Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units. The company is working with distinct examiners, indicating that each pending action is being handled independently. BOES, TERENCE is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
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 (50%)
1
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
§112 only1 (50%)

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
2
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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOES, TERENCE 1 68.3% +20.8%
YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW 1 77.6% +14.6%

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19016586 STRAIN WAVE DRIVE BEARING ASSEMBLY BOES, TERENCE —
18740645 ACTUATION SYSTEM YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3618 1
3642 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19016586 STRAIN WAVE DRIVE BEARING ASSEMBLY BOES, TERENCE 3618 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18740645 ACTUATION SYSTEM YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW 3642 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 12, 2024

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