Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Lilium Eaircraft GmbH

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 3 of 6 (50%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Lilium Eaircraft GmbH has 6 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. These matters involve 6 distinct examiners across 4 art units, so the portfolio presents a distributed prosecution workload rather than a single examination channel.

RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. That allocation indicates no concentration of the pending actions in one examiner, while the art-unit spread may require technology-specific response planning.

For prosecution management, counsel should maintain matter-level tracking across the examiner group and identify recurring issues by art unit. The available data supports coordination across several examination settings, but does not establish a common rejection pattern or outcome.

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

1
Hard (17%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 1 89.2% +9.2%
PRUITT, JUSTIN A 1 62.0% +15.1%
DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1 58.1% +16.1%
LEONG, SUSAN DANG 1 63.7% +39.1%
TEKA, ABIY 1 84.9% +10.1%
FEHR, JULIA MARIE 1 51.6% -2.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18494634 ROTOR FOR A DUCTED FAN ENGINE RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 445d overdue
17681067 AIRCRAFT HAVING A DUCTED FAN ENGINE OR AN ARRAY THEREOF TEKA, ABIY —

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17993104 LAMINATED FILM FOR PACKAGING OF POUCH-TYPE BATTERY CELLS, POUCH-TYPE BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY LEONG, SUSAN DANG —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18188805 ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN DUCTED FAN ENGINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 21d
18112928 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH HEAT SPREADING LAYER, BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY EMPLOYING SUCH ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 21d
17993104 LAMINATED FILM FOR PACKAGING OF POUCH-TYPE BATTERY CELLS, POUCH-TYPE BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY LEONG, SUSAN DANG —
17681067 AIRCRAFT HAVING A DUCTED FAN ENGINE OR AN ARRAY THEREOF TEKA, ABIY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3745 3
1723 1
1754 1
1725 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18494634 ROTOR FOR A DUCTED FAN ENGINE RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 445d overdue AI Ready Oct 25, 2023
18188805 ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN DUCTED FAN ENGINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Final Rejection 21d AI Ready Mar 23, 2023
18112928 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH HEAT SPREADING LAYER, BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY EMPLOYING SUCH ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1723 §103 Final Rejection 21d AI Ready Feb 22, 2023
17993104 LAMINATED FILM FOR PACKAGING OF POUCH-TYPE BATTERY CELLS, POUCH-TYPE BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY LEONG, SUSAN DANG 1754 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 23, 2022
17681067 AIRCRAFT HAVING A DUCTED FAN ENGINE OR AN ARRAY THEREOF TEKA, ABIY 3745 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2022
17670874 HYBRID ELECTRODE FEHR, JULIA MARIE 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 14, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Lilium Eaircraft GmbH have?

Lilium Eaircraft GmbH has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Lilium Eaircraft GmbH applications?

Theodore C Ribadeneyra has the most, with 1 of Lilium Eaircraft GmbH's pending office actions.

What technology area are Lilium Eaircraft GmbH's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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