Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
SKF Aerospace France S A S currently faces 5 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Although there are 5 actions, they are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the subject matter is technically focused, the office has assigned the work to 4 distinct examiners.
THOMPSON, KENNETH L is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 2 pending office actions. Because the pending office actions reside in 1 distinct art unit, practitioners may find consistent application of local internal policies even as they navigate the preferences of 4 different examiners. This concentration in one area simplifies the technical landscape of the portfolio.
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 | 3 (60%) |
| §102 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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% | +6.7% |
| JOHNSON, PHILLIP A | 1 | 81.5% | +12.9% |
| WAITS, ALAN B | 1 | 68.8% | +29.8% |
| FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | 1 | 63.4% | +73.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19211378 | LOW NOISE COMPOSITE MATERIAL ROLLING BEARING CAGE AND ASSOCIATED ROLLING BEARING UNIT AND METHOD | JOHNSON, PHILLIP A | — |
| 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19211378 | LOW NOISE COMPOSITE MATERIAL ROLLING BEARING CAGE AND ASSOCIATED ROLLING BEARING UNIT AND METHOD | JOHNSON, PHILLIP A | — |
| 19062233 | BEARING UNIT WITH RETAINING CAGE | WAITS, ALAN B | — |
| 18904446 | BALL JOINT WHICH IS RESISTANT TO WEAR AND HIGH TEMPERATURES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE BALL JOINT | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19211378 | LOW NOISE COMPOSITE MATERIAL ROLLING BEARING CAGE AND ASSOCIATED ROLLING BEARING UNIT AND METHOD | JOHNSON, PHILLIP A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 19062233 | BEARING UNIT WITH RETAINING CAGE | WAITS, ALAN B | 3617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19033704 | FIXING ASSEMBLY INCLUDING CLEVIS AND TANG | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19033713 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOUNTING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING CONNECTING ROD AND TANG | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18904446 | BALL JOINT WHICH IS RESISTANT TO WEAR AND HIGH TEMPERATURES, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE BALL JOINT | FERGUSON, MICHAEL P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
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