Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Bombardier Inc.

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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.

4
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
3
Business / Other
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHOW, JEFFREY J 4 77.0% +15.8%
CONLON, MARISA V 1 41.0% +39.0%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 32.7% +21.3%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18615260 ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING A TRAILING EDGE FLAP OF AN AIRCRAFT CONLON, MARISA V 89d overdue
17105586 AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 5d overdue
19028514 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J
19027761 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18615260 ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING A TRAILING EDGE FLAP OF AN AIRCRAFT CONLON, MARISA V 89d overdue
17105586 AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 5d overdue
19028514 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J
19028565 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J
19027761 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J
18769542 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2618 1
3643 1
3663 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19028514 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19028565 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19027761 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18769542 VISION GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT CHOW, JEFFREY J 2618 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2024
18615260 ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR DEPLOYING A TRAILING EDGE FLAP OF AN AIRCRAFT CONLON, MARISA V 3643 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
17105586 AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2020

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