Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 1 client • 14 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days
PATTERSON + SHERIDAN, L.L.P. - Rivian handles 210 career applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm's resolved allowance rate is 89.01 percent. Prosecution involves an average of 2.99 office actions per allowance. Currently, there are 9 pending office actions.
This active docket is part of the firm's history with 210 career applications. The 89.01 percent resolved allowance rate provides a baseline for success in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The 2.99 average office actions per allowance reflects the firm's engagement with examiners. This firm's data shows a practice with 210 career applications and an approach to securing grants. The 89.01 percent resolved allowance rate is a metric for its performance. With 9 pending office actions, the firm continues to represent its client in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector, maintaining its prosecution cycle. The 2.99 average office actions per allowance is a consistent data point for its 210 career applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 + other | 2 (14%) |
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| §102 only | 5 (36%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (14%) |
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% | +5.8% |
| KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | 1 | 57.0% | +26.9% |
| HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | 1 | 78.8% | +16.9% |
| LI, JAI WEI TOMMY | 1 | — | — |
| BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW | 1 | 84.2% | +11.1% |
| SHARMA, SHIVAM | 1 | 43.4% | +8.7% |
| MASIH, KAREN | 1 | 91.0% | +6.6% |
| BUI, HUNG S | 1 | 87.4% | +10.1% |
| STRIMBU, GREGORY J | 1 | 56.4% | +80.4% |
| NASH, BRIAN D | 1 | 82.0% | +14.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18653134 | TERMINAL BLOCK FOR MOUNTING DC LINK CAPACITOR | BUI, HUNG S | — |
| 18440950 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES | NASH, BRIAN D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18965978 | AUGMENTING VEHICLE ROUTING INFORMATION | BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW | 36d |
| 19086917 | VISUAL GADGET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | — |
| 18896364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTOR REGENERATION | MASIH, KAREN | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18965978 | AUGMENTING VEHICLE ROUTING INFORMATION | BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW | 36d |
| 19216433 | BLIND SPOT VIEW ENHANCEMENTS FOR VEHICLES | KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | — |
| 19086917 | VISUAL GADGET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | HUTCHINSON, ALAN D | — |
| 18653134 | TERMINAL BLOCK FOR MOUNTING DC LINK CAPACITOR | BUI, HUNG S | — |
| 18444290 | HINGE FOR MITIGATING FORCE TRANSFER | STRIMBU, GREGORY J | — |
| 18440950 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES | NASH, BRIAN D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC | 14 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3665 | 3 |
| 3734 | 2 |
| 2421 | 1 |
| 3669 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 3747 | 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 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 | |
| 19216433 | BLIND SPOT VIEW ENHANCEMENTS FOR VEHICLES | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | KURIEN, CHRISTEN A | 2421 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 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 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 | |
| 18965978 | AUGMENTING VEHICLE ROUTING INFORMATION | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW | 3667 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 18896364 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOTOR REGENERATION | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | MASIH, KAREN | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 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 |
| 18440950 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR VEHICLES | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | NASH, BRIAN D | 3734 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 17557380 | MULTI-MODAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM | Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC | STRYKER, NICHOLAS F | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 21, 2021 |
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