Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (12%)
6
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only5 (62%)
Double-patenting only1 (12%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
25% of docket
2
Semiconductors
25% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
3
Business / Other
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOTTER, DAVID E 1 84.7% +9.4%
YEAMAN, JAMES G 1 82.5% +7.2%
DUONG, DIEU HIEN 1 78.2% +16.5%
HAILEGIORGIS, FITWI Y 1 90.5% -15.9%
TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN 1 77.8% +17.9%
XAVIER, VALENTINA 1 74.7% +8.4%
MILORD, MARCEAU 1 89.1% +11.3%
TANINGCO, ALEXANDER H 1 74.1% -0.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19205799 RADOME WITH MELT-PROCESSABLE FLUOROPOLYMER LOTTER, DAVID E
19073713 SYNCHRONIZATION OF FREQUENCY DIVIDED REFERENCE CLOCKS YEAMAN, JAMES G
18227686 COMPACT RADIO FREQUENCY COMBINER MILORD, MARCEAU

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18900240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BEAMFORMING IN HYBRID BEAMFORMING ANTENNAS HAILEGIORGIS, FITWI Y

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19039693 STACK PATCH ANTENNA ASSEMBLY DUONG, DIEU HIEN
18665028 SHARED LOCAL OSCILLATORS IN PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN
18227686 COMPACT RADIO FREQUENCY COMBINER MILORD, MARCEAU

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 1
2648 1
3642 1
2641 1
2844 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18900240 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BEAMFORMING IN HYBRID BEAMFORMING ANTENNAS HAILEGIORGIS, FITWI Y §101DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 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
16893317 ANTENNA APPARATUS HOUSING AND COMPONENTS FOR SAME TANINGCO, ALEXANDER H 2844 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jun 04, 2020

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