Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

SAFRAN

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (12%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
§112 only1 (12%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EMPIE, NATHAN H 2 43.7% +42.5%
WORRELL, KEVIN 1 11.7% -6.0%
ZERVIGON, RUDY 1 66.3% -6.0%
MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1 29.4% +34.6%
SAETHER, FLEMMING 1 64.9% +28.4%
LIU, XUE H 1 72.8% +12.4%
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1 33.4% +25.1%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18713007 COATING METHOD MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 50d overdue
19107872 FIBER PREFORM CONTAINING TEXTILE MARKERS WORRELL, KEVIN 28d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18483796 METHOD FOR COATING A CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE PART WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER EMPIE, NATHAN H 146d overdue
18248642 NON-WOVEN FIBROUS TEXTURE WITH CRIMP IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 124d overdue
18003042 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER EMPIE, NATHAN H 60d overdue
18713007 COATING METHOD MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 50d overdue
18266749 TURBINE ENGINE ASSEMBLY SAETHER, FLEMMING 22d overdue
18250275 METHOD FOR FABRICATING A TURBOMACHINE BLADE MADE FROM A COMPOSITE MATERIAL LIU, XUE H 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1789 2
1712 2
1716 1
1718 1
3675 1
1742 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19107872 FIBER PREFORM CONTAINING TEXTILE MARKERS WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 28, 2025
18720333 THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENT FACILITY AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE FRICTION COMPONENT ZERVIGON, RUDY 1716 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jun 14, 2024
18713007 COATING METHOD MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending May 23, 2024
18483796 METHOD FOR COATING A CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE PART WITH AN ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER EMPIE, NATHAN H 1712 §103 Final Rejection 146d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18266749 TURBINE ENGINE ASSEMBLY SAETHER, FLEMMING 3675 Other Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18250275 METHOD FOR FABRICATING A TURBOMACHINE BLADE MADE FROM A COMPOSITE MATERIAL LIU, XUE H 1742 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18248642 NON-WOVEN FIBROUS TEXTURE WITH CRIMP IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 124d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2023
18003042 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER EMPIE, NATHAN H 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022

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