Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Safran Electrical And Power UK Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 2 actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners. However, both examiners are located within the same 1 distinct art unit, providing a high degree of technical consistency for the portfolio's current workload.
MULLINS, BURTON S is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since all current prosecution is occurring within 1 distinct art unit, practitioners can focus on the specific guidelines and precedents of that single unit. The primary challenge will be managing the individual preferences of the 2 distinct examiners within that unit to move the 2 pending office actions toward allowance.
The concentration of the portfolio into a single art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current filings. While the examiners are different, the shared unit environment may allow for some strategic overlap in addressing technical rejections. Success depends on navigating the specific standards of this unit while tailoring arguments to the individual styles of MULLINS, BURTON S and the other assigned official.
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) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULLINS, BURTON S | 1 | 68.9% | +1.4% |
| GUGGER, SEAN A | 1 | 64.9% | +23.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18979852 | STATOR ASSEMBLY | MULLINS, BURTON S | — |
| 18862213 | ELECTRIC MACHINE HEAT EXCHANGER | GUGGER, SEAN A | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862213 | ELECTRIC MACHINE HEAT EXCHANGER | GUGGER, SEAN A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18979852 | STATOR ASSEMBLY | MULLINS, BURTON S | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18862213 | ELECTRIC MACHINE HEAT EXCHANGER | GUGGER, SEAN A | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSafran Electrical And Power UK Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Burton S Mullins has the most, with 1 of Safran Electrical And Power UK Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
