Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

17 pending office actions • 15 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. has 18 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 18 distinct examiners and 16 distinct art units, indicating that nearly every current matter has a separate examiner assignment while some art-unit overlap remains.

XU, XIAOLAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The absence of a larger examiner concentration places emphasis on consistent claim positioning, disclosure review, and docket coordination across many separate prosecution relationships.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

11
Hard (65%)
6
Medium (35%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (12%)
§103 only5 (29%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
12% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
2
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
65% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
XU, XIAOLAN 1 73.9% +12.9%
KOTTER, KIP T 1 67.8% +21.5%
KHALED, ABDALLA A 1 73.4% +20.4%
TRIEU, VAN THANH 1 84.5% +13.8%
BAZNA, JUDY 1 70.0% +25.8%
GRABER, MARIA EILEEN 1 62.0% +32.5%
MYERS, KEITH STANLEY 1 52.8% +18.6%
BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 1 85.2% +3.8%
AKARAGWE, YANICK A 1 83.5% +11.9%
MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 1 78.8% +20.7%

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
19021041 VEHICULAR PARTITION FRAME ASSEMBLY AKARAGWE, YANICK A —

Hard Cases (11)

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
19275553 SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND VERIFYING THAT A VEHICLE IS GENUINE XU, XIAOLAN —
19233794 VEHICLE WHEEL KOTTER, KIP T —
19219916 VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE COMPARTMENT CLIMATE KHALED, ABDALLA A —
19178732 A VEHICULAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFYING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT OF A NEARBY EMERGENCY VEHICLE TRIEU, VAN THANH —
19097661 SEAT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, VEHICLE COMPRISING A SEAT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SEAT SYSTEM GRABER, MARIA EILEEN —
19084775 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MYERS, KEITH STANLEY —
19084603 VEHICLE HAVING AN ENERGY ABSORBING ARRANGEMENT BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A —
19006935 UNIVERSAL VEHICLE-BODY FRONT END STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE BODY ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE —

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19275553 SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND VERIFYING THAT A VEHICLE IS GENUINE XU, XIAOLAN —
19233794 VEHICLE WHEEL KOTTER, KIP T —
19219916 VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE COMPARTMENT CLIMATE KHALED, ABDALLA A —
19178732 A VEHICULAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFYING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT OF A NEARBY EMERGENCY VEHICLE TRIEU, VAN THANH —
19098683 VEHICULAR SYSTEM FOR RESTRICTING ACCESS TO PERSONAL DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE BAZNA, JUDY —
19097661 SEAT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, VEHICLE COMPRISING A SEAT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SEAT SYSTEM GRABER, MARIA EILEEN —
19084775 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MYERS, KEITH STANLEY —
19021041 VEHICULAR PARTITION FRAME ASSEMBLY AKARAGWE, YANICK A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 2
3612 2
2482 1
3615 1
3667 1
2685 1
2495 1
3644 1
3672 1
3634 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19275553 SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND VERIFYING THAT A VEHICLE IS GENUINE XU, XIAOLAN 2482 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2025
19233794 VEHICLE WHEEL KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2025
19219916 VEHICLE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE COMPARTMENT CLIMATE KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2025
19178732 A VEHICULAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NOTIFYING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT OF A NEARBY EMERGENCY VEHICLE TRIEU, VAN THANH 2685 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2025
19098683 VEHICULAR SYSTEM FOR RESTRICTING ACCESS TO PERSONAL DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE BAZNA, JUDY 2495 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2025
19097661 SEAT SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, VEHICLE COMPRISING A SEAT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SEAT SYSTEM GRABER, MARIA EILEEN 3644 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2025
19084775 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MYERS, KEITH STANLEY 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2025
19084603 VEHICLE HAVING AN ENERGY ABSORBING ARRANGEMENT BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A 3612 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2025
19021041 VEHICULAR PARTITION FRAME ASSEMBLY AKARAGWE, YANICK A 3672 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19011574 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VEHICLE MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 3763 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 06, 2025
19006935 UNIVERSAL VEHICLE-BODY FRONT END STRUCTURE AND VEHICLE BODY ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE 3612 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 31, 2024
18979784 DRIVE DEVICE, VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DRIVE DEVICE MENEZES, MARCUS 3634 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18874076 LOUDSPEAKER COVER PLATE, SOUND PLAYING APPARATUS AND TERMINAL ADDY, THJUAN KNOWLIN 2693 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18829956 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING NOTIFICATION OF VEHICLE STATUS TO A USER KLEINMAN, LAIL A 3668 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18724620 ELECTRIC VEHICLE, MOTOR CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18552444 LIQUOR PACKAGE, RAW LIQUOR PACKAGE ASSEMBLY, AND LIQUOR MIXING METHOD LACHICA, ERICSON M 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2023
18551882 LIQUOR CONTAINER FOR LIQUOR MIXING AND METHOD FOR LIQUOR MIXING INSLER, ELIZABETH 1774 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 22, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. have?

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 15 art units and 17 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. applications?

Xiaolan Xu has the most, with 1 of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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