Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
23 pending office actions • 2 clients • 23 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 125 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 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. 5 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 | 10 (43%) |
| §102 only | 6 (26%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| No statute on record | 6 (26%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEVY, MERRITT E | 1 | 33.3% | +31.2% |
| BECKER, JOSEPH W | 1 | 72.7% | +24.7% |
| BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 1 | 85.1% | +3.4% |
| NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 1 | 78.9% | +13.4% |
| AUNG, SAN M | 1 | 77.7% | +20.4% |
| ZALESKAS, JOHN M | 1 | 61.9% | +19.3% |
| CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | 1 | 47.6% | +64.7% |
| DANG, TINH | 1 | 85.1% | +7.9% |
| JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS | 1 | 40.0% | +22.4% |
| FAULKNER, RYAN L | 1 | 67.5% | +17.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18413675 | METHOD OF DIRECTING AND CONTROLLING OUTLET AIRFLOW | JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS | 22d |
| 18939691 | Untitled | LEVY, MERRITT E | — |
| 18939722 | Untitled | BECKER, JOSEPH W | — |
| 18772817 | MULTI-MODAL SENSOR LOCALIZATION SYSTEM | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | — |
| 18671587 | ADAPTIVE SHOCK ABSORBER | AUNG, SAN M | — |
| 18659839 | ACTIVE SUSPENSION ACTUATOR WITH REDUCED REFLECTED INERTIA | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | — |
| 18653597 | WINDSHIELD LENS SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE LIDAR FIELD OF VIEW EXPANSION | CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | — |
| 18404222 | BARREL AIRFLOW VOLUME CONTROL SYSTEM | FAULKNER, RYAN L | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| General Motors | 22 |
| Arizona State University | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3612 | 1 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| 3747 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18939691 | Untitled | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | LEVY, MERRITT E | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 18939722 | Untitled | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | BECKER, JOSEPH W | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | ||
| 18741511 | Untitled | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 3612 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | |
| 18772817 | MULTI-MODAL SENSOR LOCALIZATION SYSTEM | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 3646 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18671587 | ADAPTIVE SHOCK ABSORBER | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | AUNG, SAN M | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 | |
| 18659839 | ACTIVE SUSPENSION ACTUATOR WITH REDUCED REFLECTED INERTIA | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18653597 | WINDSHIELD LENS SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE LIDAR FIELD OF VIEW EXPANSION | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 | |
| 18422486 | COMPOSITE BRAKE CALIPERS | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | DANG, TINH | 3655 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18413675 | METHOD OF DIRECTING AND CONTROLLING OUTLET AIRFLOW | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18404222 | BARREL AIRFLOW VOLUME CONTROL SYSTEM | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | FAULKNER, RYAN L | 3762 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18539252 | LATCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLUID LINE COUPLING | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 3679 | §102 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18504475 | INTUITIVE TRAILER BACKUP SYSTEM | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 59d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18494742 | VEHICLE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TRANSIENT LOAD FLUCTUATIONS | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | VO, TUYEN KIM | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| 18494762 | TIRE WITH ELECTRICAL GENERATION | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | FRANKLIN, JAMARA ALZAIDA | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 | |
| 18494757 | ADAPTIVE JUNCTION TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | GLASS, ERICK DAVID | 2846 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18473799 | LITHIUM ALLOY ANODE | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | CANNON, RYAN SMITH | 1726 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18461721 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING PART WITH WATER JET CUTTING | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18298643 | APPLICATIONS OF SHEPARD TONE IN VEHICLE SOUND DESIGN | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | PANDE, ASHUTOSH | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 189d overdue | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 18179455 | ELECTRODES AND BATTERIES COMPRISING THE SAME | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | BLACKWELL-RUDASIL, RYAN KENZIE | 1722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 17933495 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING MICROHARDNESS PROPERTIES OF WELDS | Arizona Board of Regents | CHAVEZ, RENEE D | 2186 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2022 |
| 17814637 | SYSTEMS FOR LASER WELDING WITH PLASMA PROTECTION | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | THONG, YEONG JUEN | 3761 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2022 |
| 17807881 | MASS ESTIMATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | 2189 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 17805327 | BEADING DESIGN TOOL METHODS AND SYSTEMS | GM Global Technology Operations LLC | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 2188 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2022 |
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