Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rolls-Royce currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 5 pending office actions are distributed across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This means that each pending matter is being handled by a unique examiner in a unique technical group. The 5 distinct art units indicate that the company's mechanical and medical innovations are diverse enough to be classified into different groups.
The busiest examiner, SINGH, DAPINDER, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because each of the 5 distinct examiners has a portion of the workload, the activity is balanced across the portfolio. Practitioners must coordinate across 5 distinct examiners to resolve the pending office actions. The 1 busiest examiner pending action assigned to SINGH, DAPINDER represents the standard workload for examiners in this portfolio.
Managing 5 pending office actions across 5 distinct art units requires a coordinated approach to maintain consistency. Practitioners should monitor the feedback from the 5 distinct examiners to identify any common themes or conflicting requirements. The 1 busiest examiner pending action is a key point of focus within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINGH, DAPINDER | 1 | 82.5% | +18.4% |
| QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | 1 | 73.3% | +20.2% |
| SULTANA, DILARA | 1 | 80.9% | +16.2% |
| POLAY, ANDREW | 1 | 74.0% | +20.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19239003 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A CAMSHAFT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CRANKCASE WITH SAME | SINGH, DAPINDER | 65d |
| 18890098 | LOAD BANK SYSTEM FOR A GENERATOR SET | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | — |
| 18659054 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM, SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH A SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE | SULTANA, DILARA | — |
| 17842422 | DRIVE FOR A VEHICLE, WATERCRAFT HAVING A DRIVE OF THIS TYPE, METHOD FOR OPERATING A WATERCRAFT, AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A WATERCRAFT OF THIS TYPE | POLAY, ANDREW | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19239003 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A CAMSHAFT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CRANKCASE WITH SAME | SINGH, DAPINDER | 65d |
| 18890098 | LOAD BANK SYSTEM FOR A GENERATOR SET | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | — |
| 18659054 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM, SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH A SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE | SULTANA, DILARA | — |
| 17842422 | DRIVE FOR A VEHICLE, WATERCRAFT HAVING A DRIVE OF THIS TYPE, METHOD FOR OPERATING A WATERCRAFT, AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A WATERCRAFT OF THIS TYPE | POLAY, ANDREW | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19239003 | BEARING ARRANGEMENT FOR A CAMSHAFT OF AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AND CRANKCASE WITH SAME | SINGH, DAPINDER | 3746 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 65d | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 18890098 | LOAD BANK SYSTEM FOR A GENERATOR SET | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18659054 | METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A FUEL CELL SYSTEM, SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING SUCH A METHOD, AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM INCLUDING SUCH A SYSTEM CONTROL DEVICE | SULTANA, DILARA | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 17842422 | DRIVE FOR A VEHICLE, WATERCRAFT HAVING A DRIVE OF THIS TYPE, METHOD FOR OPERATING A WATERCRAFT, AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A WATERCRAFT OF THIS TYPE | POLAY, ANDREW | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialRolls-Royce has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Dapinder Singh has the most, with 1 of Rolls-Royce's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
