Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
SAFRAN has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 pending office actions are handled by 6 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The prosecution involves 5 distinct art units, which reflects the technical variety of the company's mechanical innovations. WALTER, KATHERINE JUNE is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending action. This distribution indicates that the portfolio is not concentrated under any single examiner, as 6 distinct examiners are involved in the process.
The presence of 5 distinct art units suggests that the company's patent applications are being reviewed by several different specialized technical groups within the mechanical sector. With 6 distinct examiners, the company faces a high degree of variability in examiner behavior and interpretation. WALTER, KATHERINE JUNE, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, handles only 1 of the 6 pending office actions. This decentralized prosecution landscape requires a coordinated legal strategy to manage the 6 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units effectively. The diversity of the 5 art units involved highlights the technical scope of SAFRAN's current patenting efforts in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTER, KATHERINE JUNE | 1 | 71.4% | +20.4% |
| SINAKI, ARFAN Y | 1 | 79.0% | +41.9% |
| BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW | 1 | 90.5% | +6.4% |
| WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 1 | 54.8% | +27.6% |
| GHAFFARI, ABU Z | 1 | 79.1% | +47.6% |
| ZHENG, LOIS L | 1 | 67.6% | +13.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18284797 | SERVER, SYSTEM AND CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR GENERATING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FOR A MULTI-SYSTEM PLATFORM | GHAFFARI, ABU Z | 10d overdue |
| 19489827 | SYSTEM FOR DE-ICING A SURFACE OF AN AIRCRAFT | WALTER, KATHERINE JUNE | — |
| 19166417 | DEVICE FOR THE IN-FLIGHT REFUELING OF AN AIRCRAFT | SINAKI, ARFAN Y | — |
| 19154327 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ANTI-ICING MEANS IN AN AIRCRAFT AS A FUNCTION OF THE ICE ACCRETION RATE, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM | BONNETTE, RODNEY 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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17759465 | METHOD FOR THE SURFACE TREATMENT OF ALUMINIUM-BASED PARTS | ZHENG, LOIS L | 17d overdue |
| 18284797 | SERVER, SYSTEM AND CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR GENERATING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FOR A MULTI-SYSTEM PLATFORM | GHAFFARI, ABU Z | 10d overdue |
| 19489827 | SYSTEM FOR DE-ICING A SURFACE OF AN AIRCRAFT | WALTER, KATHERINE JUNE | — |
| 19166417 | DEVICE FOR THE IN-FLIGHT REFUELING OF AN AIRCRAFT | SINAKI, ARFAN Y | — |
| 18876968 | DEVICE FOR VIBRATION-DAMPING GUIDANCE OF PIPING | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3647 | 2 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| 2195 | 1 |
| 1733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19489827 | SYSTEM FOR DE-ICING A SURFACE OF AN AIRCRAFT | WALTER, KATHERINE JUNE | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2025 |
| 19166417 | DEVICE FOR THE IN-FLIGHT REFUELING OF AN AIRCRAFT | SINAKI, ARFAN Y | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 19154327 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ANTI-ICING MEANS IN AN AIRCRAFT AS A FUNCTION OF THE ICE ACCRETION RATE, AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM | BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW | 3647 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 18876968 | DEVICE FOR VIBRATION-DAMPING GUIDANCE OF PIPING | WOOD, KIMBERLY T | 3631 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18284797 | SERVER, SYSTEM AND CONFIGURATION METHOD FOR GENERATING CONFIGURATION INFORMATION FOR A MULTI-SYSTEM PLATFORM | GHAFFARI, ABU Z | 2195 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 17759465 | METHOD FOR THE SURFACE TREATMENT OF ALUMINIUM-BASED PARTS | ZHENG, LOIS L | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 26, 2022 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial