Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| XAVIER, VALENTINA | 1 | 74.9% | +8.5% |
| LIU, JINGCHEN | 1 | 63.5% | +67.7% |
| MILLER, ALAN S | 1 | 70.6% | +26.6% |
| FORD, RENE D | 1 | 80.1% | +22.2% |
| THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 72.8% | +28.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19131710 | HEAT SHIELD WITH RECESSED DUAL-EXPANSION NOZZLE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME | FORD, RENE D | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19317033 | ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY VEHICLE WITH SKEWED HEAT SHIELD | XAVIER, VALENTINA | — |
| 19152854 | REUSABLE SPACE VEHICLE FOR LONG-DWELL PAYLOAD HOSTING, ORBITAL MANEUVERS, AND DOWNMASS OPERATIONS, AND RELATED METHOD | LIU, JINGCHEN | — |
| 19242199 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RESOURCES AND SCHEDULING, AND RELATED METHOD AND SOFTWARE | MILLER, ALAN 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19152854 | REUSABLE SPACE VEHICLE FOR LONG-DWELL PAYLOAD HOSTING, ORBITAL MANEUVERS, AND DOWNMASS OPERATIONS, AND RELATED METHOD | LIU, JINGCHEN | — |
| 19242199 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RESOURCES AND SCHEDULING, AND RELATED METHOD AND SOFTWARE | MILLER, ALAN S | — |
| 19131710 | HEAT SHIELD WITH RECESSED DUAL-EXPANSION NOZZLE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME | FORD, RENE D | — |
| 18732857 | Augmented Aerospike Nozzle, Engine Including the Augmented Aerospike Nozzle, and Vehicle Including the Engine | THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 2 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19317033 | ATMOSPHERIC RE-ENTRY VEHICLE WITH SKEWED HEAT SHIELD | XAVIER, VALENTINA | 3642 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19152854 | REUSABLE SPACE VEHICLE FOR LONG-DWELL PAYLOAD HOSTING, ORBITAL MANEUVERS, AND DOWNMASS OPERATIONS, AND RELATED METHOD | LIU, JINGCHEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19242199 | SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RESOURCES AND SCHEDULING, AND RELATED METHOD AND SOFTWARE | MILLER, ALAN S | 3625 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19131710 | HEAT SHIELD WITH RECESSED DUAL-EXPANSION NOZZLE, AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME | FORD, RENE D | 3741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 18732857 | Augmented Aerospike Nozzle, Engine Including the Augmented Aerospike Nozzle, and Vehicle Including the Engine | THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT | 3741 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
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