Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dassault Aviation currently has 9 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are reviewed by 8 distinct examiners, which suggests that almost every pending matter is being handled by a different individual. The portfolio is further diversified across 8 distinct art units, reflecting a wide array of technical specializations.
YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending actions. The remaining 9 pending office actions are spread across the other distinct examiners. This distribution indicates that the company's prosecution success is tied to a broad spectrum of examiners rather than a single point of contact.
The high correlation between pending office actions and the distinct art units highlights the technical diversity of the company's filings. Because many distinct examiners are involved, the company must navigate various examination styles. This decentralized approach to prosecution is a key feature of the company's current activity in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 3 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 2 | 77.6% | +14.6% |
| GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 1 | 78.4% | +28.9% |
| EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A | 1 | 84.5% | +9.0% |
| WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 1 | 82.5% | +17.8% |
| SULLENS, TAVIA L | 1 | 50.0% | +46.6% |
| COLLINS, DANIEL S. | 1 | 85.2% | +9.4% |
| NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | 1 | 72.5% | +17.5% |
| RODAK, LEE E | 1 | 72.2% | +34.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18890220 | RECLINING AIRCRAFT SEAT STRUCTURE, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT CABIN | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 18415055 | SERVOCONTROL FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF A MOVING PART OF AN AIRCRAFT MADE IN TWO DISTINCT MATERIALS | COLLINS, DANIEL S. | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19263890 | Aircraft portion comprising a cabin air circulation system | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 2d overdue |
| 18903545 | AIRCRAFT DOOR MECHANISM | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 6d |
| 18613088 | AIRCRAFT FLUID MIXING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT | SULLENS, TAVIA L | 33d |
| 19206040 | AIRCRAFT VISION SYSTEM WITH AN INCONSISTENCY DETECTION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A | — |
| 18784833 | AIRCRAFT PORTION COMPRISING A CABIN TRIM PANEL | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18197951 | ELECTROMAGNETIC STIRRER, ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASURING SYSTEM, MOUNTING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED MEASURING METHOD | RODAK, LEE E | 4d overdue |
| 19263890 | Aircraft portion comprising a cabin air circulation system | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 2d overdue |
| 18903545 | AIRCRAFT DOOR MECHANISM | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 6d |
| 18415005 | SERVOCONTROL FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF A MOVING PART OF AN AIRCRAFT | NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | 20d |
| 18613088 | AIRCRAFT FLUID MIXING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT | SULLENS, TAVIA L | 33d |
| 18890220 | RECLINING AIRCRAFT SEAT STRUCTURE, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT CABIN | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | — |
| 18784833 | AIRCRAFT PORTION COMPRISING A CABIN TRIM PANEL | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 2 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3635 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19263890 | Aircraft portion comprising a cabin air circulation system | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19206040 | AIRCRAFT VISION SYSTEM WITH AN INCONSISTENCY DETECTION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A | 4100 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 18903545 | AIRCRAFT DOOR MECHANISM | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 3642 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18890220 | RECLINING AIRCRAFT SEAT STRUCTURE, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT CABIN | WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT | 3636 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18784833 | AIRCRAFT PORTION COMPRISING A CABIN TRIM PANEL | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 3635 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18613088 | AIRCRAFT FLUID MIXING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT | SULLENS, TAVIA L | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18415055 | SERVOCONTROL FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF A MOVING PART OF AN AIRCRAFT MADE IN TWO DISTINCT MATERIALS | COLLINS, DANIEL S. | 3745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18415005 | SERVOCONTROL FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF A MOVING PART OF AN AIRCRAFT | NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18197951 | ELECTROMAGNETIC STIRRER, ELECTROMAGNETIC MEASURING SYSTEM, MOUNTING METHOD AND ASSOCIATED MEASURING METHOD | RODAK, LEE E | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
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