Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
15 pending office actions • 1 client • 15 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days
PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, L.L.P. - Rivian reports 13 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 213 career applications. The current docket is limited relative to the application base, with prosecution focused on transportation and mechanical systems.
The resolved allowance rate is 86.32%, with an average of 2.93 office actions per allowance. The allowance rate indicates that most resolved applications reached allowance, while the action average reflects several examination exchanges for successful matters. Practitioners can use the figures to assess both resolution frequency and response planning needs.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 7 (47%) |
| §102 only | 4 (27%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAAWAT, MUSSA A | 1 | 76.6% | +5.9% |
| RUPPERT, ERIC S | 1 | 60.1% | +23.9% |
| SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN | 1 | 76.6% | +10.5% |
| HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 1 | 78.9% | +16.8% |
| LI, JAI WEI TOMMY | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| SANTIAGO, ANAYANSI ISABEL | 1 | 83.3% | +25.0% |
| SHARMA, SHIVAM | 1 | 43.4% | +8.7% |
| BUI, HUNG S | 1 | 87.4% | +10.1% |
| STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 1 | 56.5% | +80.5% |
| CHENG, VIVIAN S | 1 | — | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19070214 | DYNAMIC VEHICLE RENDERING SYSTEM | LI, JAI WEI TOMMY | — |
| 18653134 | TERMINAL BLOCK FOR MOUNTING DC LINK CAPACITOR | BUI, HUNG S | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19096407 | THERMAL COOLING SYSTEM | RUPPERT, ERIC S | — |
| 19086917 | VISUAL GADGET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | — |
| 19051465 | EXTENDABLE SUB-FLOOR STORAGE COVER | SANTIAGO, ANAYANSI ISABEL | — |
| 18444290 | HINGE FOR MITIGATING FORCE TRANSFER | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19096407 | THERMAL COOLING SYSTEM | RUPPERT, ERIC S | — |
| 19094505 | PORTABLE SPEAKER WITH LIGHT REFLECTOR | SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN | — |
| 19086917 | VISUAL GADGET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | — |
| 19051465 | EXTENDABLE SUB-FLOOR STORAGE COVER | SANTIAGO, ANAYANSI ISABEL | — |
| 18653134 | TERMINAL BLOCK FOR MOUNTING DC LINK CAPACITOR | BUI, HUNG S | — |
| 18444290 | HINGE FOR MITIGATING FORCE TRANSFER | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC | 15 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3669 | 2 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 3734 | 2 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 2691 | 1 |
| 2613 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19310701 | DYNAMICALLY DISPLAYING DRIVER VEHICLE INFORMATION FOR VEHICLES | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | SHAAWAT, MUSSA A | 3669 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19096407 | THERMAL COOLING SYSTEM | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | RUPPERT, ERIC S | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19094505 | PORTABLE SPEAKER WITH LIGHT REFLECTOR | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN | 2691 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19086917 | VISUAL GADGET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 3669 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19070214 | DYNAMIC VEHICLE RENDERING SYSTEM | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | LI, JAI WEI TOMMY | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19051465 | EXTENDABLE SUB-FLOOR STORAGE COVER | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | SANTIAGO, ANAYANSI ISABEL | 3612 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18911134 | REDUNDANT SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A CONTROLLED STOP IN AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEM | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | SHARMA, SHIVAM | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18653134 | TERMINAL BLOCK FOR MOUNTING DC LINK CAPACITOR | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | BUI, HUNG S | 2841 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18444290 | HINGE FOR MITIGATING FORCE TRANSFER | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 3634 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18441925 | ENERGY ABSORBING COMPONENT FOR BATTERY ENCLOSURE | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | CHENG, VIVIAN S | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| 18440950 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | NASH, BRIAN D | 3734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18527876 | MULTI-MODAL CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE COMPONENTS DURING OPERATION | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | SAEED, AHMED M | 2831 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18528059 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE COMPONENTS | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18487962 | VEHICLE DRIVE MODES AND ASSOCIATED USER INTERFACES | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | REINBOLD, SCOTT A | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18053213 | INTERCHANGEABLE MEMBER FOR A VEHICLE | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | HELVEY, PETER N. | 3734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Nov 07, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial86.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. - Rivian were allowed, across 213 applications in USPTO records.
2.93 office actions per allowed application on average.
15 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 15 examiners in 11 art units.
