Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Embraer S.A. is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 6 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, indicating a decentralized prosecution landscape. This variety suggests that the company's mechanical innovations span several different technical classifications, requiring engagement with multiple specialized groups at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU, who is currently managing 2 pending office actions. With 5 distinct examiners involved in total, the 6 pending actions are mostly handled by different individuals. This requires practitioners to manage multiple examination styles simultaneously, as most examiners are only reviewing a single application. The concentration of 2 actions under IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU makes this examiner a key figure in the current prosecution cycle.
The presence of 5 distinct art units further highlights the technical breadth of the portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. While IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU handles 2 pending actions, the rest of the workload is spread across four other art units. Success in this environment depends on a coordinated strategy that can address the specific requirements of 5 different examiners across 5 different administrative groups. Practitioners must ensure that each of the 6 pending office actions is progressed according to its specific art unit standards.
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.
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 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 2 | 57.7% | +20.8% |
| EVANS, KARSTON G | 1 | 69.4% | +17.7% |
| TIGHE, DANA K | 1 | 75.8% | +16.7% |
| GONZALES, APRIL GUZMAN | 1 | 85.1% | +6.3% |
| DAVIS, CYNTHIA L | 1 | 71.6% | +29.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18098048 | NFC-Based Semi-Automatic Method For Connecting Personal Electronic Devices To A Wi-Fi Network And Perform Cabin Control Functions On An Aircraft | GONZALES, APRIL GUZMAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17864974 | Environmentally Friendly Aircraft | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 5d overdue |
| 17788242 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGNOSTIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL STATUS DETERMINATION AND AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT OF FAILURES | DAVIS, CYNTHIA L | 21d |
| 18747225 | CONTROL PLATFORM FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS | EVANS, KARSTON G | — |
| 18422662 | Environmentally Friendly Aircraft | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | — |
| 18417788 | OVERHEAD AMBIENT AIR CONTROL SYSTEMS | TIGHE, DANA K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17864974 | Environmentally Friendly Aircraft | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 5d overdue |
| 17788242 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGNOSTIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL STATUS DETERMINATION AND AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT OF FAILURES | DAVIS, CYNTHIA L | 21d |
| 18747225 | CONTROL PLATFORM FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS | EVANS, KARSTON G | — |
| 18422662 | Environmentally Friendly Aircraft | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | — |
| 18417788 | OVERHEAD AMBIENT AIR CONTROL SYSTEMS | TIGHE, DANA K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 2 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18747225 | CONTROL PLATFORM FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS | EVANS, KARSTON G | 3657 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18422662 | Environmentally Friendly Aircraft | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 3741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18417788 | OVERHEAD AMBIENT AIR CONTROL SYSTEMS | TIGHE, DANA K | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18098048 | NFC-Based Semi-Automatic Method For Connecting Personal Electronic Devices To A Wi-Fi Network And Perform Cabin Control Functions On An Aircraft | GONZALES, APRIL GUZMAN | 2648 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 17864974 | Environmentally Friendly Aircraft | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Jul 14, 2022 |
| 17788242 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN AGNOSTIC SYSTEM FUNCTIONAL STATUS DETERMINATION AND AUTOMATIC MANAGEMENT OF FAILURES | DAVIS, CYNTHIA L | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jun 22, 2022 |
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