Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Patterson + Sheridan, L.L.P. - Rivian

18 pending office actions • 1 client • 18 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=205 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.1%
Allowance Rate
n=205
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=205
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=77
-0.30σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=77
881 days
Time to Allowance
n=77
-7.8pp
Interview Lift
n=205
40.7%
RCE Rate
n=205
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=205

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=17 (min 20)
68.5%
§103 Overcome
n=73
§112 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

B60L, B60R, B60W
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=205
0
Practitioners
n=205
Apps / Practitioner
n=205 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

1
Hard (6%)
15
Medium (83%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only11 (61%)
§102 only4 (22%)
§112 only2 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
11% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
78% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KURIEN, CHRISTEN A 1 56.6% +27.4%
GREENE, MARK L 1 75.1% +21.8%
BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW 1 84.1% +11.1%
SHARMA, SHIVAM 1 37.8% +2.0%
KLEINMAN, LAIL A 1 69.5% +17.2%
YANCHUS III, PAUL B 1 82.9% +13.2%
CHEYNEY, CHARLES 1 56.6% +42.6%
STRIMBU, GREGORY J 1 56.2% +80.4%
SHANSKE, JASON D 1 76.9% +14.1%
PAUL, ANTONY M 1 89.6% +9.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18965978 AUGMENTING VEHICLE ROUTING INFORMATION BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW 36d
18389629 DETECTION OF PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION DUTY CYCLE ERRORS PAUL, ANTONY M 79d
18737508 MANUFACTURING INTEGRATION SYSTEM YANCHUS III, PAUL B

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19177370 LAUNCH CONTROL INTERFACE AND METHOD GREENE, MARK L

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18430548 CARRIAGES FOR VEHICLE PANEL TRANSPORTATION SHANSKE, JASON D 25d overdue
18965978 AUGMENTING VEHICLE ROUTING INFORMATION BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW 36d
19216433 BLIND SPOT VIEW ENHANCEMENTS FOR VEHICLES KURIEN, CHRISTEN A
19177370 LAUNCH CONTROL INTERFACE AND METHOD GREENE, MARK L
18788529 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGE TIME PREDICTION KLEINMAN, LAIL A
18737508 MANUFACTURING INTEGRATION SYSTEM YANCHUS III, PAUL B
18590900 RETENTION ASSEMBLIES FOR MATERIAL STORAGE SYSTEMS, AND RELATED MATERIAL CONTAINERS AND METHODS CHEYNEY, CHARLES
18444290 HINGE FOR MITIGATING FORCE TRANSFER STRIMBU, GREGORY J

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
RIVIAN IP HOLDINGS, LLC 18

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36654
24211
36611
36671
36681
37541
36341
36141
28581
28311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19216433 BLIND SPOT VIEW ENHANCEMENTS FOR VEHICLES Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC KURIEN, CHRISTEN A 2421 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2025
19177370 LAUNCH CONTROL INTERFACE AND METHOD Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC GREENE, MARK L 3661 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2025
18965978 AUGMENTING VEHICLE ROUTING INFORMATION Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW 3667 §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 Final Rejection Pending Oct 09, 2024
18788529 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGE TIME PREDICTION Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC KLEINMAN, LAIL A 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 30, 2024
18737508 MANUFACTURING INTEGRATION SYSTEM Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC YANCHUS III, PAUL B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18590900 RETENTION ASSEMBLIES FOR MATERIAL STORAGE SYSTEMS, AND RELATED MATERIAL CONTAINERS AND METHODS Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2024
18444290 HINGE FOR MITIGATING FORCE TRANSFER Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC STRIMBU, GREGORY J 3634 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 16, 2024
18430548 CARRIAGES FOR VEHICLE PANEL TRANSPORTATION Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC SHANSKE, JASON D 3614 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18389629 DETECTION OF PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION DUTY CYCLE ERRORS Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC PAUL, ANTONY M 2858 §112 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18528059 USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE COMPONENTS Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN 3665 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18527876 MULTI-MODAL CONTROLLER FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE COMPONENTS DURING OPERATION Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC SAEED, AHMED M 2831 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18458041 PERSONALIZING CLIMATE CONDITIONS IN A VEHICLE Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC RAMIREZ, ELLIS B 3658 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18319370 ALIGNMENT TOOL FOR A CLOSURE LATCH FOR A VEHICLE Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending May 17, 2023
18091224 ANIMAL LOCATION BASED VEHICLE CLIMATE CONTROL Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 3665 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2022
18053213 INTERCHANGEABLE MEMBER FOR A VEHICLE Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC HELVEY, PETER N. 3734 §102 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Nov 07, 2022
17832150 MOTOR TORQUE-BASED VEHICLE ROLL STABILITY Rivian Ip Holdings, LLC JONES, JODI MARIE 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 03, 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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