Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
SKF Aerospace France S A S has 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners across 2 art units, creating a modest but divided prosecution structure.
THOMPSON, KENNETH L is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. That examiner accounts for the larger listed share of the docket, so recurring issues in those matters may warrant coordinated review while the remaining action receives separate treatment.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 2 | 87.4% | +6.8% |
| WAITS, ALAN B | 1 | 68.9% | +29.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19033713 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOUNTING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING CONNECTING ROD AND TANG | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19033704 | FIXING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CLEVIS AND TANG | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19062233 | BEARING UNIT WITH RETAINING CAGE | WAITS, ALAN B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3676 | 2 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19062233 | BEARING UNIT WITH RETAINING CAGE | WAITS, ALAN B | 3617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19033713 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOUNTING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING CONNECTING ROD AND TANG | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 3676 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19033704 | FIXING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CLEVIS AND TANG | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 3676 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSKF Aerospace France S A S has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kenneth L Thompson has the most, with 2 of SKF Aerospace France S A S's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
