Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

AeroVironment Inc.

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
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.

1
Overdue
0
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 (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DANGOL, ASHESH 1 69.7% +50.1%
GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N 1 82.8% +12.6%
MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G 1 81.7% +17.9%
CHOWDHURY, NIGAR 1 68.8% +17.3%
ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 1 45.0% +32.6%

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
18911436 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STARTING A SENSORLESS MOTOR MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G

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
18983665 Method and System For Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18749050 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL DATA IMAGE TRANSMISSION CHOWDHURY, NIGAR 10d overdue
19245040 FUSELAGE SPINE WITH MODULAR SECTIONS AND AERO SHELL DANGOL, ASHESH
18983665 Method and System For Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N
18911436 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STARTING A SENSORLESS MOTOR MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G
17688739 High Altitude, Long Endurance, Unmanned Aircraft and Methods of Operation Thereof ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3642 1
3745 1
2484 1
3669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19245040 FUSELAGE SPINE WITH MODULAR SECTIONS AND AERO SHELL DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 20, 2025
18983665 Method and System For Protecting a Rotatable Shaft of a Motor from Excessive Bending Moments GILLENWATERS, JACKSON N 3745 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18911436 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STARTING A SENSORLESS MOTOR MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18749050 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL DATA IMAGE TRANSMISSION CHOWDHURY, NIGAR 2484 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
17688739 High Altitude, Long Endurance, Unmanned Aircraft and Methods of Operation Thereof ALLEN, PAUL MCCARTHY 3669 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 07, 2022

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