Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Heart Aerospace AB is currently managing 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 pending office actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners. Both actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a specific technical focus for the pending applications. The concentration of the 2 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's current work in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems is technically similar.
JAIME FIGUEROA is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 1 pending office action. With 2 pending office actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly divided, as each examiner is responsible for one action. This structure provides the company with two different examiner perspectives within the same 1 distinct art unit. While the company interacts with 2 distinct examiners, the shared art unit may lead to consistent procedural expectations.
The balance of multiple examiners in a single art unit is a key feature of their current prosecution profile. Practitioners should prepare for the individual preferences of the 2 distinct examiners while navigating the 1 distinct art unit. This profile reflects a small but focused set of active patent applications in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. The company's immediate prosecution goals are tied to the current pending workload currently under review.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIGUEROA, JAIME | 1 | 85.4% | +13.1% |
| SULLENS, TAVIA L | 1 | 50.0% | +46.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103454 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AIRPLANE | FIGUEROA, JAIME | — |
| 19041059 | AEROSPACE ELECTRIC PROPULSION THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SULLENS, TAVIA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103454 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AIRPLANE | FIGUEROA, JAIME | — |
| 19041059 | AEROSPACE ELECTRIC PROPULSION THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SULLENS, TAVIA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3656 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19103454 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AIRPLANE | FIGUEROA, JAIME | 3656 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19041059 | AEROSPACE ELECTRIC PROPULSION THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SULLENS, TAVIA L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
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