Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

AeroVironment, Inc.

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (29%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
No statute on record2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
29% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CURRY, CINDI M 1 84.3% +9.7%
BADAWI, MEDHAT 1 81.6% +12.9%
PALL, CHARLES J 1 54.7% +16.1%
BUI, ANDREW THANH 1 80.2% +11.1%
CHOWDHURY, NIGAR 1 68.8% +17.1%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.3%
VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E 1 72.8% +13.4%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18778531 GANGED SERVO FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BUI, ANDREW THANH 38d overdue
19245060 SLIDE ON WINGS AND SERVO CONTROL CURRY, CINDI M 56d

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
18778531 GANGED SERVO FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BUI, ANDREW THANH 38d overdue
17879405 CAMERA BALL TURRET HAVING HIGH BANDWIDTH DATA TRANSMISSION TO EXTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSOR VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E 38d overdue
19242206 SYSTEM FOR DETACHABLY COUPLING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITHIN A LAUNCH TUBE BADAWI, MEDHAT 24d overdue
18749050 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL DATA IMAGE TRANSMISSION CHOWDHURY, NIGAR 10d overdue
18895055 Method Of Managing A Fleet Of High Altitude Long Endurance Aircraft PALL, CHARLES J 4d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3642 2
3663 1
3745 1
2484 1
3664 1
2482 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19245060 SLIDE ON WINGS AND SERVO CONTROL CURRY, CINDI M 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 20, 2025
19242206 SYSTEM FOR DETACHABLY COUPLING AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE WITHIN A LAUNCH TUBE BADAWI, MEDHAT 3642 Other Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2025
18895055 Method Of Managing A Fleet Of High Altitude Long Endurance Aircraft PALL, CHARLES J 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18778531 GANGED SERVO FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BUI, ANDREW THANH 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2024
18749050 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITAL DATA IMAGE TRANSMISSION CHOWDHURY, NIGAR 2484 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18649927 UNMANNED AIRCRAFT TURN AND APPROACH SYSTEM PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 Other Non-Final OA 163d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
17879405 CAMERA BALL TURRET HAVING HIGH BANDWIDTH DATA TRANSMISSION TO EXTERNAL IMAGE PROCESSOR VAZQUEZ COLON, MARIA E 2482 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2022

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