Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
21 pending office actions • 1 client • 19 examiners • 9 art units • 6 of 21 (29%) have an AI response strategy ready • 86 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 | 18 (86%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (10%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HULKA, JAMES R | 2 | 76.4% | +11.6% |
| RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | 2 | 87.3% | +10.3% |
| LIANG, HONGYE | 1 | 63.4% | +53.1% |
| MANCHO, RONNIE M | 1 | 75.7% | +2.3% |
| DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 1 | 77.1% | +11.0% |
| PANDEY, KESHAB R | 1 | 87.6% | +8.4% |
| SOOFI, YAZAN A | 1 | 89.0% | +11.3% |
| YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | 1 | 73.5% | +4.5% |
| MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 1 | 55.6% | +25.8% |
| KRETZER, CASEY L | 1 | 86.8% | +12.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929174 | Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersections | SOOFI, YAZAN A | 41d |
| 18944979 | Timebase Synchronization Using Pulsed Signal Injection | PANDEY, KESHAB R | — |
| 18904700 | Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Retrieving Image Data of Image Frames | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
| 18487538 | Methods and Systems for LIDAR Optics Alignment | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | — |
| 17739064 | Time-of-Flight Sensor with Structured Light Illuminator | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929174 | Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersections | SOOFI, YAZAN A | 41d |
| 19264612 | Methods and Systems for using Interference to Detect Sensor Impairment | LIANG, HONGYE | — |
| 19251112 | Methods and Systems for Automatic Introspective Perception | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | — |
| 18921915 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for using Remote Assistance to Annotate Images of an Environment | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | — |
| 18904700 | Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Retrieving Image Data of Image Frames | KRETZER, CASEY L | — |
| 18540486 | Optical Redirector Device | HULKA, JAMES R | — |
| 18487538 | Methods and Systems for LIDAR Optics Alignment | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | — |
| 17930441 | Temporally Modulated Light Emission for Defect Detection in Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Devices and Cameras | HULKA, JAMES R | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| WAYMO LLC | 21 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 6 |
| 3661 | 3 |
| 3663 | 2 |
| 2176 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3666 | 1 |
| 2665 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19264612 | Methods and Systems for using Interference to Detect Sensor Impairment | Waymo LLC | LIANG, HONGYE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 | |
| 19258245 | Trajectory Assistance for Autonomous Vehicles | Waymo LLC | MANCHO, RONNIE M | 3661 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19251112 | Methods and Systems for Automatic Introspective Perception | Waymo LLC | DUNNE, KENNETH MICHAEL | 3661 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 18944979 | Timebase Synchronization Using Pulsed Signal Injection | Waymo LLC | PANDEY, KESHAB R | 2176 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18929174 | Positioning Vehicles to Improve Quality of Observations at Intersections | Waymo LLC | SOOFI, YAZAN A | 3668 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18925245 | Systems and Devices for Strain Relief for Magnetic Cores and Assemblies | Waymo LLC | YENINAS, STEVEN LEE | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 | |
| 18921915 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for using Remote Assistance to Annotate Images of an Environment | Waymo LLC | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 3661 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18904700 | Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Retrieving Image Data of Image Frames | Waymo LLC | KRETZER, CASEY L | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 | |
| 18885049 | Methods and Systems For Radar Image Video Compression Using Per-Pixel Doppler Measurements | Waymo LLC | WOLFORD, NAOMI M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18392299 | Methods and Systems for using a Visual Language Model to Provide Remote Assistance to Vehicles | Waymo LLC | KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 112d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18540486 | Optical Redirector Device | Waymo LLC | HULKA, JAMES R | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18531643 | Stacked Image Processing to Reduce Blur for Autonomous Driving | Waymo LLC | LU, ZHIYU | 2665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18517438 | Universal Spectrum Utilization Exchange for Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation and Avoidance | Waymo LLC | LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18487538 | Methods and Systems for LIDAR Optics Alignment | Waymo LLC | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18192431 | Methods and Systems for Modifying Power Consumption by an Autonomy System | Waymo LLC | PECHE, JORGE O | 3656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 18064612 | Methods and Systems for Providing Remote Assistance to an Autonomous Vehicle | Waymo LLC | CASTRO, PAUL A | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 79d overdue | AI Ready | Dec 12, 2022 |
| 17930441 | Temporally Modulated Light Emission for Defect Detection in Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Devices and Cameras | Waymo LLC | HULKA, JAMES R | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Sep 08, 2022 |
| 17739064 | Time-of-Flight Sensor with Structured Light Illuminator | Waymo LLC | RATCLIFFE, LUKE D | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2022 |
| 17662239 | Mitigating Crosstalk from High-Intensity Returns in a Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) Device | Waymo LLC | BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | AI Ready | May 06, 2022 |
| 17376611 | Adjusting Lidar Parameters Based on Environmental Conditions | Waymo LLC | QI, ZHENGQING J | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | AI Ready | Jul 15, 2021 |
| 17119108 | Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Reordering Image Data | Waymo LLC | UNDERWOOD, BAKARI | 3663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | AI Ready | Dec 11, 2020 |
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