EXCITATION OF AT LEAST ONE ROTOR WINDING OF A SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, METHOD FOR OPERATING A SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR, MOTOR VEHICLE	LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S	2846	§103	Final Rejection	26d	Pending	Feb 29, 2024
18687313	DRIVE TRAIN FOR A WORK MACHINE, AND WORK MACHINE	WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL	3613	§112	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Feb 28, 2024
18682768	COOLING ASSEMBLY FOR COOLING A HYBRID VEHICLE OR AN ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN VEHICLE	SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH	2834	§112	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Feb 09, 2024
18682288	Drivetrain for a Vehicle, and Vehicle	ESTREMSKY, SHERRY LYNN	3655	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Feb 08, 2024
18681991	Drive Train for a Vehicle and Vehicle Comprising Same	RESTIFO, JEFFREY J	3613	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	Pending	Feb 07, 2024
18422659	Parking Lock Device and Parking Lock Device of an Automatic Transmission	NGUYEN, LILLIAN T	3655	§102	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Jan 25, 2024
18579063	ATTACHMENT OF AN ENERGY STORE TO A VEHICLE FRAME	ADAMS, PHILIP CHARLES	3612	§103	Non-Final OA	23d	Pending	Jan 12, 2024
18579098	PLUG INTERFACE, PLUG ELEMENT, MICROMOBILITY VEHICLE	PATEL, TULSIDAS C	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	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	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jan 12, 2024
18391001	METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR OPERATING A SWITCH DEVICE HAVING A SWITCH UNIT, AND SWITCH DEVICE	HARRISON, MICHAEL A	2852	§103	Non-Final OA	53d overdue	Pending	Dec 20, 2023
18540000	Methods and Systems for Identifying Vehicles of Interest	SENSENIG, SHAUN D	3629	§102	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Dec 14, 2023
18539850	ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND RELATED EQUIPMENT	ORTIZ, ELIM	2836	§103	Final Rejection	191d overdue	Pending	Dec 14, 2023
18565189	RUNNING GEAR COMPONENT HAVING A STRUCTURAL PART, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A RUNNING GEAR COMPONENT	WILEY, DANIEL J	3678	§103	Final Rejection	8d overdue	Pending	Nov 29, 2023
18500790	METHOD FOR DRIVING TOPOLOGICAL SWITCHES OF A HALF-BRIDGE IN A POWER MODULE OF AN INVERTER	TRAN, NGUYEN	2838	§102	Non-Final OA	38d overdue	Pending	Nov 02, 2023
18558105	AUTOMATED RECOGNITION OF FARE DODGERS	WALLICK, STEPHANIE SHOSHANA	3628	§103	Final Rejection	12d	Pending	Oct 30, 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	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Aug 25, 2023
18546914	DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING THE ATTENTIVENESS OF A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE	VORCE, AMELIA J.I.	3666	§103	Non-Final OA	84d overdue	Pending	Aug 17, 2023
18234531	DAMPING VALVE DEVICE HAVING AN EMERGENCY OPERATION FUNCTION	IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW	3616	§103	Non-Final OA	77d overdue	Pending	Aug 16, 2023
18364769	FLUID FILTRATION SYSTEM AND METHOD	GURTOWSKI, RICHARD C	1773	§103	Non-Final OA	57d	Pending	Aug 03, 2023
18227773	TORSIONAL DAMPER	BINDA, GREGORY JOHN	3679	§112	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Jul 28, 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	§103	Final Rejection	26d	Pending	Jul 19, 2023
18354090	POWER MODULE FOR A CURRENT CONVERTER FOR AN ELECTRIC AXLE DRIVE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE	MILAKOVICH, NATHAN J	2848	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Jul 18, 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	Non-Final OA	59d overdue	Pending	Jun 15, 2023
18252257	METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DEFORMATION BODY FOR MEASURING A FORCE AND/OR A TORQUE FOR A ROLL STABILIZATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, AND DEFORMATION BODY	ROBERTS, HERBERT K	2855	§103	Final Rejection	84d overdue	Pending	May 09, 2023
18310345	Drive Device for a Bicycle and Method for the Open-Loop Control	KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE	3611	§103	Non-Final OA	118d overdue	Pending	May 01, 2023
18187528	STATOR ARRANGEMENT WITH A COOLANT SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC MACHINE WITH THE STATOR ARRANGEMENT	KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M	2834	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Mar 21, 2023
18187037	IMAGE SENSOR ASSEMBLY	CHIU, WESLEY JASON	2639	§103	Final Rejection	36d overdue	Pending	Mar 21, 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	Final Rejection	8d overdue	Pending	Oct 14, 2022
17930897	DRIVE DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVE TRAIN OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE	PERVIN, FARHANA	3655	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Sep 09, 2022
17714742	GEARBOX, DRIVETRAIN, AND VEHICLE WITH GEARBOX	FRICK, EMMA K	3613	§112	Final Rejection	8d	Pending	Apr 06, 2022
17459077	METHOD FOR TRACTION-RELATED SPEED CONTROL OF A WORKING MACHINE	PARK, CHANMIN	3661	§103	Final Rejection	50d overdue	Pending	Aug 27, 2021
17414987	Method for Determining Tolerances of Components or Assemblies	UNDERWOOD, BAKARI	3663	§103	Non-Final OA	23d	Pending	Jun 17, 2021

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