Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ratier-Figeac SAS

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ratier-Figeac SAS has 7 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Each matter is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, indicating complete dispersion at both assignment levels.

RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should therefore use matter-specific prosecution plans rather than relying on repeated examiner experience within the portfolio. A shared technical framework may still help coordinate transportation and mechanical claim language, but the available data does not establish that the seven matters involve related inventions or common patentability questions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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 (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 1 89.2% +9.2%
DANGOL, ASHESH 1 69.6% +51.5%
SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 1 58.6% +71.1%
SCHINDLER, DAVID M 1 40.6% +23.8%
GREEN, RICHARD R 1 74.7% +22.7%
MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 1 66.4% +12.7%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19191158 BLADE SPAR RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C —

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
18463830 GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR A SIDE STICK UNIT MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 56d
19073231 PROPELLER PROPULSION SYSTEMS SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE —
19073238 SENSING SYSTEM SCHINDLER, DAVID M —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19097033 FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM DANGOL, ASHESH 43d overdue
18463830 GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR A SIDE STICK UNIT MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 56d
19073231 PROPELLER PROPULSION SYSTEMS SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE —
19073238 SENSING SYSTEM SCHINDLER, DAVID M —
18977062 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS GREEN, RICHARD R —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3745 1
3642 1
3741 1
2858 1
3647 1
3618 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19191158 BLADE SPAR RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 3745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 28, 2025
19097033 FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2025
19073231 PROPELLER PROPULSION SYSTEMS SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
19073238 SENSING SYSTEM SCHINDLER, DAVID M 2858 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
18977062 AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS GREEN, RICHARD R 3647 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18463830 GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR A SIDE STICK UNIT MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 3618 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Sep 08, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ratier-Figeac SAS have?

Ratier-Figeac SAS has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ratier-Figeac SAS applications?

Theodore C Ribadeneyra has the most, with 1 of Ratier-Figeac SAS's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ratier-Figeac SAS's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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