Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
B/E Aerospace, Inc. currently has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 4 actions are split among 4 distinct examiners, including PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The portfolio spans 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that every pending action is handled by a different examiner.
Practitioners should note that the 4 actions are spread across 2 distinct art units, which may result in varying examination styles. Because PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M only manages 1 pending action, no examiner holds a majority of the current workload. This requires a prosecution strategy that addresses the specific requirements of the 2 distinct art units and the various examiners involved in the current portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M | 1 | 26.9% | +45.3% |
| PATEL, ROHAN DEEP | 1 | 62.0% | +43.0% |
| PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 1 | 67.4% | +30.7% |
| TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | 1 | 50.0% | +47.1% |
| DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 1 | 57.6% | +49.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17222452 | EMERGENCY OXYGEN SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT PASSENGERS | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 189d overdue |
| 18742876 | MODULAR SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM | PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M | — |
| 18458515 | AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM | PATEL, ROHAN DEEP | — |
| 18312902 | AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17222452 | EMERGENCY OXYGEN SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT PASSENGERS | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 189d overdue |
| 18742876 | MODULAR SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM | PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M | — |
| 18458515 | AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM | PATEL, ROHAN DEEP | — |
| 18312902 | AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | — |
| 17712990 | Passenger Oxygen Mask for Use in an Aircraft, Emergency Oxygen System, and Aircraft | TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3785 | 3 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18742876 | MODULAR SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM | PINDERSKI, JACQUELINE M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18458515 | AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM | PATEL, ROHAN DEEP | 3785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18312902 | AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY DEVICE | PHILIPS, BRADLEY H | 3799 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 17712990 | Passenger Oxygen Mask for Use in an Aircraft, Emergency Oxygen System, and Aircraft | TOICH, SARA KATHERINE | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2022 |
| 17222452 | EMERGENCY OXYGEN SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT PASSENGERS | DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH | 3785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 189d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2021 |
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