Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ensign-Bickford Aerospace & Defense Company maintains 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The prosecution profile shows that each pending matter is being handled by a different examiner in a different art unit.
The distribution of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units indicates a diverse prosecution landscape within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. This variety suggests that the company's applications may cover different technical aspects that fall under different administrative jurisdictions at the patent office. RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M handles 1 of these actions, while the other is managed by a separate examiner. This spread reduces the company's reliance on any individual examiner's interpretation and provides a broader perspective on how the patent office views their technology across different units.
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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 1 | 77.2% | +15.8% |
| FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1 | 51.9% | +16.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19094272 | PAYLOAD RELEASE SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 33d |
| 18904792 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURABLE ENERGETIC MATERIAL, ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19094272 | PAYLOAD RELEASE SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 33d |
| 18904792 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURABLE ENERGETIC MATERIAL, ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19094272 | PAYLOAD RELEASE SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 3642 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 18904792 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURABLE ENERGETIC MATERIAL, ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial