Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Airbus Operations S.L. currently has 9 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread out, involving distinct examiners across 8 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that almost every pending case is being handled by a different examiner in a different art unit, requiring an individualized approach for each application.
Jason L Vaughan is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though he only has 1 pending office action. Because each of the 9 distinct examiners holds only 1 action, the workload is distributed across the pending office actions. This lack of concentration means that no single examiner's tendencies will dominate the prosecution of the current Chemistry & Materials portfolio.
The 8 distinct art units involved suggest that the pending office actions cover an array of chemical and material science applications. With 9 distinct examiners, practitioners must tailor strategies to the various art units. The 1 pending action under Jason L Vaughan is just one of the unique examiner assignments currently active within the company's chemistry filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAUGHAN, JASON L | 1 | 78.7% | +20.3% |
| OWENS, DANELL L | 1 | 75.9% | +11.2% |
| SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | 1 | 80.3% | +15.2% |
| TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1 | 63.2% | +27.0% |
| PAGE, HANA C | 1 | 60.3% | +32.7% |
| BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | 1 | 42.3% | +53.9% |
| DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | 1 | 58.1% | +16.1% |
| MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18967190 | JOINING SYSTEM | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | — |
| 18953558 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING AN ELEMENT OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18520186 | IN FLIGHT ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BATTERY POWERED AIRCRAFT | BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | — |
| 18508620 | NETWORK OF OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STRUCTURAL HEALTH OF A COMPOSITE CRYOGENIC LIQUID HYDROGEN FUEL TANK | DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | — |
| 18084090 | SIMPLIFIED METHOD FOR PARAMETRIC SURFACE GENERATION | MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19035108 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES | VAUGHAN, JASON L | — |
| 18987501 | IMAGE PROJECTOR FOR AIRCRAFT | OWENS, DANELL L | — |
| 18967190 | JOINING SYSTEM | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | — |
| 18953558 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING AN ELEMENT OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | — |
| 18522445 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE WING COVERS | PAGE, HANA C | — |
| 18520186 | IN FLIGHT ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BATTERY POWERED AIRCRAFT | BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | — |
| 18508620 | NETWORK OF OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STRUCTURAL HEALTH OF A COMPOSITE CRYOGENIC LIQUID HYDROGEN FUEL TANK | DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1745 | 2 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 2882 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19035108 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES | VAUGHAN, JASON L | 3726 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18987501 | IMAGE PROJECTOR FOR AIRCRAFT | OWENS, DANELL L | 2882 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18967190 | JOINING SYSTEM | SKROUPA, JOSHUA A | 3678 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18953558 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING AN ELEMENT OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL | TOLIN, MICHAEL A | 1745 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18522445 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE WING COVERS | PAGE, HANA C | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18520186 | IN FLIGHT ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A BATTERY POWERED AIRCRAFT | BICKIYA, AIMAN AMIR | 2859 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18508620 | NETWORK OF OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STRUCTURAL HEALTH OF A COMPOSITE CRYOGENIC LIQUID HYDROGEN FUEL TANK | DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | 1723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18084090 | SIMPLIFIED METHOD FOR PARAMETRIC SURFACE GENERATION | MONTES, NARCISO EDUARDO | 2189 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAirbus Operations S.L. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.
Jason L Vaughan 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.
