Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kppb LLP (Relativity Space)

8 pending office actions • 1 client • 8 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 1 69.1% +50.5%
ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN 1 71.1% +28.1%
SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 1 78.4% +21.2%
GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE 1 77.7% +24.9%
MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 1 50.4% +39.7%
JANSSEN, REBECCA 1 60.5% +30.0%
FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN 1 36.6% +27.3%
BURNS, KRISTINA BABINSKI 1 72.2% +29.2%

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18146292 Methods and Apparatuses Related to Payload Launch Vehicles JANSSEN, REBECCA 80d overdue
19195615 Additively Manufactured Combustion Chambers, Manifold Structures and Hybrid Additive Processes Related Thereto HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 24d overdue
19000452 Manifolds for Use with Insertable or Installable Valves SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 8d overdue
18451688 Multiple Wire Additive Manufacturing MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 5d
18791284 Fluid Flushing Systems for Foreign Object Debris Amelioration, and Methods and Devices Related Thereto GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE 30d
17098588 CLOSED-LOOP PRELOAD FOR WIRE FEEDING BURNS, KRISTINA BABINSKI 39d
17544408 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING DEPOSITION RATES USING MULTIPLE FEED WIRES AND DEPOSITION FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN 57d
19190455 Multi-Diameter Wire Feeder ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN 84d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Relativity Space, Inc. 8

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37613
37261
37531
17141
37411
17331

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19195615 Additively Manufactured Combustion Chambers, Manifold Structures and Hybrid Additive Processes Related Thereto Relativity Space, Inc. HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2025
19190455 Multi-Diameter Wire Feeder Relativity Space, Inc. ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Apr 25, 2025
19000452 Manifolds for Use with Insertable or Installable Valves Relativity Space, Inc. SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2024
18791284 Fluid Flushing Systems for Foreign Object Debris Amelioration, and Methods and Devices Related Thereto Relativity Space, Inc. GOLIGHTLY, ERIC WAYNE 1714 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18451688 Multiple Wire Additive Manufacturing Relativity Space, Inc. MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18146292 Methods and Apparatuses Related to Payload Launch Vehicles Relativity Space, Inc. JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
17544408 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING DEPOSITION RATES USING MULTIPLE FEED WIRES AND DEPOSITION Relativity Space, Inc. FERDOUSI, FAHMIDA NMN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Dec 07, 2021
17098588 CLOSED-LOOP PRELOAD FOR WIRE FEEDING Relativity Space, Inc. BURNS, KRISTINA BABINSKI 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Nov 16, 2020

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