Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lufthansa Technik AG operates within the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 3 pending office actions currently active. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse range of technical subject matter within the portfolio. The company interacts with a matching number of distinct examiners, meaning each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual at the patent office.
DILLON, DANIEL P is the busiest examiner for the company, though this individual is only handling 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that no single examiner holds a majority of the pending workload. The parity between the pending office actions and the distinct examiners suggests that the prosecution team must manage multiple unique examiner perspectives simultaneously. This fragmented oversight across the distinct art units requires a versatile approach to addressing technical rejections in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 1 | 63.8% | +32.4% |
| DILLON, DANIEL P | 1 | 26.2% | +29.9% |
| BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | 1 | 81.3% | +11.7% |
| GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1 | 32.3% | +41.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18578259 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING THE PROCESSING OF DAMAGE TO A BLADING OF A TURBOMACHINE, IN PARTICULAR A JET ENGINE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SYSTEM | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18693531 | FILM FOR APPLICATION TO PRESSURIZED BODIES AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | DILLON, DANIEL P | — |
| 17785404 | CONTAMINATION PROTECTION FOR RIBLET FILMS | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18830704 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING AND DISMANTLING COMPONENTS OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | — |
| 18693531 | FILM FOR APPLICATION TO PRESSURIZED BODIES AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | DILLON, DANIEL P | — |
| 18578259 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING THE PROCESSING OF DAMAGE TO A BLADING OF A TURBOMACHINE, IN PARTICULAR A JET ENGINE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SYSTEM | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | — |
| 17785404 | CONTAMINATION PROTECTION FOR RIBLET FILMS | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3726 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 2662 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18830704 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING AND DISMANTLING COMPONENTS OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE | CIGNA, JACOB JAMES | 3726 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18693531 | FILM FOR APPLICATION TO PRESSURIZED BODIES AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | DILLON, DANIEL P | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18578259 | METHOD FOR SUPPORTING THE PROCESSING OF DAMAGE TO A BLADING OF A TURBOMACHINE, IN PARTICULAR A JET ENGINE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SYSTEM | BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN | 2662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 17785404 | CONTAMINATION PROTECTION FOR RIBLET FILMS | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1785 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
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