Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
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
Centrix Aerospace LLC currently has 3 pending office actions in the technology area of Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating some overlap in the technical classification of the company's inventions. There are 3 distinct examiners involved in these cases, meaning each pending action is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution requires a strategy that accounts for three separate sets of examiner preferences within the mechanical and transportation fields.
SAETHER, FLEMMING is the busiest examiner for this portfolio with 1 pending action. Because the 3 pending office actions are split among 3 distinct examiners, the company must manage three separate prosecution styles. The involvement of 2 distinct art units suggests that while the examiners are different, the subject matter may be concentrated within a few specific mechanical or transportation categories. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate the nuances of 2 distinct art units while addressing the 3 pending office actions. Since each of the examiners is handling exactly one case, the risk is evenly spread, and no single examiner's decision will impact more than one-third of the current pending 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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAETHER, FLEMMING | 1 | 65.2% | +27.8% |
| FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 1 | 75.5% | +24.6% |
| FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 76.2% | +39.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18352482 | Fastener | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 20d |
| 18899998 | ONE PIECE SCREWS FOR, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING, BLIND SIDE FASTENERS AND SYSTEMS WITH FREE SPIN FEATURE | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
| 18441975 | BLIND FASTENER | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3675 | 2 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18899998 | ONE PIECE SCREWS FOR, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING, BLIND SIDE FASTENERS AND SYSTEMS WITH FREE SPIN FEATURE | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18441975 | BLIND FASTENER | FOSTER, NICHOLAS L | 3675 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18352482 | Fastener | FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER | 3726 | §112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialCentrix Aerospace LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Flemming Saether has the most, with 1 of Centrix Aerospace LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
