Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
133 pending office actions • 61 art units • 109 examiners • 0 of 133 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 337 patents granted in the last 365 days
Safran S.A. currently manages 153 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 153 actions are distributed among 123 distinct examiners, which suggests a high level of diversity in the examination styles encountered by the company. The portfolio is also active across 47 distinct art units, indicating that the company's medical and mechanical innovations span a wide range of technical classifications within the patent office.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is Igue, Roberto Toshiharu, who is currently handling 4 of the pending office actions. While Igue, Roberto Toshiharu has the highest individual workload, these 4 actions represent only a small fraction of the total pending matters. For practitioners, this means that the vast majority of the 153 pending office actions are being reviewed by 123 distinct examiners, requiring a prosecution strategy that can adapt to many different individual preferences and art unit standards.
With 47 distinct art units involved, the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings are subject to a broad array of procedural requirements. The 123 distinct examiners assigned to the 153 pending office actions ensure that no single individual's perspective dominates the portfolio's progress. Instead, practitioners must focus on the specific nuances of each of the 47 distinct art units to ensure consistent outcomes across the company's diverse array of patent applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 4 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 12 (9%) |
| §103 only | 44 (33%) |
| §102 only | 4 (3%) |
| §112 only | 9 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 59 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 4 | 57.7% | +20.8% |
| KIM, TAE JUN | 4 | 63.9% | +25.8% |
| REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 3 | 69.4% | +4.5% |
| ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 3 | 76.5% | +7.8% |
| ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA | 2 | 70.0% | +30.2% |
| FLORES, JUAN G | 2 | 79.5% | +14.6% |
| RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 2 | 89.2% | +9.2% |
| NGUYEN, ANDREW H | 2 | 75.2% | +42.5% |
| ORTEGA, JOSEPH | 2 | 72.6% | +16.1% |
| LEE, SANGKYUNG | 2 | 59.6% | +9.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18003042 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER | EMPIE, NATHAN H | 60d overdue |
| 18716507 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE OXIDATION OF A BRAKE DISC BY MEANS OF DIAMAGNETISM MEASUREMENT | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 51d overdue |
| 17916348 | PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR A NON-ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 46d overdue |
| 18862500 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANOMALY IN A SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT | LEWANDROSKI, SARA J | 42d overdue |
| 18004927 | ACARS REPORT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | SHAHEED, KHALID W | 35d overdue |
| 17753072 | LASER METAL DEPOSITION SYSTEM | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 32d overdue |
| 18292129 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENT OF AN AIRCRAFT ON A RUNWAY | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 32d overdue |
| 18627959 | ACOUSTICALLY-TREATED AIR EJECTION NOZZLE FOR A NACELLE | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | 28d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17916348 | PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR A NON-ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 46d overdue |
| 18998280 | IMPROVED PROPULSION ASSEMBLY FOR MULTI-ENGINE HYBRID AIRCRAFT | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 23d overdue |
| 18577131 | AERONAUTICAL THRUSTER | KIM, TAE JUN | 15d overdue |
| 18697839 | OUTLET NOZZLE PROVIDED WITH CHEVRONS FOR AERONAUTICAL THRUSTER | KIM, TAE JUN | 2d overdue |
| 18574120 | PROPULSION UNIT COMPRISING PENDULAR BIFURCATION PANELS | NGUYEN, ANDREW H | 15d |
| 18553416 | NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOY, SINGLE-CRYSTAL BLADE AND TURBOMACHINE | FLORES, JUAN G | 19d |
| 19114587 | INJECTOR FOR DE-ICING DEVICE FOR AN AIR INTAKE OF AN AIRCRAFT TURBOJET NACELLE, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD | ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA | 26d |
| 19646228 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE | ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 17 |
| 3745 | 16 |
| 2834 | 9 |
| 3799 | 5 |
| 1759 | 5 |
| 3642 | 4 |
| 2858 | 4 |
| 3675 | 3 |
| 1742 | 3 |
| 1733 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19646228 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE | ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA | 3642 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2026 |
| 19476967 | TURBINE ENGINE BLADE BLANK OBTAINED BY METAL CASTING AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A BLANK | BROCKMAN, ELDON T | 3799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2025 |
| 19474295 | PROPULSION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE COMPRISING AN UNDUCTED FAN AND A DUCTED FAN | IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19472262 | VARIABLE-PITCH ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBOMACHINE FAN | FLORES, JUAN G | 3745 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19168067 | SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBOMACHINE | KONERU, LAKSHMI S | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19165794 | STATOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE | RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19163695 | INTERMEDIATE CASING FOR A TURBINE ENGINE | NGUYEN, ANDREW H | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19161997 | GUIDE DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE | HASAN, SABBIR | 3745 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19128451 | AERO-PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED PROPULSION EFFICIENCY | MEADE, LORNE EDWARD | 3741 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19126984 | SEALING MEMBER FOR A MOVING BLADE | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19113049 | SEALING DEVICE AND TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING THE SEALING DEVICE | CLARK, RYAN C | 3745 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19108708 | DEVICE FOR GUIDING A SHAFT OF AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19053023 | FAN MODULE IMPELLER, AND JET TURBINE ENGINE EQUIPPED WITH SUCH AN IMPELLER | EDWARDS, LOREN C | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19103687 | INSTRUMENTED ASSEMBLY SCREW | MAGAR, DIL KUMAR | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18993374 | MANAGEMENT OF THE DRAWING OF MECHANICAL POWER FROM A TWO-SPOOL OR THREE-SPOOL TURBINE ENGINE | BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18881116 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING PITCH ANGLE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR MEASURING PITCH ANGLE | MONSUR, NASIMA | 2858 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18872512 | UNDUCTED THRUST-GENERATING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING AN OUTER GUIDE VANE | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 3745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18879556 | AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH TURBINE ENGINE COUPLED TO AN ELECTRIC GENERATOR THE POWER OF WHICH IS LIMITED AS A FUNCTION OF ENGINE SPEED | WALTHOUR, SCOTT J | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18876931 | OIL TANK FOR TURBINE ENGINE WITH CENTRIFUGAL IMPELLER COMPATIBLE WITH NEGATIVE G | ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J | 3745 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18864193 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING A GAS GENERATOR AND AN ELECTRIC MOTOR | FIGUEROA, JAIME | 3656 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18846714 | BLADE DE-ICING DEVICE | LIU, JINGCHEN | 3741 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18839134 | FUEL CONTROL SYSTEM | KIM, TAE JUN | 3799 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
| 18730272 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE REDUNDANT SENSOR FOR DETECTING AND ISOLATING FAILURES IN ONE OF THE SENSORS | CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W | 2117 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18719390 | METHOD FOR MANAGING THE TORQUE OF A TURBOMACHINE | ORTEGA, JOSEPH | 2834 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18708927 | METHOD FOR MONITORING CONFIGURATION OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18715270 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BLADE, IN PARTICULAR A COMPOSITE BLADE | DANIELS, MATTHEW J | 1742 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18713562 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DIAGNOSING A PART | LEE, SANGKYUNG | 2858 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18706930 | LABYRINTH SEALING DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE | WONG, ELTON K | 3745 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18697839 | OUTLET NOZZLE PROVIDED WITH CHEVRONS FOR AERONAUTICAL THRUSTER | KIM, TAE JUN | 3799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18692544 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A CASING FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBINE ENGINE | GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL | 3745 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18578593 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A NICKEL-BASED ALLOY PRODUCT | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1759 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18577131 | AERONAUTICAL THRUSTER | KIM, TAE JUN | 3799 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18573255 | NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOY, SINGLE-CRYSTAL BLADE AND TURBOMACHINE | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18567885 | FIBROUS PREFORM FOR MANUFACTURING AN ANNULAR CASING MADE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR A TURBINE ENGINE | PAGE, HANA C | 1745 | §103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18551822 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A METAL ALLOY PART FOR A TURBINE ENGINE | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18550395 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FAN DISK WITH A PART BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | SHAMS, NAZMUN NAHAR | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 18253510 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A DUAL-MATERIAL TURBINE ENGINE DISC AND DISC PRODUCED USING SAID METHOD | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18252162 | COMPOSITE VANE FOR AN AIRCRAFT TURBOMACHINE AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF | HTAY, AYE SU MON | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 18033676 | METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE SERVICE LIFE OF A TURBINE ENGINE PART | LEE, SANGKYUNG | 2858 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18247676 | DIAGNOSIS OF AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE CONTROL UNIT | HILGENDORF, DALE W | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 |
| 18247011 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL TIME CONTROL OF THE TRAJECTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT ON A RUNWAY | FABER, DAVID | 2172 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18004927 | ACARS REPORT COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | SHAHEED, KHALID W | 2643 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2023 |
| 18012521 | POWDER-BED BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 1759 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17914179 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TITANIUM FIRE-RESISTANT METAL COMPONENT BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING | JANSSEN, REBECCA | 1733 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 124d overdue | Pending | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17796389 | HOT ISOSTATIC PRESSING HEAT TREATMENT OF BARS MADE FROM TITANIUM ALUMINIDE ALLOY FOR LOW-PRESSURE TURBINE BLADES FOR A TURBOMACHINE | SU, XIAOWEI | 1733 | §112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
| 17794107 | ASSEMBLY FOR A TURBINE ENGINE | BURKE, THOMAS P | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2022 |
| 17755988 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A FLEET OF INFORMATION-COMMUNICATING DEVICES FOR UPDATING A DIGITAL TWIN OF A TURBOMACHINE | SEOL, DAVIN | 3662 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | May 13, 2022 |
| 17753072 | LASER METAL DEPOSITION SYSTEM | WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 32d overdue | Pending | Feb 17, 2022 |
| 17273566 | MOVABLE BLADE | WOLCOTT, BRIAN P | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 89d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2021 |
| 19483310 | ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION STRUCTURE PROVIDED WITH S-SHAPED CELLS HAVING DRAINED BARRIERS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | BEEBE, JOSHUA R | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSafran S.A. has 133 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 61 art units and 109 examiners.
Roberto Toshiharu Igue has the most, with 4 of Safran S.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.