Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ascent AeroSystems Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, SANDERSON, JOSEPH W. The prosecution is also restricted to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very focused examination process for the company's current pending matter.
SANDERSON, JOSEPH W is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. This 1 action represents the entirety of the company's pending workload. Practitioners should note that with only a single examiner and art unit involved, the current prosecution is concentrated in a single technical and administrative channel. This lack of examiner diversity means that the company's progress in the transportation sector is currently dependent on the specific interpretations of this one individual. A successful outcome will require a strategy that directly addresses the feedback and requirements of the assigned examiner within their specialized group.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 1 | 77.4% | +13.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18890859 | Unmanned Flying Device | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18890859 | Unmanned Flying Device | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 3619 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAscent AeroSystems Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Joseph W Sanderson has the most, with 1 of Ascent AeroSystems Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
