Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Cantor Colburn LLP - General Motors

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

93 pending office actions • 1 client • 85 examiners • 60 art units • 0 of 93 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 170 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

This profile has 96 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The broader record covers 74576 career applications, with a resolved allowance rate of 88.02% and an average of 3.15 office actions per allowance.

The pending docket indicates active prosecution needs in a materials-focused practice. The allowance rate provides a measure of resolved outcomes, while the office-action average signals the expected examination effort associated with allowed matters.

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

Quality Metrics (n=74576 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.0%
Allowance Rate
n=74576
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=74576
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=52363
-0.22σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=52363
1018 days
Time to Allowance
n=52363
+3.9pp
Interview Lift
n=74576
25.8%
RCE Rate
n=74576
2.0%
Appeal Rate
n=74576

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.3%
§101 Overcome
n=3246
80.2%
§102 Overcome
n=24100
80.5%
§103 Overcome
n=37518
81.8%
§112 Overcome
n=23788

Specialization & Scale

H10K, G02F, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=74576
68
Practitioners
n=74576
1096.7
Apps / Practitioner
n=74576

Portfolio Summary

93
Total Pending OAs
52
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
21
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

51
Hard (55%)
40
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (1%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (2%)
§101 + other7 (8%)
§103 only35 (38%)
§102 only5 (5%)
§112 only1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)42 (45%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

41
Life Sciences
44% of docket
5
Information Tech
5% of docket
6
Communications
6% of docket
18
Semiconductors
19% of docket
23
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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.

930 h
Manual time on pending OAs
186 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
326 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
8.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN 4 — —
LIZARAZU, JESSICA NICOLE 3 100.0% +0.0%
VO, JIMMY 2 73.5% +21.7%
LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN 2 0.0% +0.0%
ABELSON, EVAN MATVEY 2 — —
AZIZ, ADNAN 1 77.1% +34.3%
MA, MICHELLE HAU 1 72.5% +47.8%
SANGHERA, JAS A 1 94.6% +4.9%
DANG, PHONG H 1 81.0% +10.7%
BELLINGER, JASON R 1 70.0% +18.7%

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
18588663 SOLID-STATE BATTERY WITH MULTILAYER SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE LIZARAZU, JESSICA NICOLE —

Hard Cases (52)

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
18179630 BATTERY CLASSIFIER PARTITIONING AND FUSION NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 42d overdue
18408912 DOOR CHECK SYSTEM INCLUDING LOAD BALANCED CAM SLIDER ASSEMBLY MORGAN, EMILY M 28d overdue
18659627 YOKE TYPE STEERING HANDLE FOR VEHICLE ROGERS, ADAM D 11d overdue
18302455 ADJUSTABLE HEATING FOR A MIXED CHEMISTRY BATTERY LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN 12d
18452067 HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY DRAIN VALVE THERMAL RUNAWAY PLUG LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN 50d
18825843 Untitled AZIZ, ADNAN —
19045081 BATTERY MONITORING FOR DETECTION OF THERMAL EVENTS SANGHERA, JAS A —
19040343 SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE BUS TOPOLOGY WITH MULTIPLEXED CHIP SELECT ADDRESSING DANG, PHONG H —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18825843 Untitled AZIZ, ADNAN —
18959936 Untitled MA, MICHELLE HAU —
19040343 SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE BUS TOPOLOGY WITH MULTIPLEXED CHIP SELECT ADDRESSING DANG, PHONG H —
19013602 WHEEL BEARING AND SHAFT FOR VEHICLE BELLINGER, JASON R —
18651939 BATTERY WITH ELASTIC PORTION VO, JIMMY —
18480632 Li-BASED COMPOSITE ANODE FOR A SOLID STATE BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF VO, JIMMY —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
General Motors 93

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17256
28596
17235
17825
17215
28763
17243
37472
36552
36672

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18825843 Untitled GM Global Technology Operations LLC AZIZ, ADNAN 2685 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending
18959936 Untitled GM Global Technology Operations LLC MA, MICHELLE HAU 2617 §103 Final Rejection — Pending
19045081 BATTERY MONITORING FOR DETECTION OF THERMAL EVENTS GM Global Technology Operations LLC SANGHERA, JAS A 2852 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 04, 2025
19040343 SERIAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE BUS TOPOLOGY WITH MULTIPLEXED CHIP SELECT ADDRESSING GM Global Technology Operations LLC DANG, PHONG H 2184 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2025
19013602 WHEEL BEARING AND SHAFT FOR VEHICLE GM Global Technology Operations LLC BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2025
19011016 END TO END AND HEURISTIC TRAJECTORY PLANNING FUSION FOR AUTOMATED DRIVING GM Global Technology Operations LLC TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2025
18982376 CONTROL OF VEHICLE AERODYNAMIC ASSEMBLY HAVING PASSIVE DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM GM Global Technology Operations LLC LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3747 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18976569 FAST AWAKENING OXYGEN SENSOR GM Global Technology Operations LLC HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 3658 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18960085 STRUCTURAL VENT CHANNEL FOR RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM OF VEHICLE GM Global Technology Operations LLC HANNON, TIMOTHY 3655 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18959978 VEHICLE BASED ALLERGEN SENSITIVITY MONITORING GM Global Technology Operations LLC ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18944360 DUAL FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM CONTROL GM Global Technology Operations LLC HASAN, SYED O 3747 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18923030 PERSONALIZED SERVICE STATION RECOMMENDATIONS GM Global Technology Operations LLC ALLEN, WILLIAM J 3619 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18918650 KNOWLEDGE AUTHENTICATION FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ASSISTED DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS GM Global Technology Operations LLC LEVENTAL, YUVAL HAIM 2659 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024
18916026 TIRE MODEL INCORPORATION TO LINEAR TIME VARYING MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL GM Global Technology Operations LLC FEES, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE 3662 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 15, 2024
18905539 TRIANGULAR ALTERNATING CURRENT CHOKE FOR A TRACTION MOTOR OF A VEHICLE GM Global Technology Operations LLC WU, LORI SOUTHARD 3655 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2024
18885943 RADAR INTERFERENCE MITIGATION GM Global Technology Operations LLC BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A 3648 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18886216 GEOGRAPHIC NAVIGATION SATELITE SYSTEM ERROR MODELING GM Global Technology Operations LLC MULL, FRED H 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18828437 SERIAL GROUP ID ADDRESS FOR AUTOMOTIVE ACTIVE/TUNABLE ANTENNAS GM Global Technology Operations LLC CATTUNGAL, AJAY P 2467 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18796597 PIPE BRACKET FOR VEHICLE BATTERY ASSEMBLY GM Global Technology Operations LLC WALTERS, JOHN DANIEL 3613 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18787084 SIDE VIEW CAMERA RESOLUTION TESTING AND DIRTY LEFTOVER DETECTION AND AUTO-CLEAN/WARNING TRIGGER GM Global Technology Operations LLC LINHARDT, LAURA E 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18782479 HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFACE CONTROL FOR A VEHICLE GM Global Technology Operations LLC QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 24, 2024
18776904 ONSTAR JAMMING DETECTION USING INTERNAL VEHICLE CELLULAR RECEIVED STRENGTH SIGNAL INDICATOR BASIS GM Global Technology Operations LLC CHEN, ZHITONG 2649 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2024
18769766 DESTINATION PREVISUALIZATION GM Global Technology Operations LLC KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 3666 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2024
18766759 LONGITUDINAL VELOCITY PLANNING FOR LANE CHANGE MANEUVERS GM Global Technology Operations LLC MERLINO, DAVID P 3665 §112 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Jul 09, 2024
18746859 ROUTE PLANNING BASED ON ROAD CONDITIONS AND ROAD TREATMENTS GM Global Technology Operations LLC WANG, KAI NMN 3664 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18662209 RESISTANCE SPOT WELDING WITH LASER WELDING FOR DISSIMILAR METAL SPOT-WELD JOINTS GM Global Technology Operations LLC WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 3676 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18662223 DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF COOLANT LEAKS IN MULTIPLE BRANCH COOLANT SYSTEM GM Global Technology Operations LLC LIZARAZU, JESSICA NICOLE 1725 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18659627 YOKE TYPE STEERING HANDLE FOR VEHICLE GM Global Technology Operations LLC ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 §102§103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18654081 DOUBLE-COATED ELECTRODE FOR DUAL-CHEMISTRY CATHODE SYSTEM GM Global Technology Operations LLC AVINA, RACHEL MARIE 1734 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18651939 BATTERY WITH ELASTIC PORTION GM Global Technology Operations LLC VO, JIMMY 1723 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18651945 COOLING STRUCTURE FOR BATTERY ASSEMBLY GM Global Technology Operations LLC DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1723 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18651967 BATTERY STATE HEALTH ESTIMATION USING CURRENT CHARACTERISTICS AT A CONSTANT VOLTAGE GM Global Technology Operations LLC LEE, BYUNG RO 2858 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18632838 TEMPORAL MULTI-FRAME OCCUPANCY ESTIMATION GM Global Technology Operations LLC KUDO, KEN 2671 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18630598 DETECTION OF STRAIGHT DRIVING FOR MOTION ESTIMATION AND SENSING ALIGNMENT GM Global Technology Operations LLC KRESS, TABITHA LYNN 3667 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18620114 ALTERNATING CURRENT TO ALTERNATING CURRENT CONVERTER FOR VEHICLE-TO-LOAD ELECTRICAL POWER GM Global Technology Operations LLC RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O 2838 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2024
18609510 MULTIRANGE SINGLE CAMERA FOR VEHICLE VISION SYSTEMS GM Global Technology Operations LLC AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH 2671 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 19, 2024
18604955 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCTION AND INTERPRETABILITY OF A CONTINUOUS ACTION PROBABILITY TREE GM Global Technology Operations LLC RYLANDER, BART I 2124 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18588663 SOLID-STATE BATTERY WITH MULTILAYER SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE GM Global Technology Operations LLC LIZARAZU, JESSICA NICOLE 1725 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18433544 ELECTRODE FOIL EDGE TENSIONING GM Global Technology Operations LLC WELDEGIORGIS, LEWIE SAHLE 3725 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18429756 METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING OPPORTUNISTIC BATTERY CAPACITY ALGORITHMS FOR A SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE SUBPACKS GM Global Technology Operations LLC PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG 2859 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18421094 HIGH SPEED PRODUCTION OF THICK CATHODE ELECTRODE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE GM Global Technology Operations LLC WANG, EUGENIA 1759 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18418842 POWER MODULE FOR SIMULTANEOUS CHARGING AND DISCHARGING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERY SYSTEMS GM Global Technology Operations LLC MAI, THIEN T 2876 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 22, 2024
18408912 DOOR CHECK SYSTEM INCLUDING LOAD BALANCED CAM SLIDER ASSEMBLY GM Global Technology Operations LLC MORGAN, EMILY M 3677 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2024
18408808 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESPONDING TO AN ENERGY EXPENDITURE EVENT GM Global Technology Operations LLC LE, THIEN MINH 2876 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2024
18408101 CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR BATTERY CELL MODULE GM Global Technology Operations LLC COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN 1782 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18405294 DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF ANOMALOUS CONDITIONS IN BATTERY MODULES USING THIN-FILM PRESSURE SENSORS GM Global Technology Operations LLC BERMUDEZ, CHARLENE 1721 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 05, 2024
18403950 ULTRAVIOLET-CURABLE GLUING REAGENT FOR ELECTRODE STACKING GM Global Technology Operations LLC D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1723 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 04, 2024
18403202 BATTERY CELL HEALTH EVALUATION BASED ON STATE OF CHARGE DEVIATION GM Global Technology Operations LLC MIKELS, MATTHEW 2876 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2024
18539975 VEHICLE CHARGE CONNECTOR ADAPTOR INCLUDING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL GM Global Technology Operations LLC DINH, PAUL 2851 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2023
18539726 MULTI-STAGE CHARGING CONTROL GM Global Technology Operations LLC FUREMAN, JARED 2859 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2023

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What is Cantor Colburn LLP - General Motors's patent allowance rate?

88.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Cantor Colburn LLP - General Motors were allowed, across 74,576 applications in USPTO records.

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93 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 85 examiners in 60 art units.

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