Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation currently manages a concentrated patent portfolio within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution activity is presently limited to 1 pending office action, which indicates a specific point of engagement with the USPTO. This matter is being handled by LANE, NICHOLAS J, who is identified as the busiest examiner for the company. The concentration in this specific technology area suggests a targeted approach to intellectual property.
The organizational structure of this portfolio shows that 1 distinct examiner and a distinct art unit are responsible for the entirety of the current pending workload. Because LANE, NICHOLAS J is managing the busiest examiner pending action, the company's immediate legal strategy is tied to the specific tendencies of a single individual. This focus suggests that the company is not currently navigating a broad range of examiner perspectives or diverse art unit requirements. Practitioners should note that the prosecution outcome for this portfolio depends entirely on the resolution of the solitary pending matter. The current state of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems filings reflects a streamlined interaction with the patent office.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURCH, MELODY M | 1 | 64.2% | +26.5% |
| LANE, NICHOLAS J | 1 | 65.8% | +6.9% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17736872 | REINFORCED TORQUE TUBES | BURCH, MELODY M | 4d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17736872 | REINFORCED TORQUE TUBES | BURCH, MELODY M | 3616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | May 04, 2022 |
| 17268706 | Deceleration Feedback System and Algorithm | LANE, NICHOLAS J | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialMeggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Melody M Burch has the most, with 1 of Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
