Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. has 10 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. These matters are being handled by 10 distinct examiners, showing a broad distribution of review personnel. These examiners are located across 5 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's communications technology filings are being processed in several different specialized groups. This diversity in art units suggests that the portfolio covers a range of sub-technologies within the broader communications field.
LOTTER, DAVID E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that there are 10 pending office actions and 10 distinct examiners, no single examiner is handling more than one active matter. This distribution suggests that the company must manage ten separate examiner relationships across 5 distinct art units to resolve its current pending actions. The lack of examiner concentration means that prosecution strategies may need to be tailored to the individual preferences of a wide variety of USPTO personnel.
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 | 1 (10%) |
| §103 only | 5 (50%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (10%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOTTER, DAVID E | 1 | 84.8% | +9.6% |
| YEAMAN, JAMES G | 1 | 82.6% | +6.9% |
| DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 1 | 78.2% | +16.5% |
| VO, DON NGUYEN | 1 | 90.5% | +0.7% |
| GREGORY, BERNARR E | 1 | 90.5% | +6.7% |
| DEAN, RAYMOND S | 1 | 70.3% | +15.7% |
| TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN | 1 | 78.0% | +17.9% |
| XAVIER, VALENTINA | 1 | 74.9% | +8.5% |
| MILORD, MARCEAU | 1 | 89.1% | +11.3% |
| VU, VIET D | 1 | 84.0% | +14.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19205799 | RADOME WITH MELT-PROCESSABLE FLUOROPOLYMER | LOTTER, DAVID E | — |
| 19073713 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF FREQUENCY DIVIDED REFERENCE CLOCKS | YEAMAN, JAMES G | — |
| 19005758 | CHIP TO CHIP TIME SYNCHRONIZATION | VO, DON NGUYEN | — |
| 18227686 | COMPACT RADIO FREQUENCY COMBINER | MILORD, MARCEAU | — |
| 17955401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO COMPUTE RESOURCES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS A GROUP OF SATELLITES | VU, VIET D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18943874 | FEEDBACK AND FEEDFORWARD COUPLING CANCELLATION | GREGORY, BERNARR E | — |
| 18812840 | LOW VOLTAGE VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER WITH LOW PHASE SENSITIVITY | DEAN, RAYMOND S | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19039693 | STACK PATCH ANTENNA ASSEMBLY | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | — |
| 18812840 | LOW VOLTAGE VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER WITH LOW PHASE SENSITIVITY | DEAN, RAYMOND S | — |
| 18665028 | SHARED LOCAL OSCILLATORS IN PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS | TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN | — |
| 18227686 | COMPACT RADIO FREQUENCY COMBINER | MILORD, MARCEAU | — |
| 17955401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO COMPUTE RESOURCES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS A GROUP OF SATELLITES | VU, VIET D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 2641 | 1 |
| 2455 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19205799 | RADOME WITH MELT-PROCESSABLE FLUOROPOLYMER | LOTTER, DAVID E | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19073713 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF FREQUENCY DIVIDED REFERENCE CLOCKS | YEAMAN, JAMES G | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19039693 | STACK PATCH ANTENNA ASSEMBLY | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 2845 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19005758 | CHIP TO CHIP TIME SYNCHRONIZATION | VO, DON NGUYEN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18943874 | FEEDBACK AND FEEDFORWARD COUPLING CANCELLATION | GREGORY, BERNARR E | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18812840 | LOW VOLTAGE VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER WITH LOW PHASE SENSITIVITY | DEAN, RAYMOND S | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18665028 | SHARED LOCAL OSCILLATORS IN PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS | TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN | 2648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18375806 | SPACECRAFT CHASSIS AND COMPONENT CONFIGURATION | XAVIER, VALENTINA | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18227686 | COMPACT RADIO FREQUENCY COMBINER | MILORD, MARCEAU | 2641 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 17955401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO COMPUTE RESOURCES DISTRIBUTED ACROSS A GROUP OF SATELLITES | VU, VIET D | 2455 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
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