Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Safran SA currently maintains 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This pending matter is situated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a specific focus for the company's current active filings at the patent office. This concentration allows for a very targeted approach to addressing the examiner's specific concerns.
The prosecution of this portfolio is handled by a distinct examiner. Because there is only one examiner involved for the pending action, the company's current interactions with the patent office are highly centralized. This allows for a focused strategy to address the specific requirements of the examination process.
DUGER, JASON H is the busiest examiner for Safran SA, with the pending office action currently assigned. This matter represents the totality of the company's pending office actions. As the sole examiner involved, DUGER, JASON H's individual examination style and the standards of the art unit are the primary factors influencing the portfolio's current progress.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUGER, JASON H | 1 | 70.5% | +51.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723221 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING FUEL FOR AN AIR-BREATHING HYDROGEN ENGINE | DUGER, JASON H | 210d 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18723221 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING FUEL FOR AN AIR-BREATHING HYDROGEN ENGINE | DUGER, JASON H | 210d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18723221 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING FUEL FOR AN AIR-BREATHING HYDROGEN ENGINE | DUGER, JASON H | 3741 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 210d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
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