Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Airbus Operations S.L. is managing 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Each of these matters is assigned to a different person, as there are 3 distinct examiners involved. The portfolio is also geographically dispersed within the patent office across 3 distinct art units. This distribution between actions, examiners, and art units indicates a diverse or fragmented set of filings. WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW is the busiest examiner, currently holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 3 pending office actions in total, the company is dealing with three separate examination environments simultaneously.
The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the filings cover distinct technical aspects of the Chemistry & Materials fields. Practitioners should note that having 3 distinct examiners prevents any single examiner from gaining an overarching view of the company's technology. Managing 3 distinct art units requires an understanding of the specific internal policies and tendencies of those groups. This structure balances technical concentration with examiner-level dispersion. The matters are spread such that no single examiner manages more than one case. This level of dispersion requires a robust tracking system to maintain consistency across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 1 | 72.1% | +13.6% |
| SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1 | 62.6% | +27.3% |
| WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 1 | 48.1% | +47.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18670194 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPARS OR RIBS FOR AIRCRAFTS | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 147d overdue |
| 18976767 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF AN END EFFECTOR OF A MULTI-AXIS ROBOT AND SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18670194 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPARS OR RIBS FOR AIRCRAFTS | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 147d overdue |
| 18538454 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN AIRCRAFT WINDOW FRAME COMPRISING SEAMS OFFSET FROM A VISIBLE SURFACE, WINDOW FRAME OBTAINED FROM THIS METHOD AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH WINDOW FRAME | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 60d |
| 18976767 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF AN END EFFECTOR OF A MULTI-AXIS ROBOT AND SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3658 | 1 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18976767 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF AN END EFFECTOR OF A MULTI-AXIS ROBOT AND SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 3658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18670194 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPARS OR RIBS FOR AIRCRAFTS | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18538454 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN AIRCRAFT WINDOW FRAME COMPRISING SEAMS OFFSET FROM A VISIBLE SURFACE, WINDOW FRAME OBTAINED FROM THIS METHOD AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH WINDOW FRAME | WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN | 1754 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAirbus Operations S.L. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Blake Andrew Wood has the most, with 1 of Airbus Operations S.L.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
