Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Airbus Helicopters

15 pending office actions • 11 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 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.

5
Hard (33%)
5
Medium (33%)
5
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only5 (33%)
§112 only5 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (27%)

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
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
2
Business / Other
13% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LANE, DANIEL E 1 4.0% +8.5%
CULLEN, TANNER L 1 71.3% +16.7%
SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA 1 78.1% +10.0%
RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 1 78.1% +14.9%
MORRIS, TAYLOR L 1 59.4% +35.6%
RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE 1 76.7% +20.0%
XAVIER, VALENTINA 1 74.7% +8.4%
MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 1 51.0% +39.6%
DOUNIS, LAERT 1 68.0% +21.0%
TRAN, TRAN M. 1 74.5% +23.7%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18440038 WINDOW WITH A VENT WINDOW ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE KATCHEVES, BASIL S 8d
19300532 ENGINE FAILURE TRAINING METHOD FOR A SINGLE-ENGINE ROTORCRAFT LANE, DANIEL E
19270867 METHOD FOR REACTIVATING A COMBUSTION ENGINE IN STANDBY MODE DURING AN ASYMMETRIC OPERATING MODE IN A MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT CULLEN, TANNER L
18442422 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FUEL CONSUMPTION MARGIN OF AN ENGINE IN RELATION TO A THEORETICAL CONSUMPTION NAFOOSHE, SAEEDE
18209545 DOUBLE-LOCKING HOOKING SYSTEM INTENDED FOR TRANSPORTING A LOAD OUTSIDE AN AIRCRAFT VU, STEPHEN A

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
18918226 METHOD FOR MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A ROTORCRAFT POWER PLANT AND ASSOCIATED ROTORCRAFT RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE 14d
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
19270867 METHOD FOR REACTIVATING A COMBUSTION ENGINE IN STANDBY MODE DURING AN ASYMMETRIC OPERATING MODE IN A MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT CULLEN, TANNER L
19179214 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA
18949233 MECHANICAL SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH MOVING MECHANICAL ELEMENTS, A MAGNETIC PLUG AND A LUBRICATION SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH MECHANICAL AND MAGNETIC FILTERS RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A
18944729 SEAT BEAM FOR A ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING SEAT POSTS OF A SEAT BENCH DEVICE MORRIS, TAYLOR L
18774374 SYSTEM HAVING A MECHANICAL CONNECTION DEVICE WITH TWO MECHANICAL TORQUE TRANSMISSION PATHS DOUNIS, LAERT
18774436 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING AN OPTICAL FIBER PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE BRAGG GRATING FOR MEASURING DYNAMIC DEFORMATION, AIRCRAFT AND METHOD TRAN, TRAN M.

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3741 3
3654 2
3715 1
3656 1
2628 1
3631 1
3666 1
3642 1
3746 1
4100 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19300532 ENGINE FAILURE TRAINING METHOD FOR A SINGLE-ENGINE ROTORCRAFT LANE, DANIEL E 3715 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2025
19270867 METHOD FOR REACTIVATING A COMBUSTION ENGINE IN STANDBY MODE DURING AN ASYMMETRIC OPERATING MODE IN A MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT CULLEN, TANNER L 3656 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2025
19179214 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN AIRCRAFT DISPLAY SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA 2628 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2025
18949233 MECHANICAL SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH MOVING MECHANICAL ELEMENTS, A MAGNETIC PLUG AND A LUBRICATION SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH MECHANICAL AND MAGNETIC FILTERS RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A 3654 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 15, 2024
18944729 SEAT BEAM FOR A ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT ADAPTED FOR RECEIVING SEAT POSTS OF A SEAT BENCH DEVICE MORRIS, TAYLOR L 3631 §112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 12, 2024
18918226 METHOD FOR MONITORING THE OPERATION OF A ROTORCRAFT POWER PLANT AND ASSOCIATED ROTORCRAFT RIOS-AGUIRRE, IZCALLI ANDRE 3666 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Oct 17, 2024
18914677 AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH A HEATING SYSTEM FOR A TURBOSHAFT ENGINE PLENUM XAVIER, VALENTINA 3642 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 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
18774374 SYSTEM HAVING A MECHANICAL CONNECTION DEVICE WITH TWO MECHANICAL TORQUE TRANSMISSION PATHS DOUNIS, LAERT 3746 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 16, 2024
18774436 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING AN OPTICAL FIBER PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE BRAGG GRATING FOR MEASURING DYNAMIC DEFORMATION, AIRCRAFT AND METHOD TRAN, TRAN M. §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2024
18442395 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENTERING AND EXITING AN ECONOMY OPERATING MODE FOR A TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT SUNG, GERALD LUTHER 3741 §112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024
18442422 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FUEL CONSUMPTION MARGIN OF AN ENGINE IN RELATION TO A THEORETICAL CONSUMPTION NAFOOSHE, SAEEDE 4100 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18440038 WINDOW WITH A VENT WINDOW ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE KATCHEVES, BASIL S 3633 §102§103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18209545 DOUBLE-LOCKING HOOKING SYSTEM INTENDED FOR TRANSPORTING A LOAD OUTSIDE AN AIRCRAFT VU, STEPHEN A 3654 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2023
17447212 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING THE ENERGY SUPPLIED BY A HYBRID POWER PLANT FOR A ROTORCRAFT KRAMER, DEVON C 3741 §112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2021

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