Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Airbus Defence And Space Sau

Technology area: Communications

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Airbus Defence And Space Sau maintains 1 pending office action focused in the Communications technology area. This activity is distributed across 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a streamlined prosecution profile. The presence of only 1 pending action suggests a very specific or limited engagement with the patent office at this time, requiring focused attention on a specific set of examiner requirements within the Communications field.

The busiest examiner identified in the data is LI, SHI K, who currently manages 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since this 1 action accounts for the total pending workload, the company's immediate prosecution success relies on the interactions with this specific examiner. This concentration in 1 art unit simplifies the administrative oversight needed, as the legal strategy does not need to account for varying examiner behaviors across different departments for its 1 pending office action.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
1
Communications
100% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LI, SHI K 1 73.4% +4.1%

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
18948856 PHOTONIC TRANSCEIVER MODULE, PERIPHERY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME LI, SHI K —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2634 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18948856 PHOTONIC TRANSCEIVER MODULE, PERIPHERY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND APPARATUS COMPRISING SAME LI, SHI K 2634 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Airbus Defence And Space Sau have?

Airbus Defence And Space Sau has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Airbus Defence And Space Sau applications?

Shi K Li has the most, with 1 of Airbus Defence And Space Sau's pending office actions.

What technology area are Airbus Defence And Space Sau's patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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