Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Airbus Atlantic currently faces 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that each matter is being evaluated by a different individual. This distribution prevents a concentration of influence with any 1 examiner for the company's current applications.
The portfolio is active across 2 distinct art units, which matches the number of pending actions and examiners. EDMUND H LEE is identified as the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. This 1 action is one of the 2 pending office actions currently in the portfolio.
The fact that 2 pending office actions are split across 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's current technical interests in chemistry and materials are varied. With 2 distinct examiners involved, practitioners must manage 2 separate sets of examiner expectations. The role of EDMUND H LEE in 1 pending office action highlights the individualized nature of the company's current prosecution efforts, where each case requires a unique response strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, EDMUND H | 1 | 69.6% | +17.5% |
| LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19191308 | FOLDING TRAY TABLE ASSEMBLY WITH SLIDING FLAP, AND SEAT UNIT COMPRISING SUCH AN ASSEMBLY | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19219488 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DECORATED THERMOPLASTIC SHELL IN A SINGLE OPERATION | LEE, EDMUND H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19219488 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DECORATED THERMOPLASTIC SHELL IN A SINGLE OPERATION | LEE, EDMUND H | 1744 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19191308 | FOLDING TRAY TABLE ASSEMBLY WITH SLIDING FLAP, AND SEAT UNIT COMPRISING SUCH AN ASSEMBLY | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 3636 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
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