Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Lufthansa Technik AG

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT 1 87.9% +6.2%
DILLON, DANIEL P 1 25.9% +30.4%
BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN 1 81.0% +12.2%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 32.1% +44.2%
NGUYEN, NGA B 1 53.0% +25.4%

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
18748137 DEVICE FOR SECURING MOBILE INSPECTION MEANS TO OBJECTS TO BE INSPECTED MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT
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

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17779559 METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT NGUYEN, NGA B 6d
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

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
17779559 METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT NGUYEN, NGA B 6d
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1783 1
2662 1
1785 1
3625 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18748137 DEVICE FOR SECURING MOBILE INSPECTION MEANS TO OBJECTS TO BE INSPECTED MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 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 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 15, 2022
17779559 METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §101 Final Rejection 6d Pending May 25, 2022

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