Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

SAFRAN

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (33%)
§103 only2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 1 78.1% +14.9%
SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1 72.2% +11.5%
BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1 53.7% +18.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18640473 METHOD FOR SIZING STUBS OF A BLADE DISC OF A TURBOMACHINE INTENDED FOR ORBITAL WELDING SAAD, ERIN BARRY 25d overdue

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18640473 METHOD FOR SIZING STUBS OF A BLADE DISC OF A TURBOMACHINE INTENDED FOR ORBITAL WELDING SAAD, ERIN BARRY 25d overdue
18868289 POLYGONAL PROFILE COUPLING OF PUMPS IN A LUBRICATION ASSEMBLY RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A
18363449 TOOLING FOR DEFORMING A FIBROUS BLANK BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3654 1
1735 1
1741 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18868289 POLYGONAL PROFILE COUPLING OF PUMPS IN A LUBRICATION ASSEMBLY RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 3654 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 22, 2024
18640473 METHOD FOR SIZING STUBS OF A BLADE DISC OF A TURBOMACHINE INTENDED FOR ORBITAL WELDING SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1735 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18363449 TOOLING FOR DEFORMING A FIBROUS BLANK BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2023

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