Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
50 pending office actions • 18 clients • 47 examiners • 43 art units • 0 of 50 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 149 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 50 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. 50 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 4 (8%) |
| §103 only | 37 (74%) |
| §102 only | 3 (6%) |
| §112 only | 5 (10%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIU, SHUYI S | 4 | 73.0% | +26.8% |
| AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| ZHAO, DON GORDON | 1 | 87.2% | +16.5% |
| NGUYEN, HOANG M | 1 | 75.7% | +16.4% |
| DARE, RYAN A | 1 | 75.4% | +7.1% |
| VO, TUNG T | 1 | 71.0% | +15.5% |
| MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | 1 | 80.7% | +17.8% |
| NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 1 | 82.8% | +7.1% |
| EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 1 | 50.5% | +31.9% |
| REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 1 | 68.1% | +13.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856311 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSIS OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE COMPONENT, AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 35d overdue |
| 19137739 | METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING PLAIN TEXT | ZHAO, DON GORDON | 6d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18691597 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INTELLIGENT PRESELECTION OF SUITABLE CHARGING STATIONS FOR CARRYING OUT A CHARGING STOP, CHARGING STOP PLANNING ASSISTANT, AND VEHICLE | PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN | 49d overdue |
| 18358357 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAVE EQUATION DECONVOLUTION FOR INTERNAL MULTIPLE ATTENUATION | HENSON, MISCHITA L | 30d overdue |
| 18030088 | METHOD FOR FILLING AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY MEANS OF A CHARGING DEVICE, AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR OPERATING A CHARGING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | JAMES, GREGORY MARK | 18d overdue |
| 19140686 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDIVIDUALLY ASSIGNING AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE FUNCTION SCHEME TO AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE | AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO | 1d overdue |
| 18877300 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING LANE ROUTES | MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | 12d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17776732 | SEPARATOR DISC, SEPARATOR DISC PACKAGE, CENTRIFUGE CONTAINING THE SEPARATOR DISC PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SEPARATOR DISC | LIU, SHUYI S | 91d overdue |
| 18034162 | SEPARATOR | LIU, SHUYI S | 52d overdue |
| 19065166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION WITH REDUCED EMISSIONS | NGUYEN, HOANG M | 50d overdue |
| 18021062 | SEPARATOR INSERT AND SEPARATOR | LIU, SHUYI S | 45d overdue |
| 18855371 | MYOFUNCTIONAL ALIGNER | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 22d overdue |
| 18996177 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF | VO, TUNG T | 18d overdue |
| 19137739 | METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING PLAIN TEXT | ZHAO, DON GORDON | 6d |
| 18877300 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING LANE ROUTES | MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | 12d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1774 | 4 |
| 3662 | 2 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 2662 | 2 |
| 2893 | 2 |
| 2493 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2132 | 1 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19140686 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDIVIDUALLY ASSIGNING AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE FUNCTION SCHEME TO AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19137739 | METHOD FOR ENCRYPTING PLAIN TEXT | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | ZHAO, DON GORDON | 2493 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19065166 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY AND RESOURCE EXTRACTION WITH REDUCED EMISSIONS | Cgg Services SAS | NGUYEN, HOANG M | 3746 | Other | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18996368 | METHOD FOR STATIC ALLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF INFORMATION TO MEMORY AREAS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM AND VEHICLE | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | DARE, RYAN A | 2132 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18996177 | CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | VO, TUNG T | 2425 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18877300 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND PROVIDING LANE ROUTES | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | MARTINEZ BORRERO, LUIS A | 3665 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18856311 | METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT A FUNCTIONAL DIAGNOSIS OF AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE COMPONENT, AND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | NGUYEN, BAO LONG T | 3656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18855371 | MYOFUNCTIONAL ALIGNER | Codonis AG | EIDE, HEIDI MARIE | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18852043 | METHOD FOR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF A REMAINING DISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 3747 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18843477 | FURNITURE OR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE ELEMENT | Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. Kg | ROHRHOFF, DANIEL J | 3637 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18840230 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THE CHARGING STATE OF AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE OF A VEHICLE, AND A VEHICLE | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18834790 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING SPEECH INPUTS AND OPERATING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE FUNCTIONS | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | LEE, JANGWOEN | 2656 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18832731 | METHOD FOR ACTUATING AN ACCESS SYSTEM OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | NGUYEN, ROBERT T | 3619 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18722316 | APPARATUS FOR SECURING COMMUNICATION | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | PERVIN, NUZHAT | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18716677 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A SPEECH DIALOGUE SYSTEM AND SPEECH DIALOGUE SYSTEM | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN | 2657 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18679717 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO AUTOMATE PRIORITIZING AND ORGANIZING OF CONSUMER GOODS AND SERVICES | Mustwants Inc. | VOLTAIRE, JEAN F | 2417 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18676835 | REDUCING THE DANGER OF AN ICY HOLLOW FORMING BELOW TIRES OF A VEHICLE | Daimler Truck AG | PARK, CHANMIN | 3661 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18654266 | CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | Daimler Truck AG | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | 3664 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18702965 | METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING THE USER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | YANG, JIANXUN | 2662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18637800 | SCRIPT GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | Bereej Technologies Private Limited | VO, TED T | 2191 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18691597 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INTELLIGENT PRESELECTION OF SUITABLE CHARGING STATIONS FOR CARRYING OUT A CHARGING STOP, CHARGING STOP PLANNING ASSISTANT, AND VEHICLE | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN | 3667 | §101 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18597202 | DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR COVERING OR SWITCHING OFF INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON AN OUTER SURFACE OF A VEHICLE | Daimler Truck AG | FOXX, CHICO A | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18580316 | A METHOD FOR PROVIDING USAGE INFORMATION OF AN ELECTRICAL GRID TO A PROVIDER AS WELL AS AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | PHAM, THOMAS K | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18409108 | METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSOR AND SATELLITE AI FUSION | N5 Sensors, Inc. | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | 2662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18544911 | PATIENT SLING | Human Care Hc AB | ORTIZ, ADAM C | 3673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18512089 | DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY ELASTIC FULL WAVEFORM INVERSION METHOD AND SYSTEM | Cgg Services SAS | DO, AN H | 2853 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 39d | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18286571 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A STARTING POINT BETWEEN TWO ENTITIES | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | HORNER, MINATO LEE | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18358357 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WAVE EQUATION DECONVOLUTION FOR INTERNAL MULTIPLE ATTENUATION | Cgg Services SAS | HENSON, MISCHITA L | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18272671 | CONTROL METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ESTABLISHING OR AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING VEHICLE COMMUNICATION FOR DATA EXCHANGE BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND A REMOTE STATION | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | RAIMONDO, TRACY LAUREN | 2474 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18343079 | QUICK LATCH SEISMIC DATA ACQUISITION OCEAN BOTTOM NODE AND METHOD | Sercel | ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D | 3645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18265994 | TOP-TO-TOP CONNECTED THIN SOLAR MODULE AND METHOD | King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology | CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN | 1721 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18320518 | VERTICAL FARMING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | V-MAXX, LLC | KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18036938 | WAVELENGTH-CONVERTING NEAR-INFRARED OPTICAL RECEIVER AND METHOD | King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology | WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
| 18034162 | SEPARATOR | Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH | LIU, SHUYI S | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 52d overdue | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18030088 | METHOD FOR FILLING AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY MEANS OF A CHARGING DEVICE, AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR OPERATING A CHARGING DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | JAMES, GREGORY MARK | 3692 | §101 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Apr 04, 2023 |
| 18029736 | STORAGE ASSEMBLY HAVING AT LEAST ONE STORAGE COMPARTMENT | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18023788 | STORAGE CONTAINER, GROWTH AND/OR PROPAGATION STATION, CULTIVATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CULTIVATING DEVELOPMENT MATERIAL | Capsero AG | ALMATRAHI, SAHAR FARIS | 3643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18023033 | APPARATUS FOR THE DIRECTED DISCHARGING OF DROPLETS AND/OR PARTICLES, IN PARTICULAR IN THE INTERIOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN APPARATUS OF THIS KIND | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18021241 | REAL-TIME CONTROL OF MECHANICAL VALVES USING COMPUTER VISION AND MACHINE LEARNING | King Fahd University Of Petroleum And Minerals | TRAN, VI N | 2117 | §103 | Final Rejection | 78d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2023 |
| 18021062 | SEPARATOR INSERT AND SEPARATOR | Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH | LIU, SHUYI S | 1774 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 18016895 | MULTI-STAGE MEMBRANE DISTILLATION DEVICE AND METHOD | King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology | MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1777 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 114d overdue | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 18007798 | SLEEPING OR RECLINING PIECE OF FURNITURE WITH A SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF A PERSON | Dewertokin GmbH | POTTS, RYAN PATRICK | 2672 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 78d overdue | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17921202 | ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR COUPLED WITH UV ADVANCED DISINFECTION PROCESS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT | King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology | ELLINGTON, MARRIAH C G | 1773 | §103 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2022 |
| 17916226 | CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CENTRIFUGE | Gea Mechanical Equipment GmbH | LIU, SHUYI S | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17909807 | EPITAXIAL PROCESSING OF SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE FILMS ON AMORPHOUS SUBSTRATES | King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology | YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY | 2891 | §103 | Final Rejection | 84d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2022 |
| 17801861 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURING COMMUNICATION | Mercedes-Benz Group AG | MAI, KEVIN S | 2499 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Aug 24, 2022 |
| 17796933 | METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK COATED ORGANIC FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR BASED NO2 SENSOR AND METHOD | King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology | TRAN, DZUNG | 2893 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
| 17788072 | SPLIT WAVEGUIDE FILTER | K-Form, Inc. | HOLLWEG, THOMAS A | 2874 | §103 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | Jun 22, 2022 |
| 17776732 | SEPARATOR DISC, SEPARATOR DISC PACKAGE, CENTRIFUGE CONTAINING THE SEPARATOR DISC PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SEPARATOR DISC | Gea Mechanical Equipment GmbH | LIU, SHUYI S | 1774 | §103 | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2022 |
| 17437572 | MINIATURIZED DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD | King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology | DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE | 3783 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Sep 09, 2021 |
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