Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

SAFRAN

20 pending office actions • 13 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

2
Hard (10%)
15
Medium (75%)
3
Easy (15%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (10%)
§103 only14 (70%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only3 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
30% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
10% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
55% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 1 44.2% +55.0%
OLYNICK, DAVID 1 77.8% +25.6%
HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 1 75.0% +62.6%
KERNS, KEVIN P 1 78.9% +21.1%
TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1 62.2% +26.1%
SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 1 58.5% +70.7%
WONG, ELTON K 1 77.9% +18.6%
SEHN, MICHAEL L 1 80.7% +13.3%
YI, STELLA KIM 1 70.6% +29.1%
LEE, EDMUND H 1 69.2% +17.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18853379 REINFORCEMENT FOR A COMPOSITE BLADE OF A TURBOMACHINE, COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF FIBER CUTS AND A TACKIFIER SEHN, MICHAEL L 36d overdue

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18292129 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENT OF AN AIRCRAFT ON A RUNWAY COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 32d overdue
16634028 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEARCHING FOR A DEFECT CAPABLE OF AFFECTING A ROTATING MECHANICAL POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE COTHRAN, BERNARD E 27d

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19139120 METHOD FOR MANAGING POWER TRANSITIONS BETWEEN A GENERATION MODE AND AN ASSISTANCE MODE OLYNICK, DAVID 42d overdue
18709431 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE VANE FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE LEE, EDMUND H 42d overdue
18853379 REINFORCEMENT FOR A COMPOSITE BLADE OF A TURBOMACHINE, COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF FIBER CUTS AND A TACKIFIER SEHN, MICHAEL L 36d overdue
18881412 ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRICALLY HYBRIDISED TURBINE ENGINE SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 26d overdue
19135633 CASTING CORE KERNS, KEVIN P 19d overdue
19112837 DRAINAGE MEMBRANE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS TAUFIQ, FARAH N 11d overdue
18848804 IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A SKIN FOR AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINE YI, STELLA KIM 26d
19470411 THREE-DIMENSIONAL WEAVING METHOD WITH YARN EXIT DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 27d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3741 4
3745 3
3763 2
1733 2
3732 1
1735 1
1754 1
1742 1
1744 1
2855 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19470411 THREE-DIMENSIONAL WEAVING METHOD WITH YARN EXIT DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 29, 2025
19139120 METHOD FOR MANAGING POWER TRANSITIONS BETWEEN A GENERATION MODE AND AN ASSISTANCE MODE OLYNICK, DAVID 3741 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2025
19237329 TURBOJET WITH IMPROVED AIR EXTRACTION PERFORMANCE HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
19135633 CASTING CORE KERNS, KEVIN P 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2025
19112837 DRAINAGE MEMBRANE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF COMPOSITE MATERIALS TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2025
18881412 ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRICALLY HYBRIDISED TURBINE ENGINE SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2025
18853353 REINFORCEMENT FOR A COMPOSITE BLADE OF A TURBOMACHINE, COMPRISING A STACK OF PLIES WONG, ELTON K 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 01, 2024
18853379 REINFORCEMENT FOR A COMPOSITE BLADE OF A TURBOMACHINE, COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF FIBER CUTS AND A TACKIFIER SEHN, MICHAEL L 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Oct 01, 2024
18848804 IMPROVED METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A SKIN FOR AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINE YI, STELLA KIM 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 19, 2024
18709431 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE VANE FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE LEE, EDMUND H 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18692098 THIN COMPACT THERMOCOUPLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A THERMOCOUPLE COTEY, PHILIP L 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18292129 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A FRICTIONAL COEFFICIENT OF AN AIRCRAFT ON A RUNWAY COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 3662 §101 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18553416 NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOY, SINGLE-CRYSTAL BLADE AND TURBOMACHINE FLORES, JUAN G 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18548780 SURFACE HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING ADDITIONAL OUTLETS TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 3763 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18261763 IMPROVED METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PART BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
17916348 PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR A NON-ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT, AND ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2023
18027277 DOUBLE-FLOW HEAT EXCHANGER DUONG, THO V 3763 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
17754585 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHECKING THE COMPLIANCE OF A WORKPIECE NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2022
17273971 NICKEL-BASED SUPERALLOYS CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Mar 05, 2021
16634028 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEARCHING FOR A DEFECT CAPABLE OF AFFECTING A ROTATING MECHANICAL POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE COTHRAN, BERNARD E 2188 §101 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 24, 2020

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