Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Leonardo S.p.A.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Leonardo S.p.A. has 9 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The portfolio involves 9 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units, so each pending matter has its own examiner and technical-unit assignment.

BADAWI, MEDHAT is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The data does not identify a repeated examiner relationship. Counsel should therefore emphasize systematic matter tracking and consistent transportation-related positions, while tailoring each response to the separate art-unit and examiner context.

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

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

8
Hard (80%)
2
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (20%)
§103 only1 (10%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (60%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

4
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BADAWI, MEDHAT 1 81.6% +12.4%
WEBER, JONATHAN C 1 64.7% +28.3%
KIM, YUNJU 1 55.2% +35.4%
DODDS, SCOTT 1 68.1% +34.5%
CHOI, PETER Y 1 20.4% +32.5%
LE, HAILEY R 1 81.4% +9.6%
WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S 1 60.0% +26.4%
PENKO, JOSHUA JEFFREY 1 69.6% +8.3%
ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D 1 57.3% +24.6%
HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR 1 66.7% +25.6%

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18715418 CONTROL UNIT AND INDICATOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF HOVERING OR FOR A FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEM OF SAID AIRCRAFT, AND RELATIVE METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MANOEUVRE ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D 61d
19481148 TAIL ASSEMBLY FOR A GUIDED AND FIN-STABILIZED PROJECTILE BADAWI, MEDHAT —
19476152 MAGAZINE FOR AN ARTILLERY INSTALLATION, PROVIDED WITH A MOVING SYSTEM WEBER, JONATHAN C —
19192936 GRIPPING SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSION MOLDING OF SLABS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL KIM, YUNJU —
18957004 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT IN COMPOSITE MATERIAL STIFFENED WITH AT LEAST ONE STRINGER DODDS, SCOTT —
18954887 COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME CHOI, PETER Y —
18950495 MULTI-TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM LE, HAILEY R —
18931589 METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF A STIFFENED STRUCTURAL COMPONENT MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENT WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18715418 CONTROL UNIT AND INDICATOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF HOVERING OR FOR A FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEM OF SAID AIRCRAFT, AND RELATIVE METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MANOEUVRE ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D 61d
19481148 TAIL ASSEMBLY FOR A GUIDED AND FIN-STABILIZED PROJECTILE BADAWI, MEDHAT —
19476152 MAGAZINE FOR AN ARTILLERY INSTALLATION, PROVIDED WITH A MOVING SYSTEM WEBER, JONATHAN C —
19192936 GRIPPING SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSION MOLDING OF SLABS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL KIM, YUNJU —
18957004 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT IN COMPOSITE MATERIAL STIFFENED WITH AT LEAST ONE STRINGER DODDS, SCOTT —
18954887 COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME CHOI, PETER Y —
18931589 METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF A STIFFENED STRUCTURAL COMPONENT MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENT WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S —
18267626 INDICATOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF HOVERING AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING PERFORMING A MANOEUVRE FOR THE AFORESAID AIRCRAFT HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3642 1
3641 1
1742 1
1746 1
1786 1
3648 1
1749 1
3667 1
3715 1
3669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19481148 TAIL ASSEMBLY FOR A GUIDED AND FIN-STABILIZED PROJECTILE BADAWI, MEDHAT 3642 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2025
19476152 MAGAZINE FOR AN ARTILLERY INSTALLATION, PROVIDED WITH A MOVING SYSTEM WEBER, JONATHAN C 3641 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2025
19192936 GRIPPING SYSTEM FOR COMPRESSION MOLDING OF SLABS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL KIM, YUNJU 1742 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2025
18957004 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT IN COMPOSITE MATERIAL STIFFENED WITH AT LEAST ONE STRINGER DODDS, SCOTT 1746 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18954887 COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18950495 MULTI-TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM LE, HAILEY R 3648 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18931589 METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF A STIFFENED STRUCTURAL COMPONENT MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL COMPONENT WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S 1749 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18715429 CONTROL UNIT AND INDICATOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF HOVERING OR FOR A FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEM OF SAID AIRCRAFT, AND RELATIVE METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MANOEUVRE PENKO, JOSHUA JEFFREY 3667 §102 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18715418 CONTROL UNIT AND INDICATOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF HOVERING OR FOR A FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEM OF SAID AIRCRAFT, AND RELATIVE METHOD FOR ASSISTING THE PERFORMANCE OF A MANOEUVRE ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D 3715 §101§103 Final Rejection 61d Pending May 31, 2024
18267626 INDICATOR FOR AN AIRCRAFT CAPABLE OF HOVERING AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING PERFORMING A MANOEUVRE FOR THE AFORESAID AIRCRAFT HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR 3669 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 15, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Leonardo S.p.A. have?

Leonardo S.p.A. has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 10 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Leonardo S.p.A. applications?

Medhat Badawi has the most, with 1 of Leonardo S.p.A.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Leonardo S.p.A.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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