Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
14 pending office actions • 11 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 77 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lockheed Martin Corporation currently has 14 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 14 pending office actions are distributed across 11 distinct art units, indicating that the portfolio covers a wide range of mechanical and system-based innovations. The use of 11 distinct art units suggests that while the technology area is broadly defined, the specific applications are being scrutinized by various specialized groups within the patent office. This requires a highly versatile legal strategy.
The 14 pending office actions are being handled by 14 distinct examiners. This means that every single pending action is under the review of a different examiner, creating a diverse array of prosecution environments. SALEHI, HELAI is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. Given that 14 distinct examiners are involved, the workload is perfectly distributed, with no single examiner having more than one pending action. Practitioners must manage fourteen separate relationships and negotiation styles simultaneously.
Practitioners managing this portfolio must account for the 11 distinct art units and the 14 distinct examiners involved. The fact that SALEHI, HELAI and the other examiners each hold 1 pending office action means that prosecution strategies must be tailored to fourteen different individual styles. With 14 pending office actions active, the company maintains a steady flow of communication across a broad spectrum of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. Success depends on coordinating efforts across the art units while respecting the unique approach of each examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (21%) |
| §103 only | 7 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALEHI, HELAI | 1 | 73.0% | +32.2% |
| KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN | 1 | 45.6% | +56.5% |
| ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | 1 | 87.0% | +8.7% |
| HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1 | 79.6% | +13.5% |
| RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | 1 | 75.9% | +10.4% |
| CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 1 | 69.0% | +15.0% |
| KLEIN, GABRIEL J | 1 | 65.9% | +24.4% |
| CASTANEYRA, RICARDO H | 1 | 74.4% | +22.8% |
| BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE | 1 | 92.9% | +6.1% |
| LU, HWEI-MIN | 1 | 63.3% | +40.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18794942 | DEICING FOR ROTOR BLADES WITH ICE DETECTORS | ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | — |
| 18589568 | Quantum Neural Network Systems and Methods Using Cross Entropy | BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18452259 | INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 5d |
| 18890875 | HIGH DATA RATE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FOR SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS | KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN | — |
| 18758750 | SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING IGNITION POTENTIAL OF LIGHTNING EVENTS | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | — |
| 18712533 | Automated Missile Launcher Reloader | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | — |
| 18433702 | LM UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION (UQ) | LU, HWEI-MIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943123 | DECENTRALIZED MISSION PLANNING, COMMAND, AND CONTROL | SALEHI, HELAI | 17d overdue |
| 18734202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CUTTING | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 29d |
| 18890875 | HIGH DATA RATE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FOR SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS | KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN | — |
| 18760812 | RESIN INFUSED PI-SHAPED PREFORM AND JOINTS THEREOF | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | — |
| 18758750 | SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING IGNITION POTENTIAL OF LIGHTNING EVENTS | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | — |
| 18712533 | Automated Missile Launcher Reloader | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | — |
| 18655812 | PCELL RADIO LINK FAILURE FAST RECOVERY | CASTANEYRA, RICARDO H | — |
| 18433702 | LM UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION (UQ) | LU, HWEI-MIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2433 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3724 | 1 |
| 3641 | 1 |
| 2473 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18943123 | DECENTRALIZED MISSION PLANNING, COMMAND, AND CONTROL | SALEHI, HELAI | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18890875 | HIGH DATA RATE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK FOR SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS | KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18794942 | DEICING FOR ROTOR BLADES WITH ICE DETECTORS | ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | 3644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18760812 | RESIN INFUSED PI-SHAPED PREFORM AND JOINTS THEREOF | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1742 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18758750 | SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING IGNITION POTENTIAL OF LIGHTNING EVENTS | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18734202 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED CUTTING | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 3724 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18712533 | Automated Missile Launcher Reloader | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | 3641 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18655812 | PCELL RADIO LINK FAILURE FAST RECOVERY | CASTANEYRA, RICARDO H | 2473 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18589568 | Quantum Neural Network Systems and Methods Using Cross Entropy | BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18433702 | LM UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION (UQ) | LU, HWEI-MIN | 4100 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2024 |
| 18499907 | CABLE MANAGEMENT DRIVE SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18452259 | INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT | WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY | 3667 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18341539 | Automated Temporary Fastener Actuation Apparatus and System | SCRUGGS, ROBERT J | 3723 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18081164 | AIRCRAFT BATTERY COOLING AND FIRE SUPPRESSION | PARK, LISA S | 1729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
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