Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, with BADAWI, MEDHAT responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution ensures that each of the company's active applications is being reviewed by a different individual. Practitioners should be prepared to address the individual preferences of 3 distinct examiners.
Each of the 3 pending office actions is also located in a different art unit, as there are 3 distinct art units in total. BADAWI, MEDHAT is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, matching the workload of the other examiners. This perfect distribution across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units indicates a highly fragmented prosecution landscape. There is no overlap in personnel or technical groups among the active matters, requiring a tailored approach for each individual application.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURPHY, KEVIN F | 1 | 67.9% | +27.9% |
| LIU, JINGCHEN | 1 | 62.7% | +65.0% |
| LUONG, HENRY T | 1 | 76.0% | +18.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117733 | PRESSURE-REDUCING VALVE | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — |
| 18861333 | PUSH-PULL VALVE | LIU, JINGCHEN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117733 | PRESSURE-REDUCING VALVE | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — |
| 18861333 | PUSH-PULL VALVE | LIU, JINGCHEN | — |
| 18901527 | DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS | LUONG, HENRY T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19117733 | PRESSURE-REDUCING VALVE | MURPHY, KEVIN F | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 18861333 | PUSH-PULL VALVE | LIU, JINGCHEN | 3741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18901527 | DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS | LUONG, HENRY T | 2845 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAerojet Rocketdyne Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Kevin F Murphy has the most, with 1 of Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
