Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
49 pending office actions • 34 art units • 48 examiners • 0 of 49 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 133 patents granted in the last 365 days
Airbus Operations GmbH has 52 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The workload spans 50 distinct examiners and 35 distinct art units, indicating broad distribution across both individual examiner assignments and technical groupings.
DANGOL, ASHESH is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. That figure is small relative to the portfolio's overall examiner spread, so no single examiner appears to dominate the reported workload. Counsel may benefit from portfolio-level tracking for deadlines and recurring issues, supplemented by art-unit and examiner-specific review where matters are clustered.
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.
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.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 11 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 3 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 32 (65%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONZELL, PHILIP J | 2 | 78.6% | +12.3% |
| BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW | 1 | 90.5% | +6.4% |
| BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | 1 | 86.0% | +10.4% |
| HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 1 | 65.3% | +11.9% |
| SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 1 | 77.4% | +13.8% |
| MAHASE, PAMESHANAND | 1 | 72.2% | +24.5% |
| EPPS, TODD MICHAEL | 1 | 72.6% | +7.2% |
| MURPHY, KEVIN F | 1 | 67.9% | +27.9% |
| BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 1 | 77.0% | +20.7% |
| FANG-WU, JOHN HONG | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18910036 | HATCH LOCKING DEVICE, AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT HATCH AND AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 52d overdue |
| 18657965 | REMOVABLE T-DIVIDER | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 19d |
| 18762976 | AIRCRAFT WITH A POTABLE WATER SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION METHOD | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 22d |
| 19574614 | Installation Of Passenger Seats | BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW | — |
| 19407745 | PROTECTION FOR AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE | BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | — |
| 19401505 | OUTER SKIN OF AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE OR AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SECTION AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE OUTER SKIN OF AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE OR FUSELAGE SECTION | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | — |
| 19217028 | AIRCRAFT MONUMENT CONFIGURED AS AN AIRCRAFT GALLEY, METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT MONUMENT AND AIRCRAFT | MAHASE, PAMESHANAND | — |
| 19197018 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH BUFFER TANK FOR POTABLE WATER DELIVERY | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18762976 | AIRCRAFT WITH A POTABLE WATER SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION METHOD | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 22d |
| 19407745 | PROTECTION FOR AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE | BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | — |
| 19401505 | OUTER SKIN OF AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE OR AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SECTION AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE OUTER SKIN OF AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE OR FUSELAGE SECTION | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | — |
| 19291136 | HYDROGEN-POWERED AIRCRAFT WITH ANTENNA FOR SATELLITE INTERNET ACCESS | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | — |
| 19217028 | AIRCRAFT MONUMENT CONFIGURED AS AN AIRCRAFT GALLEY, METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT MONUMENT AND AIRCRAFT | MAHASE, PAMESHANAND | — |
| 19197018 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH BUFFER TANK FOR POTABLE WATER DELIVERY | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — |
| 19085660 | VAPOR CYCLE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT GALLEY UNIT, AIRCRAFT GALLEY AND AIRCRAFT | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| 18888986 | ADAPTABLE FIXATION INTERFACE FOR AN AIRCRAFT CABIN FLOOR | BONZELL, PHILIP J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 7 |
| 3753 | 3 |
| 3763 | 3 |
| 3762 | 3 |
| 3647 | 2 |
| 3675 | 2 |
| 2853 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2653 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19574614 | Installation Of Passenger Seats | BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2026 |
| 19407745 | PROTECTION FOR AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE | BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | 3642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2025 |
| 19401505 | OUTER SKIN OF AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE OR AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE SECTION AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE OUTER SKIN OF AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE OR FUSELAGE SECTION | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2025 |
| 19291136 | HYDROGEN-POWERED AIRCRAFT WITH ANTENNA FOR SATELLITE INTERNET ACCESS | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 3619 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19217028 | AIRCRAFT MONUMENT CONFIGURED AS AN AIRCRAFT GALLEY, METHOD OF OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT MONUMENT AND AIRCRAFT | MAHASE, PAMESHANAND | 3642 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19208112 | CLAMP FOR A CLAMPING A WIRE ON A PIPE, ASSOCIATED BREAK DETECTION ARRANGEMENT, FUEL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT AND METHOD OF CLAMPING A WIRE ON A PIPE | EPPS, TODD MICHAEL | 3632 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19197018 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH BUFFER TANK FOR POTABLE WATER DELIVERY | MURPHY, KEVIN F | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19085660 | VAPOR CYCLE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT GALLEY UNIT, AIRCRAFT GALLEY AND AIRCRAFT | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19063851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEECH-TO-TEXT CONVERSION OF PASSENGER ANNOUNCEMENTS ON BOARD OF AN AIRCRAFT | FANG-WU, JOHN HONG | 2653 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19048469 | METHOD AND REPAIR KIT FOR REPAIRING A SANDWICH STRUCTURE | BEHA, CAROLINE | 1748 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19045723 | FLOOR ASSEMBLY AND AIRCRAFT WITH MONOLITHIC FLOOR ELEMENT | ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA | 3642 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19045137 | MEASURING APPARATUS FOR MEASURING CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A FLUID, AND CLEANING METHOD | ZAKARIA, AKM | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19040497 | AIRCRAFT GALLEY COMPARTMENT, AIRCRAFT GALLEY SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT | XAVIER, VALENTINA | 3642 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19039544 | WATER TANK, AIRCRAFT CABIN TROLLEY, AIRCRAFT GALLEY AND AIRCRAFT | SULLENS, TAVIA L | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18978629 | TRANSMISSION WELDING APPARATUS AND WELDING METHOD | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1745 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18967083 | AIR ASSISTED PREPREG APPLICATION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | KENNEDY, TIMOTHY J | 1743 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18948848 | CARGO FLOOR ASSEMBLY FOR THE CARGO HOLD OF AN AIRCRAFT | LEMBO, AARON LLOYD | 3672 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18947933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENT WITH ROBOTIC SYSTEM MOUNTS HAVING ONE OR MORE END EFFECTORS POSITIONED SYMPATHETIC TO THE UNDERLYING MANUFACTURED ITEM | YOO, JUN S | 3726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18924648 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SURVEILLANCE OF A PASSENGER CABIN OF AN AIRCRAFT | VU, KHOA | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18921214 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR A MOVABLE CABIN CLASS DIVIDER | THOMPSON, KENNETH L | 3676 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18910036 | HATCH LOCKING DEVICE, AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT HATCH AND AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 3675 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 52d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18903568 | HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT WITH PRESSURE SETTING FUNCTION, USE THEREOF AND METHOD FOR OPERATION | NGUYEN, DUSTIN T | 3745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18894990 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR TESTING AN AIRCRAFT'S HYDRAULIC SYSTEM | BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. | 2853 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18888986 | ADAPTABLE FIXATION INTERFACE FOR AN AIRCRAFT CABIN FLOOR | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18826716 | HOT AIR DUCT FOR A BILGE AREA IN AN AIRCRAFT | ARANT, HARRY E | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18787420 | AIRCRAFT CABIN FLOOR ARRANGEMENT AND AIR DISTRIBUTION | TIGHE, DANA K | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18762976 | AIRCRAFT WITH A POTABLE WATER SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION METHOD | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18740081 | AIRCRAFT COOLING DEVICE | TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18734340 | PAINTING DEVICE HAVING A MOVABLE ROBOTIC ARM CARRYING A TOOL AND A MOVABLE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT CONNECTED BY AN UMBILICAL CONNECTION TO THE TOOL | THOMAS, BINU | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18678122 | LEAKAGE DETECTION | YOUNG, MONICA S | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18677207 | INDIVIDUAL AIR SUPPLY DUCT AND INDIVIDUAL AIR SUPPLY ASSEMBLY | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18673949 | VENTILATION DEVICE COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE AUTOMATICALLY CLOSING FLAP, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH VENTILATION DEVICE | GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18670775 | CRYOGENIC TANK WITH ACCESS OPENING, AND AIRCRAFT EQUIPPED THEREWITH | COLLINS, RAVEN | 3735 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18657965 | REMOVABLE T-DIVIDER | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 3634 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18654356 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND AIRCRAFT HAVING AN INERTING SYSTEM | MCNEIL, JENNIFER C | 1723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18619730 | HYDROGEN SUPPLY UNIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT, METHOD OF SUPPLYING LIQUID HYDROGEN IN AN AIRCRAFT, AND AIRCRAFT | GRAY, PAUL J | 3753 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18604791 | WATER SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ON-BOARD AN AIRCRAFT AND METHOD FOR HYGIENIC AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF SUCH SYSTEM | MCDERMOTT, JEANNIE | 1777 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18441117 | MANIFOLD PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL | BAKHTIARI, NIKI | 1722 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18425326 | METHOD OF AND ASSEMBLY FOR PRODUCING A FIBER PREFORM OR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE COMPONENT | DANIELS, MATTHEW J | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18532378 | METHOD FOR USING AN AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM IN A FUSELAGE | DANGOL, ASHESH | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18527571 | METHOD AND SYSEM FOR HUMIDIFYING AN AIR SUPPLY OF A FUEL CELL FOR AIRCRAFT | YUEN, JACKY | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18520217 | FLOOR SYSTEM FOR A CABIN OF A VEHICLE WITH FORM-FITTING FLOOR PANEL CONNECTION | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | 3635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18385675 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED PARTS BY USING FIBRE CONTAINING FILAMENT CONTROLLING ELASTICITY AND ELONGATION | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1700 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18475611 | SHUTDOWN SYSTEM AND METHOD | PHAM, CLINT V | 3663 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18468373 | FASTENING DEVICE FOR FASTENING A MECHANICAL ELEMENT WITH A SUPPORT STRUCTURE AS WELL AS FASTENING SYSTEM | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18246926 | METHOD FOR MAINTENANCE OF AN AIRCRAFT AIR CONDITIONING INSTALLATION, AND AIRCRAFT AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM | FABER, DAVID | 2172 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18198961 | PIPE FOR HEATING A CRYOGENIC LIQUEFIED GAS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | LIU, CHRIS Q | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18303289 | CABLE DRIVE FOR POSITIONING AN END EFFECTOR FOR WORKING ON A PART | SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 17863130 | START-UP PROCEDURE FOR A CURING METHOD, CURING METHOD, CURING SYSTEM AND CURING APPARATUS | MARINI, MATTHEW G | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAirbus Operations GmbH has 49 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 34 art units and 48 examiners.
Philip J Bonzell has the most, with 2 of Airbus Operations GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
