Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
29 pending office actions • 1 client • 26 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 50 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 24 (83%) |
| §102 only | 4 (14%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 3 | 67.0% | +19.9% |
| TRAN, LONG T | 2 | 83.1% | +13.8% |
| TILAHUN, ALAZAR | 1 | 71.2% | +14.3% |
| VON VOLKENBURG, KEITH ALLEN | 1 | 76.5% | +30.5% |
| AZIZ, ADNAN | 1 | 76.8% | +35.1% |
| MERINO, JOHN CHIANG | 1 | 69.8% | +30.1% |
| RHEE, ROY B | 1 | 68.5% | +22.5% |
| YANG, WENYUAN | 1 | 68.6% | +17.5% |
| KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 1 | 69.1% | +17.4% |
| AZHAR, ARSLAN | 1 | 77.3% | +21.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18595652 | VEHICLE PASSENGER SPACE CONTACT MITIGATION | TRAN, LONG T | 100d overdue |
| 18999065 | METHODS FOR TRAILER BACK-UP ASSIST UTILIZING STEER-BY-WIRE | TRAN, LONG T | 6d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18595652 | VEHICLE PASSENGER SPACE CONTACT MITIGATION | TRAN, LONG T | 100d overdue |
| 18892865 | REAR DAMPER ADJUSTMENT | KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 60d overdue |
| 18943599 | IEC 61851-1 STANDARD REGARDING GRID CODE REQUIREMENTS AND SETPOINT TO LIMIT BATTERY DISCHARGE | YANG, WENYUAN | 50d overdue |
| 18943567 | IEC 61851-1 STANDARD REGARDING GRID CODE REQUIREMENTS AND CEASING ACTIVE POWER | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 44d overdue |
| 19010371 | FREE SPACE ESTIMATOR FOR AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT | TILAHUN, ALAZAR | 43d overdue |
| 18943588 | SHARING REGIONAL GRID CODES TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 43d overdue |
| 18943566 | COMPLIANCE OF ISO15118-20 WITH VDE-AR-N 4105 P-monitoring | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 43d overdue |
| 18956327 | CHARGE CABLE RELEASE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | AZIZ, ADNAN | 30d overdue |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Volvo Group | 29 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3662 | 6 |
| 3747 | 2 |
| 3668 | 2 |
| 2424 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19010371 | FREE SPACE ESTIMATOR FOR AUTONOMOUS MOVEMENT | Volvo Car Corporation | TILAHUN, ALAZAR | 2424 | Other | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18999065 | METHODS FOR TRAILER BACK-UP ASSIST UTILIZING STEER-BY-WIRE | Volvo Car Corporation | TRAN, LONG T | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18985804 | Electronic control unit for park out of a vehicle | Volvo Car Corporation | VON VOLKENBURG, KEITH ALLEN | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18956327 | CHARGE CABLE RELEASE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | Volvo Car Corporation | AZIZ, ADNAN | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18947300 | INITIATING A SAFETY PROCEDURE FOR DECELERATING A VEHICLE | Volvo Car Corporation | MERINO, JOHN CHIANG | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18943567 | IEC 61851-1 STANDARD REGARDING GRID CODE REQUIREMENTS AND CEASING ACTIVE POWER | Volvo Car Corporation | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18943588 | SHARING REGIONAL GRID CODES TO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | Volvo Car Corporation | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18943492 | ADDITION OF SIGNALS TO ISO15118-20 STANDARD TO ENABLE EV TO COMPLY WITH LOCAL SPECIFICATIONS AND GRID CODE REGULATIONS | Volvo Car Corporation | RHEE, ROY B | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18943566 | COMPLIANCE OF ISO15118-20 WITH VDE-AR-N 4105 P-monitoring | Volvo Car Corporation | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18943599 | IEC 61851-1 STANDARD REGARDING GRID CODE REQUIREMENTS AND SETPOINT TO LIMIT BATTERY DISCHARGE | Volvo Car Corporation | YANG, WENYUAN | 3667 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18892865 | REAR DAMPER ADJUSTMENT | Volvo Car Corporation | KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18819048 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONTROL INSTRUCTION FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE OCCUPANT SETTING FOR A SEAT LOCATION IN A VEHICLE | Volvo Car Corporation | AZHAR, ARSLAN | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18656867 | METHODS FOR USER CONSENT MANAGEMENT USING OPEN VEHICLE SIGNAL STANDARDS AND PERSONAL DIGITAL KEYS | Volvo Car Corporation | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | 2446 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18657230 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A DEPOSITION COMPRISING SNOW AND/OR ICE ON A SURROUNDING VEHICLE | Volvo Car Corporation | LIU, XIAO | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18635348 | REMOTE STORAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF GRID CODES FOR CONTROLLING CHARGING/DISCHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE | Volvo Car Corporation | ALCORN III, GEORGE A | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18616609 | FRAME FOR A TRACTION BATTERY ASSEMBLY OF A VEHICLE, TRACTION BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE, VEHICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FRAME FOR A TRACTION BATTERY ASSEMBLY OF A VEHICLE | Volvo Car Corporation | MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE | 3614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18595652 | VEHICLE PASSENGER SPACE CONTACT MITIGATION | Volvo Car Corporation | TRAN, LONG T | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 100d overdue | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18408757 | TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE COMPRISING A TRANSMISSION SYSTEM | Volvo Car Corporation | ALKIRSH, AHMED | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18536910 | STRATEGIC DISCHARGING OF VEHICULAR BATTERIES | Volvo Car Corporation | IVEY, DANA DESHAWN | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18537006 | SEMI-AUTONOMOUS OR PSEUDO-AUTONOMOUS DRIVING | Volvo Car Corporation | LY, KENDRICK KHOIKHOA | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 112d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18519207 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A GATE DRIVER SYSTEM FOR A MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTER SYSTEM, DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, GATE DRIVER SYSTEM, MULTI-LEVEL CONVERTER SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE | Volvo Car Corporation | KAKARLA, BHASKAR | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18482219 | FUSION OF CLASSICAL COMPUTING, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OR QUANTUM COMPUTING FOR VEHICLE OPERATION | Volvo Car Corporation | DYER, ANDREW R | 3662 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18468367 | ELECTROMAGNETIC FILTER ASSEMBLY FOR ATTENUATING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCES, FEEDTHROUGH ASSEMBLY, ENCLOSURE ASSEMBLY AND VEHICLE | Volvo Car Corporation | SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE | 2841 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18314609 | OVERTAKE DECISION BASED ON OTHER VEHICLE BEHAVIOR | Volvo Car Corporation | LI, CE LI | 3661 | §103 | Final Rejection | 86d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18166776 | Methods and Apparatus for Training a Machine Learning Algorithm | Volvo Car Corporation | WELCH, JENNIFER N | 2143 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 78d overdue | Pending | Feb 09, 2023 |
| 18161464 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTED CONFLICT SCENARIO DETECTION WITH ADDITION OF CLASSES | Volvo Car Corporation | HASSAN, YASIN ABDULLAH | 2127 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 17932971 | INTELLIGENT BATTERY CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING CIRCULATING A LOAD TO INCREASE TORQUE | Volvo Car Corporation | HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Sep 16, 2022 |
| 17662727 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLED VEHICLE SECURITY ASSESSMENT | Volvo Car Corporation | TUN, NAY L | 2688 | §102 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | May 10, 2022 |
| 17324192 | REAL-TIME IN-VEHICLE MODELING AND SIMULATION UPDATES | Volvo Car Corporation | WU, NICHOLAS S | 2148 | §103 | Final Rejection | 92d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2021 |
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