Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Corporation has 6 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 6 actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, meaning each matter is being reviewed by a different person. These filings are spread across 3 distinct art units, showing a moderate level of technical variety within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. The 3 distinct art units indicate that the portfolio covers multiple specialized technical areas.
The busiest examiner, PHAN, THO GIA, holds 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the 6 pending office actions are handled by 6 distinct examiners, the company faces a decentralized prosecution environment. Practitioners must adapt to the individual styles of the 6 distinct examiners while navigating the specific rules of the 3 distinct art units involved. This distribution requires a strategy that ensures consistency across the 6 pending office actions despite the lack of examiner overlap. Success in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics area depends on managing these six separate examiner relationships effectively.
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.
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 only | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHAN, THO GIA | 2 | 91.4% | +4.1% |
| MUNOZ, DANIEL | 1 | 75.6% | +20.5% |
| DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | 1 | 41.6% | +39.0% |
| BADAWI, MEDHAT | 1 | 81.5% | +12.6% |
| AHMED, ABDULLAHI | 1 | 85.8% | +2.1% |
| HODAC, ERIC KHOI | 1 | 85.5% | +12.8% |
| ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM | 1 | 76.5% | +21.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19205341 | DUAL BAND REFLECT ARRAY AND DUAL BAND UNIT CELL FOR USE IN A REFLECT ARRAY | PHAN, THO GIA | — |
| 18968690 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOLDING AND RELEASING A LARGE ANTENNA REFLECTOR | PHAN, THO GIA | — |
| 18939011 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF HIGH-POWER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS USING GRAPHITE BARS | DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | — |
| 18920796 | COMPACT STOWING OF AN ANTENNA ON A SPACE VEHICLE USING A MULTI-AXIS BOOM | BADAWI, MEDHAT | — |
| 18918993 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CALIBRATING A PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA | AHMED, ABDULLAHI | — |
| 18911426 | WIDEBAND WIDE SCAN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ELEMENT FOR PHASED ARRAYS | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18770113 | DIELECTRIC SUPPORT THREADS FOR SATELLITE ANTENNA RADIATING ELEMENTS AND OTHER PAYLOADS | ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM | 8d overdue |
| 18965628 | DEPLOYABLE PETALLED REFLECTOR AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING AND DEPLOYING A PETALLED REFLECTOR | MUNOZ, DANIEL | — |
| 18939011 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF HIGH-POWER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS USING GRAPHITE BARS | DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | — |
| 18920796 | COMPACT STOWING OF AN ANTENNA ON A SPACE VEHICLE USING A MULTI-AXIS BOOM | BADAWI, MEDHAT | — |
| 18911426 | WIDEBAND WIDE SCAN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ELEMENT FOR PHASED ARRAYS | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 2 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19205341 | DUAL BAND REFLECT ARRAY AND DUAL BAND UNIT CELL FOR USE IN A REFLECT ARRAY | PHAN, THO GIA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 18968690 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOLDING AND RELEASING A LARGE ANTENNA REFLECTOR | PHAN, THO GIA | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18965628 | DEPLOYABLE PETALLED REFLECTOR AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING AND DEPLOYING A PETALLED REFLECTOR | MUNOZ, DANIEL | 2896 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18939011 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF HIGH-POWER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS USING GRAPHITE BARS | DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18920796 | COMPACT STOWING OF AN ANTENNA ON A SPACE VEHICLE USING A MULTI-AXIS BOOM | BADAWI, MEDHAT | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18918993 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTELY CALIBRATING A PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA | AHMED, ABDULLAHI | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18911426 | WIDEBAND WIDE SCAN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ELEMENT FOR PHASED ARRAYS | HODAC, ERIC KHOI | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18770113 | DIELECTRIC SUPPORT THREADS FOR SATELLITE ANTENNA RADIATING ELEMENTS AND OTHER PAYLOADS | ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
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