Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Astro Tech Co., Ltd.

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (67%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 1 78.7% +12.9%
HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 1 69.2% +51.0%
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1 33.3% +25.1%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18096574 MANUFACTURING METHOD, PRODUCT OF BICYCLE FRAME UNIT AND PRESTRUCTURE OF BICYCLE FRAME ADAPTABLE FOR DIFFERENT MOTOR SYSTEMS HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 19d overdue
18889276 METHOD FOR FORMING A BICYCLE FRAME COMPONENT MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE LAMINATES AND THE BICYCLE FRAME FOR THE SAME BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18096574 MANUFACTURING METHOD, PRODUCT OF BICYCLE FRAME UNIT AND PRESTRUCTURE OF BICYCLE FRAME ADAPTABLE FOR DIFFERENT MOTOR SYSTEMS HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 19d overdue
18889276 METHOD FOR FORMING A BICYCLE FRAME COMPONENT MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE LAMINATES AND THE BICYCLE FRAME FOR THE SAME BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE
17748965 ANNULAR STRUCTURES FORMED FROM COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING ANNULAR STRUCTURES FROM COMPOSITE MATERIALS IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3726 1
1789 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18889276 METHOD FOR FORMING A BICYCLE FRAME COMPONENT MADE OF THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE LAMINATES AND THE BICYCLE FRAME FOR THE SAME BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18096574 MANUFACTURING METHOD, PRODUCT OF BICYCLE FRAME UNIT AND PRESTRUCTURE OF BICYCLE FRAME ADAPTABLE FOR DIFFERENT MOTOR SYSTEMS HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 3726 §103§112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
17748965 ANNULAR STRUCTURES FORMED FROM COMPOSITE MATERIALS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORMING ANNULAR STRUCTURES FROM COMPOSITE MATERIALS IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 19, 2022

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