Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

SAFRAN

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (1)

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 (86%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (86%)
§112 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
3
Semiconductors
43% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAJOUS, WESNER 1 92.0% +7.6%
ALGAHAIM, HELAL A 1 75.9% +15.4%
HESS, MICHAEL J 1 43.9% +7.9%
KEBEDE, BROOK 1 88.8% +4.3%
FIGUEROA, FELIX O 1 58.1% +14.7%
AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 1 0.0% +0.0%
PARCO JR, RUBEN C 1 45.3% +15.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18843581 SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING CRITICAL AND NON-CRITICAL INFORMATION SAJOUS, WESNER 21d
18283972 METHOD FOR MOUNTING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT ONTO A SUBSTRATE BY MEANS OF SINTERING KEBEDE, BROOK 26d

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
18265163 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AIRCRAFT CONTROL ENGINE, CONTROL DEVICE AND AIRCRAFT AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 9d

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
18698134 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SATELLITE SIGNAL SPOOFING ALGAHAIM, HELAL A 46d overdue
17288402 INERTIAL MEASURING UNIT WITH REDUCED SENSITIVITY TO THERMOMECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS PARCO JR, RUBEN C 7d
18278165 BISTABLE SWITCH INTENDED TO BE FITTED IN AN AIRCRAFT FIGUEROA, FELIX O 71d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2612 1
3645 1
2481 1
2818 1
2831 1
3662 1
2853 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18843581 SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING CRITICAL AND NON-CRITICAL INFORMATION SAJOUS, WESNER 2612 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18698134 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SATELLITE SIGNAL SPOOFING ALGAHAIM, HELAL A 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18696223 METHOD FOR DETECTING OBSTACLES HESS, MICHAEL J 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18283972 METHOD FOR MOUNTING AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT ONTO A SUBSTRATE BY MEANS OF SINTERING KEBEDE, BROOK 2818 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18278165 BISTABLE SWITCH INTENDED TO BE FITTED IN AN AIRCRAFT FIGUEROA, FELIX O 2831 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18265163 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AIRCRAFT CONTROL ENGINE, CONTROL DEVICE AND AIRCRAFT AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 3662 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jun 02, 2023
17288402 INERTIAL MEASURING UNIT WITH REDUCED SENSITIVITY TO THERMOMECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS PARCO JR, RUBEN C 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 23, 2021

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