Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aircom Automotive Sp. z o.o. Sp. k. has 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and distinct art units. COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions. This indicates that while the portfolio spans multiple art units, a majority of the current workload is concentrated under a single examiner.
The 3 pending office actions are focused within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. With 2 distinct examiners and distinct art units involved, the prosecution is relatively concentrated. COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT handles a majority of the pending office actions, making him a key figure in the company's current USPTO interactions. The remaining action is handled by a different examiner in one of the art units. This structure suggests that while the company has multiple matters, it is dealing with a small, consistent group of examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 2 | 57.8% | +38.9% |
| MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE | 1 | 65.6% | +20.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577232 | PLUG FOR A VEHICLE-ELECTRICAL-SYSTEM-VOLTAGE RECEPTACLE | MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE | 21d |
| 18711049 | COMPRESSED AIR COMPRESSOR AND AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577232 | PLUG FOR A VEHICLE-ELECTRICAL-SYSTEM-VOLTAGE RECEPTACLE | MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE | 21d |
| 18711049 | COMPRESSED AIR COMPRESSOR AND AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| 18708910 | COMPRESSED-AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 2 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18711049 | COMPRESSED AIR COMPRESSOR AND AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18708910 | COMPRESSED-AIR SUPPLY SYSTEM | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18577232 | PLUG FOR A VEHICLE-ELECTRICAL-SYSTEM-VOLTAGE RECEPTACLE | MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
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