Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Jetzero Inc. currently manages 9 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 9 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units. This distribution shows the current workload across the individual examiners.
Steven James Shur is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. Because the portfolio spans 6 distinct art units, the prosecution strategy must account for the technical classifications. The presence of multiple distinct examiners suggests that the company must navigate individual examination styles simultaneously.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (44%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (22%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHUR, STEVEN JAMES | 1 | 64.4% | +33.1% |
| ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P | 1 | 82.2% | +0.5% |
| MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 86.0% | +11.4% |
| VERA, ELISA H | 1 | 72.2% | +26.5% |
| WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 1 | 82.4% | +12.8% |
| SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 1 | 77.5% | +13.7% |
| TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 1 | 75.0% | +20.8% |
| RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 1 | 77.2% | +15.8% |
| GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 1 | 78.4% | +28.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18595929 | BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFT | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 68d |
| 19040350 | MODULAR BLENDED WING BODY (BWB) AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
| 18941775 | APPARATUS FOR INGESTING BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW FOR AN AIRCRAFT | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18375542 | ELEVON DESIGN FOR ALL-AXIS CONTROL IN A BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFT | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 3d overdue |
| 18582965 | AIRCRAFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18407605 | AIRCRAFT AND METHODS OF USE FOR AERODYNAMIC CONTROL WITH WINGLET SURFACES | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 113d overdue |
| 18375542 | ELEVON DESIGN FOR ALL-AXIS CONTROL IN A BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFT | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 3d overdue |
| 18595929 | BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFT | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 68d |
| 19082544 | AIRCRAFT WITH AN ENGINE SUPPORT STRUCTURE | SHUR, STEVEN JAMES | — |
| 18941775 | APPARATUS FOR INGESTING BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW FOR AN AIRCRAFT | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 18936225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURE OF A MODULAR AIRCRAFT | VERA, ELISA H | — |
| 18582965 | AIRCRAFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | — |
| 18408725 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A LIQUIFIED GAS FUEL TANK INCORPORATED INTO AN AIRCRAFT | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3647 | 2 |
| 3642 | 2 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082544 | AIRCRAFT WITH AN ENGINE SUPPORT STRUCTURE | SHUR, STEVEN JAMES | 3647 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19040350 | MODULAR BLENDED WING BODY (BWB) AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18941775 | APPARATUS FOR INGESTING BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW FOR AN AIRCRAFT | MCFALL, NICHOLAS A | 3644 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18936225 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURE OF A MODULAR AIRCRAFT | VERA, ELISA H | 1748 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18595929 | BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFT | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | 68d | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18582965 | AIRCRAFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIR TRAVEL AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 3619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18408725 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A LIQUIFIED GAS FUEL TANK INCORPORATED INTO AN AIRCRAFT | TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE | 3733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18407605 | AIRCRAFT AND METHODS OF USE FOR AERODYNAMIC CONTROL WITH WINGLET SURFACES | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 113d overdue | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18375542 | ELEVON DESIGN FOR ALL-AXIS CONTROL IN A BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFT | GMOSER, WILLIAM L | 3647 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Oct 01, 2023 |
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