Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Lkglobal (Gm)

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

71 pending office actions • 15 clients • 67 examiners • 43 art units • 0 of 71 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1319 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

65.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1319
+0.28σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1319
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=733
-0.13σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=733
1029 days
Time to Allowance
n=733
+9.2pp
Interview Lift
n=1319
25.5%
RCE Rate
n=1319
1.4%
Appeal Rate
n=1319

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

51.3%
§101 Overcome
n=76
63.6%
§102 Overcome
n=343
58.3%
§103 Overcome
n=621
59.6%
§112 Overcome
n=443

Specialization & Scale

A61K, A61Q, H01L
Top CPC Subclasses
28%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1319
1
Practitioners
n=1319
1319.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1319

Portfolio Summary

71
Total Pending OAs
41
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
11
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

36
Hard (51%)
30
Medium (42%)
5
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (4%)
§101 + other9 (13%)
§103 only16 (23%)
§102 only9 (13%)
§112 only4 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other5 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)24 (34%)

Industry Mix

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

19
Life Sciences
27% of docket
8
Information Tech
11% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
5
Semiconductors
7% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
28% of docket
17
Business / Other
24% 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.

710 h
Manual time on pending OAs
142 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
248 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEVY, MERRITT E 2 32.3% +33.5%
KIM, SHIN H 2 64.4% +11.5%
RODAK, LEE E 2 72.2% +34.1%
ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 2 51.8% +38.7%
BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 1 81.3% +13.2%
BECKER, JOSEPH W 1 72.9% +24.7%
LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 1 61.1% +41.6%
WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1 51.5% +50.4%
GATES, BRADFORD M 1 74.8% +23.8%
SINAKI, ARFAN Y 1 79.0% +41.9%

Hard Cases (36)

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
18047502 DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONFIGURABLE INVOICE GENERATION SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR 8d overdue
18524607 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING INSIGHTS REGARDING A PARTY IN RESPONSE TO A CALL EDMONDS, DONALD J 2d overdue
17933495 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING MICROHARDNESS PROPERTIES OF WELDS CHAVEZ, RENEE D 2d overdue
18426566 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAILER AXLE COUNT AND LOCATION ORTIZ, ANGELA Y 5d
18635768 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A CAMPAIGN VIG, NARESH 29d
18138969 NEURAL NETWORK FOR GENERATING BOTH NODE EMBEDDINGS AND EDGE EMBEDDINGS FOR GRAPHS JABLON, ASHER H. 36d
18777131 IMPACT MITIGATION FIT PODS MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R 53d
18754163 SEAT WITH UNIVERSAL BASE AND DEDICATED UPPER PORTIONS KIM, SHIN H 69d

Interview Candidates (14)

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
17762674 METHOD FOR DYEING KERATINOUS MATERIAL BY MEANS OF A PREMIX OF AMINOSILICONE AND A CHROMOPHORIC COMPOUND ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 30d overdue
18754163 SEAT WITH UNIVERSAL BASE AND DEDICATED UPPER PORTIONS KIM, SHIN H 69d
18939691 Untitled LEVY, MERRITT E —
18939661 Untitled LEVY, MERRITT E —
18741531 Untitled BUTCHER, CAROLINE N —
18939722 Untitled BECKER, JOSEPH W —
19420342 IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURES FOR ATHLETIC HELMET LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN —
19306619 A COATING COMPOSITION, A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CURED COATING, AND AN ARTICLE COMPRISING A CURED COATING WALTERS JR, ROBERT S —

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16133
37322
17172
28582
36632
36362
28372
17632
16122
16162

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18939691 Untitled GM Global Technology Operations LLC LEVY, MERRITT E §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending
18939661 Untitled GM Global Technology Operations LLC LEVY, MERRITT E §103 Non-Final OA — Pending
18741531 Untitled GM Global Technology Operations LLC BUTCHER, CAROLINE N 3676 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending
18939722 Untitled GM Global Technology Operations LLC BECKER, JOSEPH W §103 Non-Final OA — Pending
19420342 IMPACT ABSORBING STRUCTURES FOR ATHLETIC HELMET VICIS IP, LLC LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 3732 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 15, 2025
19306619 A COATING COMPOSITION, A METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CURED COATING, AND AN ARTICLE COMPRISING A CURED COATING Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co., LLC WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 21, 2025
19225816 COLOR MEASUREMENT Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co., LLC GATES, BRADFORD M §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2025
19179134 VEHICLE COMPONENT FAIRING AND RELATED MOUNTING SYSTEM Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation SINAKI, ARFAN Y 3642 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 15, 2025
19059011 MAGNETIC FIELD SCANNING METHOD AND SYSTEM GM Global Technology Operations LLC ISLA, RICHARD 2858 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2025
19059123 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics MILLER, DANIEL R §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2025
19059116 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics AURORA, REENA §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2025
19052235 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION APPARATUS Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics HOLLINGTON, JERMELE M §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19043185 DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERSIONING CALLS TO EXTERNAL SYSTEMS Salesforce, Inc. SYED, FARHAN M 2161 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19040333 SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING USER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS DURING VEHICLE EGRESS GM Global Technology Operations LLC CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT 3663 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 29, 2025
19036106 VEHICLE ARMRESTS WITH EXTENDABLE PANEL ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS THEREFOR GM Global Technology Operations LLC KIM, SHIN H 3636 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2025
18996441 PROBE APPARATUS Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics RODAK, LEE E 2858 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18992880 PROBE APPARATUS Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics RODAK, LEE E §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
18719782 PROBE CARD AND INSPECTION SYSTEM Kabushiki Kaisha Nihon Micronics RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18957792 THERMAL RUNAWAY DETECTION BY SENSORS GM Global Technology Operations LLC ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 2837 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 24, 2024
18954611 RARE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE CORPUS BUILDING GM Global Technology Operations LLC ESQUINO, CALEB LOGAN 2677 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18953909 FREE SPACE OPTICS COHERENT RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE USING OPTICAL INJECTION LOCKING General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N 2634 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18934669 IMPROVED ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRACTION INVERTER EFFICIENCY GM Global Technology Operations LLC AGARED, GABRIEL T 2837 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18852078 CRYOPRESERVATION MEDIUM COMPRISING HYALURONIC ACID, USE THEREOF AND METHOD OF CRYOPRESERVATION Contipro A.S. LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18890461 DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLEXIBLE APPLICATION LOCALIZATIONS Salesforce, Inc. STANLEY, KAVITA 2153 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18819529 PROCESSOR-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SYNTHESIZED DOCUMENT CLUSTERING Ontologics, Inc. MOSER, BRUCE M 2154 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18797256 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING COLOR AND APPEARANCE OF TARGET COATINGS Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co., LLC CONNER, SEAN M §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18777131 IMPACT MITIGATION FIT PODS VICIS IP, LLC MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R 3732 §103§112 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Jul 18, 2024
18754163 SEAT WITH UNIVERSAL BASE AND DEDICATED UPPER PORTIONS GM Global Technology Operations LLC KIM, SHIN H 3636 §102§103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18723267 COATING COMPOSITION FOR SILICONIZATION APPLICATION Dupont Electronic Materials International, Llc. MIGGINS, MICHAEL C §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2024
18736458 ELECTRODES HAVING ELECTROLYTE ADDITIVES AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS COMPRISING THE ELECTRODES GM Global Technology Operations LLC WYLUDA, KIMBERLY §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18659839 ACTIVE SUSPENSION ACTUATOR WITH REDUCED REFLECTED INERTIA GM Global Technology Operations LLC ZALESKAS, JOHN M 3747 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18639027 COATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION UTILIZING A HIGH TRANSFER EFFICIENCY APPLICATOR Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co., LLC BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18635768 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING A CAMPAIGN Salesforce, Inc. VIG, NARESH 3622 §101§103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18618119 DISPERSANT POLYMER AND COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co., LLC KOLB, KATARZYNA I §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18611493 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTIMATING LATERAL ADHESION OF VEHICLE TIRES GM Global Technology Operations LLC GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18587312 ASSEMBLY FOR ENSURING ATTACHMENT GM Global Technology Operations LLC JOHNS, HILARY LYNN 3726 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2024
18684298 COELENTERAZINE-UTILIZING LUCIFERASES WITH STABLE GLOW-TYPE LIGHT EMISSION AND METHODS OF PRODUCING AND USING THEREOF Fakultni Nemocnice U Sv. Anny V Brne EIX, EMILY FAY 1653 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 16, 2024
18426566 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAILER AXLE COUNT AND LOCATION GM Global Technology Operations LLC ORTIZ, ANGELA Y 3663 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18542212 COATING COMPOSITIONS AND RELATED METHODS Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co., LLC LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2023
18535604 CONTROLLERS AND AIRCRAFT WITH TAKEOFF STALL PROTECTION SYSTEM Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation TESTARDI, DAVID A 3664 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 11, 2023
18524607 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING INSIGHTS REGARDING A PARTY IN RESPONSE TO A CALL Salesforce, Inc. EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §101 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18385621 SPRAYABLE TEXTURE COATING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF APPLICATION Transtar Autobody Technologies LLC WU, ANDREA 1763 §103 Final Rejection 177d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2023
18480046 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISTRIBUTED DIRECT CURRENT TO DIRECT CURRENT CONVERTER SYSTEM GM Global Technology Operations LLC HAUPT, KRISTY A §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2023
18461721 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING PART WITH WATER JET CUTTING GM Global Technology Operations LLC MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2023
18450601 LITHIUM ION CELLS INCLUDING COATED SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME GM Global Technology Operations LLC SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S 1723 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2023
18450617 LITHIUM-ION CELLS INCLUDING A COATED CURRENT COLLECTOR AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME GM Global Technology Operations LLC ESSEX, STEPHAN J 1727 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2023
18263262 METHOD FOR DYEING KERATINOUS MATERIAL, COMPRISING THE USE OF AN ORGANOSILICON COMPOUND, A DYEING COMPOUND, A SEALING REAGENT AND A POST-TREATMENT AGENT Henkel AG & Co. KGaA ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA 1612 §103DPOther Final Rejection 70d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18339803 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING STRETCHING AND/OR WRINKLING FAILURE GM Global Technology Operations LLC COTHRAN, BERNARD E §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 22, 2023
18335352 SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH LATTICE STRUCTURES FOR JOINING PARTS GM Global Technology Operations LLC COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 15, 2023
18320854 INJECTION MOLDING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPONENT ROTATIONAL ADJUSTMENTS GM Global Technology Operations LLC MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 1741 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 19, 2023
18138969 NEURAL NETWORK FOR GENERATING BOTH NODE EMBEDDINGS AND EDGE EMBEDDINGS FOR GRAPHS Salesforce, Inc. JABLON, ASHER H. 2127 §103§112 Final Rejection 36d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18138962 CLASSIFYING NODES OR EDGES OF GRAPHS BASED ON NODE EMBEDDINGS AND EDGE EMBEDDINGS Salesforce, Inc. EL-BATHY, MOHAMED N 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 25, 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
18246993 OPTICAL SYSTEM AND HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY Goertek Optical Technology Co., Ltd. NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 DP Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Mar 28, 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
18044187 TRANSPARENT LIQUID HAIR MASK WITH CONSISTENCY TRANSFORMATION AND IMMEDIATE EFFECT DURING APPLICATION Henkel AG & Co. KGaA ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU 1616 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2023
18161458 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE ELEMENT FOR TRACKING DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT CHANGES ACROSS MULTIPLE WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS Salesforce, Inc. MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES 2197 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2023
18047502 DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONFIGURABLE INVOICE GENERATION Salesforce, Inc. SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR 3627 §101 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2022
17916417 AGENTS FOR IMPROVED OXIDATIVE LIGHTENING OF KERATIN FIBRES Henkel AG & Co. KGaA VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 30, 2022
17933495 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING MICROHARDNESS PROPERTIES OF WELDS Arizona Board of Regents CHAVEZ, RENEE D 2186 §101§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 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2022
17807881 MASS ESTIMATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS GM Global Technology Operations LLC CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER 2189 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 21, 2022
17785880 TINTING CONDITIONER HAVING IMPROVED DYEING PERFORMANCE Henkel AG & Co. KGaA BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 15, 2022
17783235 HAIR STYLING COMPOSITION CONTAINING DISACCHARIDES Henkel AG & Co. KGaA ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 07, 2022
17805327 BEADING DESIGN TOOL METHODS AND SYSTEMS GM Global Technology Operations LLC DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 2188 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2022
17780015 METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE TACTILE SENSATION OF DYED KERATINOUS MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY HUMAN HAIR Henkel AG & Co. KGaA WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 §103§112DP Final Rejection 9d Pending May 25, 2022
17762674 METHOD FOR DYEING KERATINOUS MATERIAL BY MEANS OF A PREMIX OF AMINOSILICONE AND A CHROMOPHORIC COMPOUND Henkel AG & Co. KGaA ROSENTHAL, ANDREW S 1613 §103DP Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2022
17633158 METHOD FOR DYEING KERATINOUS MATERIAL COMPRISING THE USE OF AN ORGANOSILICON COMPOUND, AN EFFECT PIGMENT, AND A FILM-FORMING POLYMER III Henkel AG & Co. KGaA BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 §103DP Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Feb 04, 2022
17456010 NOSE LANDING GEAR ADJUSTMENT TOOL Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation SCRUGGS, ROBERT J 3700 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 22, 2021
17273023 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HAIR COLORING AGENTS AND HAIR COLORING RESULTS Henkel AG & Co. KGaA KHAN, AMINA S 1761 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 03, 2021
14825795 COATING SYSTEM FOR CEMENT COMPOSITE ARTICLES Axalta Coating Systems Ip Co., LLC RICE, STEVEN 1787 §112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 13, 2015

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