Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Aero Engines Ltd. currently has 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that examiners are handling multiple cases for the company. The portfolio's active matters are further categorized into 2 distinct art units, showing a concentration of technical subject matter within the Chemistry & Materials field for these specific filings.
The busiest examiner for the company is LAW, NGA LEUNG V, who is responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending actions. This individual manages a significant portion of the 4 pending office actions, while the 3 distinct examiners collectively oversee the prosecution across 2 distinct art units. This concentration of 2 busiest examiner pending actions with a single individual suggests that LAW, NGA LEUNG V has a notable influence on the company's current prosecution outcomes within the technology area.
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 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 2 | 56.7% | +20.7% |
| HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 1 | 74.5% | +60.9% |
| JARRETT, RYAN A | 1 | 80.8% | +7.2% |
| KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 1 | 86.2% | +21.3% |
| TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 1 | 63.2% | +43.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868776 | ASSEMBLY METHOD AND ASSEMBLY DEVICE | JARRETT, RYAN A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19103552 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMBUSTOR | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | — |
| 18867807 | ROBOT, ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | — |
| 18859164 | FASTENING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FASTENING DEVICE | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | — |
| 18031529 | METHOD FOR APPLYING THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND HEAT-RESISTANT MEMBER | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18033245 | METHOD FOR APPLYING THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND HEAT-RESISTANT MEMBER | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 112d overdue |
| 19103552 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMBUSTOR | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | — |
| 18867807 | ROBOT, ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | — |
| 18859164 | FASTENING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FASTENING DEVICE | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | — |
| 18031529 | METHOD FOR APPLYING THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND HEAT-RESISTANT MEMBER | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1717 | 2 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19103552 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE COMBUSTOR | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18868776 | ASSEMBLY METHOD AND ASSEMBLY DEVICE | JARRETT, RYAN A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18867807 | ROBOT, ROBOT CONTROL DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 3657 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18859164 | FASTENING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FASTENING DEVICE | TRAVERS, MATTHEW P | 3726 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18033245 | METHOD FOR APPLYING THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND HEAT-RESISTANT MEMBER | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 112d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18031529 | METHOD FOR APPLYING THERMAL BARRIER COATING AND HEAT-RESISTANT MEMBER | LAW, NGA LEUNG V | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
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