Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 18, 2026

Airbus Helicopters Deutschland GmbH

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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%)
6
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (86%)
§112 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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
SINAKI, ARFAN Y 1 78.9% +42.5%
BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 1 90.5% +6.4%
ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 1 69.9% +29.1%
FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 1 63.5% +73.6%
REPHANN, JUSTIN B 1 78.2% +24.4%
DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 1 72.3% +20.1%
WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1 43.7% +44.4%

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
19076068 HYBRID ELECTRICAL PROPULSION SYSTEM BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 22d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18808856 AIRCRAFT WITH A FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 80d overdue
18414810 STRUCTURALLY BONDED ARRANGEMENT WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 34d
19237204 EMERGENCY FLOTATION SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT WITH EMERGENCY FLOTATION SYSTEM SINAKI, ARFAN Y
18664418 BALL LOCK PIN WITH FAIL-SAFE LOCKING MECHANISM FERGUSON, MICHAEL P
18659865 ASSEMBLY WITH AN OPEN-DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM REPHANN, JUSTIN B
18414836 CARGO HOOK DEVICE DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3642 2
3647 1
3619 1
3634 1
1783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19237204 EMERGENCY FLOTATION SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT WITH EMERGENCY FLOTATION SYSTEM SINAKI, ARFAN Y 3642 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
19076068 HYBRID ELECTRICAL PROPULSION SYSTEM BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 11, 2025
18808856 AIRCRAFT WITH A FUEL STORAGE SYSTEM ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 3642 §103 Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2024
18664418 BALL LOCK PIN WITH FAIL-SAFE LOCKING MECHANISM FERGUSON, MICHAEL P 3619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2024
18659865 ASSEMBLY WITH AN OPEN-DOOR LOCKING SYSTEM REPHANN, JUSTIN B 3634 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2024
18414836 CARGO HOOK DEVICE DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2024
18414810 STRUCTURALLY BONDED ARRANGEMENT WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 17, 2024

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