Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

European Space Agency (Esa)

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

The European Space Agency (Esa) has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA, and is in 1 distinct art unit.

MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA is the busiest examiner for the agency, with 1 pending office action. This single action represents the total active prosecution for the European Space Agency (Esa) in this technology area. The 1 distinct art unit indicates a specific technical focus for the agency's current filing.

The prosecution is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner. Practitioners can focus on the specific examination style of MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA. With only 1 pending office action, the agency's immediate patent success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector depends on this single matter in 1 distinct art unit. A successful outcome in this 1 pending office action is essential for the agency's current patent strategy.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 1 72.3% +27.2%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18263792 CORRECTING OUTPUT OF GLOBAL SATELLITE NAVIGATION RECEIVER MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3648 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18263792 CORRECTING OUTPUT OF GLOBAL SATELLITE NAVIGATION RECEIVER MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 01, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does European Space Agency (Esa) have?

European Space Agency (Esa) has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most European Space Agency (Esa) applications?

Samarina Makhdoom has the most, with 1 of European Space Agency (Esa)'s pending office actions.

What technology area are European Space Agency (Esa)'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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