Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 actions are handled by 6 distinct examiners, meaning there is no concentration of work with any single examiner. The portfolio involves 3 distinct art units, showing that the agency's transportation work is concentrated in a few technical areas.
GMOSER, WILLIAM L is the busiest examiner for the agency, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because each of the 6 pending office actions is assigned to a different examiner, the agency must address 6 different individual perspectives. The involvement of 3 distinct art units for only 6 actions suggests that while the examiners are unique, the technical subject matter is reviewed by a small number of specialized groups. This requires a prosecution strategy that is tailored to 6 different examiners while maintaining consistency across 3 different art units.
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 only | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 3 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 1 | 78.4% | +28.9% |
| KANG, EDWIN G | 1 | 64.3% | +66.9% |
| GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 1 | 76.0% | +12.4% |
| ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF | 1 | 40.2% | +5.7% |
| MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN | 1 | 90.6% | -12.6% |
| PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R | 1 | 63.5% | +47.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18261187 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL MOLDED ARTICLE, FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL MOLDED ARTICLE, AND REACTOR | MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN | — |
| 18245369 | FLIGHT SUPPORT APPARATUS, FLIGHT SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND FLIGHT SUPPORT SYSTEM | PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19491287 | VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | — |
| 19122248 | PROPELLANT SUPPLY SYSTEM | KANG, EDWIN G | — |
| 18291945 | ELECTRIC GENERATOR, COIL ELEMENT, MOTOR, AND AIRCRAFT | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | — |
| 18245369 | FLIGHT SUPPORT APPARATUS, FLIGHT SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND FLIGHT SUPPORT SYSTEM | PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3667 | 2 |
| 3647 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19491287 | VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 3647 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2025 |
| 19122248 | PROPELLANT SUPPLY SYSTEM | KANG, EDWIN G | 3741 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 18291945 | ELECTRIC GENERATOR, COIL ELEMENT, MOTOR, AND AIRCRAFT | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 18866996 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18261187 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL MOLDED ARTICLE, FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL MOLDED ARTICLE, AND REACTOR | MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18245369 | FLIGHT SUPPORT APPARATUS, FLIGHT SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND FLIGHT SUPPORT SYSTEM | PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R | 3667 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2023 |
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