Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Plumsea Law Group, LLC : Honda

Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 2 clients • 7 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

PLUMSEA LAW GROUP, LLC : Honda has 184 career applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has a high resolved allowance rate of 93.25 percent. On average, it takes 1.97 office actions to secure an allowance. There are 5 pending office actions currently.

The 93.25 percent allowance rate is a strong indicator of success. The 1.97 office actions per allowance metric suggests an efficient prosecution process. With 184 career applications, the data reflects a successful track record for this client. These metrics demonstrate the firm's ability to consistently secure patent rights with minimal examiner interaction.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=184 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

93.2%
Allowance Rate
n=184
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=184
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=152
-0.72σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=152
866 days
Time to Allowance
n=152
-3.4pp
Interview Lift
n=184
7.4%
RCE Rate
n=184
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=184

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=15 (min 20)
86.5%
§102 Overcome
n=74
82.5%
§103 Overcome
n=103
81.4%
§112 Overcome
n=43

Specialization & Scale

B62D, B60R, B60K
Top CPC Subclasses
21%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=184
0
Practitioners
n=184
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=184 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
29% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BADII, BEHRANG 1 74.4% +9.1%
WU, MING HAN 1 76.8% +23.6%
HO, MATTHEW 1 73.9% +12.6%
BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 1 67.0% +14.1%
ALAVI, AMIR 1 93.6% +3.8%
ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD 1 78.1% +27.7%
DYER, ANDREW R 1 60.0% +39.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18639873 METHOD OF TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK FOR POSE DETECTION ALAVI, AMIR —

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18479984 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING USING PREDICTIONS OF TRUST DYER, ANDREW R 12d
19214621 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELAYED DECISION MAKING IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BADII, BEHRANG —
18771160 MOBILITY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATION HO, MATTHEW —
18678991 MICROMOBILITY VEHICLE WITH CUSTOMIZED STEERING SYSTEM BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18479984 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING USING PREDICTIONS OF TRUST DYER, ANDREW R 12d
19065346 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN-OBJECT INTERACTION TRACKING WU, MING HAN —
18771160 MOBILITY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATION HO, MATTHEW —
18678991 MICROMOBILITY VEHICLE WITH CUSTOMIZED STEERING SYSTEM BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M —
18406770 NAVIGATION GUIDANCE FOR VEHICLES TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSION EXPOSURE ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD —

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Honda 6
American Honda Motor Co., Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36651
26181
36691
36111
26681
36671
36621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19214621 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELAYED DECISION MAKING IN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Honda Motor Co., Ltd. BADII, BEHRANG 3665 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2025
19065346 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HUMAN-OBJECT INTERACTION TRACKING Honda Motor Co., Ltd. WU, MING HAN 2618 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 27, 2025
18771160 MOBILITY SYSTEM AND METHODS OF OPERATION Honda Motor Co., Ltd. HO, MATTHEW 3669 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18678991 MICROMOBILITY VEHICLE WITH CUSTOMIZED STEERING SYSTEM American Honda Motor Co., Inc. BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18639873 METHOD OF TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK FOR POSE DETECTION Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ALAVI, AMIR 2668 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18406770 NAVIGATION GUIDANCE FOR VEHICLES TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSION EXPOSURE Honda Motor Co., Ltd. ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD 3667 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18479984 AUTONOMOUS DRIVING USING PREDICTIONS OF TRUST Honda Motor Co., Ltd. DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Oct 03, 2023

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