Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Airbus Helicopters

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

2
Hard (18%)
7
Medium (64%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (18%)
§103 only6 (55%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
82% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KHATIB, RAMI 1 77.5% +13.1%
RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE 1 76.9% +15.4%
MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 1 50.4% +39.7%
REITZ, MICHAEL K. 1 70.0% +5.8%
KNUDSON, ELLE ROSE 1 70.6% +45.5%
SUNG, GERALD LUTHER 1 79.6% +28.6%
KATCHEVES, BASIL S 1 72.3% +17.5%
DO, AN H 1 90.6% +6.8%
SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 1 44.7% +13.3%
HE, WEIMING 1 46.1% +13.0%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18608150 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE HEALTH OF A MECHANICAL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE BY USING THRESHOLDS THAT VARY DEPENDING ON OPERATING PARAMETERS OF THE SYSTEM KNUDSON, ELLE ROSE 12d
18509607 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBSTACLES WITH AN OBSTACLE SENSOR FOR A ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT DO, AN H 33d

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
17694745 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND MANAGING A SITUATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT HE, WEIMING 100d overdue
18442395 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENTERING AND EXITING AN ECONOMY OPERATING MODE FOR A TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT SUNG, GERALD LUTHER 4d overdue
18440038 WINDOW WITH A VENT WINDOW ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE KATCHEVES, BASIL S 8d
18608150 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE HEALTH OF A MECHANICAL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE BY USING THRESHOLDS THAT VARY DEPENDING ON OPERATING PARAMETERS OF THE SYSTEM KNUDSON, ELLE ROSE 12d
18918226 METHOD FOR MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A ROTORCRAFT POWER PLANT AND ASSOCIATED ROTORCRAFT RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE 14d
18950823 METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ENERGY LEVEL OF AN ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCE OF A HYBRID POWER PLANT FOR AN AIRCRAFT KHATIB, RAMI 22d
18135370 PATH ESTIMATOR FOR DRONE SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 29d
18888760 POWER PLANT PROVIDED WITH A TURBOSHAFT ENGINE AND AN ADAPTIVE STARTING CIRCUIT AND ADAPTIVE STARTING METHOD FOR A TURBOSHAFT ENGINE MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 84d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3741 3
3669 1
3666 1
3745 1
3667 1
3633 1
2853 1
3663 1
2611 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18950823 METHOD FOR MONITORING AN ENERGY LEVEL OF AN ELECTRICAL ENERGY SOURCE OF A HYBRID POWER PLANT FOR AN AIRCRAFT KHATIB, RAMI 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 18, 2024
18918226 METHOD FOR MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A ROTORCRAFT POWER PLANT AND ASSOCIATED ROTORCRAFT RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 17, 2024
18888760 POWER PLANT PROVIDED WITH A TURBOSHAFT ENGINE AND AN ADAPTIVE STARTING CIRCUIT AND ADAPTIVE STARTING METHOD FOR A TURBOSHAFT ENGINE MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 3741 §112 Final Rejection 84d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18744866 GROUND SERVICE DEVICE FOR SECURING ROTOR BLADES OF A ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT REITZ, MICHAEL K. 3745 §102 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18608150 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE HEALTH OF A MECHANICAL SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE BY USING THRESHOLDS THAT VARY DEPENDING ON OPERATING PARAMETERS OF THE SYSTEM KNUDSON, ELLE ROSE 3667 §101 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18442395 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENTERING AND EXITING AN ECONOMY OPERATING MODE FOR A TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT SUNG, GERALD LUTHER 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024
18440038 WINDOW WITH A VENT WINDOW ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE KATCHEVES, BASIL S 3633 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18509607 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBSTACLES WITH AN OBSTACLE SENSOR FOR A ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT DO, AN H 2853 §101 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18135370 PATH ESTIMATOR FOR DRONE SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 17, 2023
17694745 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING AND MANAGING A SITUATION IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF AN AIRCRAFT HE, WEIMING 2611 §103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2022
17447212 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING THE ENERGY SUPPLIED BY A HYBRID POWER PLANT FOR A ROTORCRAFT KRAMER, DEVON C 3741 §112 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2021

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