Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
SAFRAN is currently managing 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 5 actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, meaning no two pending matters share the same examiner. This spread suggests that prosecution outcomes for the 5 pending office actions are subject to the individual interpretations of several different officials.
The portfolio's activity is organized across 3 distinct art units. WALTHOUR, SCOTT J is the busiest examiner, though he is responsible for only 1 pending office action. This distribution across 3 distinct art units and 5 distinct examiners indicates a relatively broad footprint within the mechanical engineering examination groups. The use of 3 distinct art units for 5 pending office actions shows that the company's mechanical engineering innovations are categorized into several different examination specialties.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTHOUR, SCOTT J | 1 | 78.4% | +70.0% |
| DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 84.2% | +21.7% |
| MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT | 1 | 87.8% | +6.3% |
| SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1 | 72.4% | +11.5% |
| HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 1 | 74.5% | +60.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997265 | ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ENGINE | DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18640473 | METHOD FOR SIZING STUBS OF A BLADE DISC OF A TURBOMACHINE INTENDED FOR ORBITAL WELDING | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 25d overdue |
| 18290910 | SYSTEM FOR COOLING OIL IN AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 6d |
| 18858083 | TEST BENCH FOR A TURBOMACHINE | MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18640473 | METHOD FOR SIZING STUBS OF A BLADE DISC OF A TURBOMACHINE INTENDED FOR ORBITAL WELDING | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 25d overdue |
| 18290910 | SYSTEM FOR COOLING OIL IN AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 6d |
| 18857271 | OPTIMISED AIR-OIL HEAT EXCHANGER | WALTHOUR, SCOTT J | — |
| 18997265 | ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ENGINE | DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18857271 | OPTIMISED AIR-OIL HEAT EXCHANGER | WALTHOUR, SCOTT J | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 18997265 | ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ENGINE | DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER | 3745 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18858083 | TEST BENCH FOR A TURBOMACHINE | MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18640473 | METHOD FOR SIZING STUBS OF A BLADE DISC OF A TURBOMACHINE INTENDED FOR ORBITAL WELDING | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1735 | §101§102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18290910 | SYSTEM FOR COOLING OIL IN AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE | HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN | 3741 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial