Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Safran Electronics & Defense Actuation

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Safran Electronics & Defense Actuation currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single matter is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. Such a focused portfolio indicates a very specific point of engagement with the patent office at this time. The lack of multiple pending actions suggests a targeted approach to securing intellectual property for a specific innovation.

The busiest examiner is GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK, who handles 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 action constitutes the entirety of the company's pending workload. Prosecution strategy for this portfolio is entirely dependent on the interaction with this one examiner and the specific procedural environment of the single art unit involved. The outcome of this single pending action will be the primary indicator of the company's current success in the transportation and mechanical systems sector. Counsel can dedicate resources to addressing the specific concerns of this individual examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

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

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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK 1 50.0% +47.0%

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
19133047 CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFT FURNITURE INSTALLATION GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19133047 CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFT FURNITURE INSTALLATION GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3665 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19133047 CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFT FURNITURE INSTALLATION GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK 3665 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2025

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