Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jetoptera Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, yet they are concentrated within only 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while the examiners differ for each of the actions, the technical subject matter falls into a narrow set of classifications.
MEILLER, SEAN V is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing a single pending office action. Since there are multiple distinct examiners for the 4 actions, MEILLER, SEAN V shares the same pending workload as the other individuals involved in this portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEILLER, SEAN V | 1 | 73.9% | +38.1% |
| RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM H | 1 | 90.1% | +3.4% |
| ABELL, TYE W | 1 | 84.5% | +16.8% |
| NG, HENRY | 1 | 64.1% | +52.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19236946 | ADAPTIVE FLUIDIC PROPULSIVE SYSTEM | MEILLER, SEAN V | 16d overdue |
| 18207662 | FLUIDIC PROPULSIVE SYSTEM | ABELL, TYE W | 71d |
| 19130945 | VERTICAL AND SHORT TAKE-OFF AND LANDING LIFT BOOSTER SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM H | — |
| 18142750 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY THRUSTER | NG, HENRY | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19236946 | ADAPTIVE FLUIDIC PROPULSIVE SYSTEM | MEILLER, SEAN V | 16d overdue |
| 18207662 | FLUIDIC PROPULSIVE SYSTEM | ABELL, TYE W | 71d |
| 18142750 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY THRUSTER | NG, HENRY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 3 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19236946 | ADAPTIVE FLUIDIC PROPULSIVE SYSTEM | MEILLER, SEAN V | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19130945 | VERTICAL AND SHORT TAKE-OFF AND LANDING LIFT BOOSTER SYSTEM | RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM H | 3741 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2025 |
| 18207662 | FLUIDIC PROPULSIVE SYSTEM | ABELL, TYE W | 3644 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 71d | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18142750 | VARIABLE GEOMETRY THRUSTER | NG, HENRY | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
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