Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
BAE Systems PLC manages a patent portfolio in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. These matters are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units, reflecting a lack of concentration in the current prosecution phase for these mechanical systems.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is ROGERS, ADAM D, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is split between Rogers and one other examiner. This distribution across 2 distinct art units suggests that the mechanical and transportation systems being patented are diverse enough to trigger review by different specialized groups within the office. Practitioners should anticipate managing two distinct sets of examiner expectations and art unit guidelines for this portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROGERS, ADAM D | 1 | 82.2% | +22.6% |
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | 1 | 78.7% | +14.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855961 | DRIVE SPROCKET MEMBER FOR AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE | ROGERS, ADAM D | — |
| 18551570 | BRAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE | WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18855961 | DRIVE SPROCKET MEMBER FOR AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE | ROGERS, ADAM D | — |
| 18551570 | BRAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE | WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18855961 | DRIVE SPROCKET MEMBER FOR AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE | ROGERS, ADAM D | 3617 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18551570 | BRAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE | WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | 3616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBAE Systems PLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Adam D Rogers has the most, with 1 of BAE Systems PLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
