Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

10 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG has 11 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 11 examiners across 9 art units, showing broad examiner distribution within a defined technology area.

SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The reported distribution favors application-specific preparation, with technical coordination by art unit serving as the more practical portfolio-level control.

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

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

6
Hard (60%)
4
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only4 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (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
7
Semiconductors
70% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 1 67.0% +17.2%
RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 1 73.4% +17.4%
NASIR, TAQI R 1 87.4% +12.6%
PRUITT, JUSTIN A 1 62.0% +15.1%
VO, ETHAN NGUYEN 1 78.8% +10.2%
OH, JIYOUNG 1 76.1% +15.8%
PARK, HYUN D 1 41.8% +22.5%
VORTMAN, ANATOLY 1 69.9% +13.8%
LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA 1 0.0% +0.0%
ALMAWRI, MAGED M 1 75.7% +20.5%

Hard Cases (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18484304 ELECTRICAL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRICAL MODULE OH, JIYOUNG 44d overdue
18433732 PRE-SWIRL NOZZLE SYSTEM IN A GAS TURBINE AND PRE-SWIRL NOZZLE SYSTEM PRUITT, JUSTIN A 23d
18605362 FAULT MONITORING DEVICE FOR A POWER SYSTEM NASIR, TAQI R —
18553559 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A DEVICE STATE PARK, HYUN D —
18372085 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY VORTMAN, ANATOLY —
18278837 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COIL LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA —

Interview Candidates (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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18484304 ELECTRICAL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRICAL MODULE OH, JIYOUNG 44d overdue
18504150 ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT VO, ETHAN NGUYEN 6d
18433732 PRE-SWIRL NOZZLE SYSTEM IN A GAS TURBINE AND PRE-SWIRL NOZZLE SYSTEM PRUITT, JUSTIN A 23d
19061286 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT, AND AIRCRAFT COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN —
18722581 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND ELECTRIC MOTOR IN AN AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM INCLUDING A COMPONENT OF THIS TYPE RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL —
18605362 FAULT MONITORING DEVICE FOR A POWER SYSTEM NASIR, TAQI R —
18553559 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A DEVICE STATE PARK, HYUN D —
18372085 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY VORTMAN, ANATOLY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 3
3662 1
2858 1
3745 1
2818 1
2857 1
2835 1
3729 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19061286 METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT, AND AIRCRAFT COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 3662 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 24, 2025
18722581 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, COMPONENT OF AN ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND ELECTRIC MOTOR IN AN AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM INCLUDING A COMPONENT OF THIS TYPE RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 2834 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18605362 FAULT MONITORING DEVICE FOR A POWER SYSTEM NASIR, TAQI R 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18433732 PRE-SWIRL NOZZLE SYSTEM IN A GAS TURBINE AND PRE-SWIRL NOZZLE SYSTEM PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18504150 ELECTRIC DRIVE UNIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT VO, ETHAN NGUYEN 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18484304 ELECTRICAL MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTRICAL MODULE OH, JIYOUNG 2818 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18553559 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A DEVICE STATE PARK, HYUN D 2857 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 30, 2023
18372085 PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD ASSEMBLY VORTMAN, ANATOLY 2835 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 23, 2023
18278837 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COIL LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA 3729 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 24, 2023
18203843 ELECTRICAL DRIVE UNIT WITH MOTOR HOUSING AND ELECTRICAL MODULE ON ADDITIONAL HOUSING WITH FINS ALMAWRI, MAGED M 2834 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG have?

Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 10 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG applications?

Chase Littlejohn Cooley has the most, with 1 of Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG's pending office actions.

What technology area are Rolls-royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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