Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

AeroVironment Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

AeroVironment Inc. has 12 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Each action is associated with a distinct examiner, while the matters span 8 distinct art units. This indicates broad examiner distribution across a more limited set of technology classifications.

BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW is the busiest listed examiner, with 1 pending action. The reported data does not identify a recurring examiner assignment, so prosecution management should focus on individual matters and any shared art-unit considerations.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

6
Hard (50%)
5
Medium (42%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (17%)
§103 only5 (42%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (33%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
75% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 1 90.5% +6.4%
ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 1 58.5% +20.3%
DANGOL, ASHESH 1 69.6% +51.5%
CURRY, CINDI M 1 84.0% +10.3%
LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER 1 90.0% +14.3%
PHAM, ANNIE 1 90.0% +11.1%
KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 1 68.9% +20.2%
WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 1 82.2% +13.1%
HO, HUY C 1 77.6% +20.4%
PALL, CHARLES J 1 54.7% +18.5%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19022376 AD HOC DYNAMIC DATA LINK REPEATER WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19245060 SLIDE ON WINGS AND SERVO CONTROL CURRY, CINDI M 56d
19310380 Systems And Methods For Distributed Control Computing For A High Altitude Long Endurance Aircraft ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A —
19245040 FUSELAGE SPINE WITH MODULAR SECTIONS AND AERO SHELL DANGOL, ASHESH —
19029452 Methods and Systems for Cloud-Based Management of Images Captured by Aerial Vehicles LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER —
19029329 Voronoi Cropping of Images for Post Field Generation PHAM, ANNIE —
19019881 Multispectral Filters HO, HUY C —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18895055 Method Of Managing A Fleet Of High Altitude Long Endurance Aircraft PALL, CHARLES J 4d overdue
19245060 SLIDE ON WINGS AND SERVO CONTROL CURRY, CINDI M 56d
19310380 Systems And Methods For Distributed Control Computing For A High Altitude Long Endurance Aircraft ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A —
19245040 FUSELAGE SPINE WITH MODULAR SECTIONS AND AERO SHELL DANGOL, ASHESH —
19029452 Methods and Systems for Cloud-Based Management of Images Captured by Aerial Vehicles LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER —
19029329 Voronoi Cropping of Images for Post Field Generation PHAM, ANNIE —
19025202 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA —
19022376 AD HOC DYNAMIC DATA LINK REPEATER WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3642 3
3666 2
3647 1
3668 1
3665 1
2662 1
3663 1
2482 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19429552 RIB MOUNTING FLANGES FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 3647 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2025
19310380 Systems And Methods For Distributed Control Computing For A High Altitude Long Endurance Aircraft ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 3668 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2025
19245040 FUSELAGE SPINE WITH MODULAR SECTIONS AND AERO SHELL DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2025
19245060 SLIDE ON WINGS AND SERVO CONTROL CURRY, CINDI M 3642 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jun 20, 2025
19029452 Methods and Systems for Cloud-Based Management of Images Captured by Aerial Vehicles LANTZ, KARSTEN FOSTER 3665 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19029329 Voronoi Cropping of Images for Post Field Generation PHAM, ANNIE 2662 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19025202 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERY USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 3666 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19022376 AD HOC DYNAMIC DATA LINK REPEATER WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H 3642 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19019881 Multispectral Filters HO, HUY C — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18895055 Method Of Managing A Fleet Of High Altitude Long Endurance Aircraft PALL, CHARLES J 3663 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18107191 Methods and Systems for Energy-Efficient Take-Offs and Landings for Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Aerial Vehicles BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA 3666 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2023
17879405 CAMERA BALL TURRET HAVING HIGH BANDWIDTH DATA TRANSMISSION TO EXTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSOR VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E 2482 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does AeroVironment Inc. have?

AeroVironment Inc. has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 12 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most AeroVironment Inc. applications?

Rodney Andrew Bonnette has the most, with 1 of AeroVironment Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are AeroVironment Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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