Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Airbus Operations GmbH

37 pending office actions • 26 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 146 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
2
Due this week
11
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (2)

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%)
34
Medium (92%)
3
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only31 (84%)
§102 only3 (8%)
§112 only3 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
5% of docket
29
Mechanical / Eng
78% 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.

370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
74 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
130 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 2 87.6% +7.4%
BONZELL, PHILIP J 2 78.4% +11.9%
BENEDIK, JUSTIN M 1 86.0% +10.3%
DANGOL, ASHESH 1 69.3% +48.1%
SANDERSON, JOSEPH W 1 77.6% +14.0%
SINAKI, ARFAN Y 1 79.4% +42.9%
GORDON, ANNA L 1 72.8% +32.2%
ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB 1 73.6% +33.2%
HOLLY, LEE A 1 75.0% +5.7%
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 1 78.9% +19.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19235944 FORWARD FAIRING, AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE, FLAP SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND AIRCRAFT BENEDIK, JUSTIN M 42d overdue
18646073 FUEL TANK FOR AN AIRCRAFT, FUSELAGE OF AN AIRCRAFT, AND AIRCRAFT ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 3d overdue
19068566 FLAT BULKHEADS, AN AIRCRAFT, AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING A FLAT BULKHEAD ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 55d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
19070167 AIRCRAFT SECTION HAVING A SIMPLIFIED RAPID DECOMPRESSION ARCHITECHTURE GORDON, ANNA L 51d overdue
19235944 FORWARD FAIRING, AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE, FLAP SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND AIRCRAFT BENEDIK, JUSTIN M 42d overdue
19098441 FAIRING WITH AIR INLET DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT, METHOD OF MAKING SAME, AND AIRCRAFT SINAKI, ARFAN Y 16d overdue
18922761 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A PUMP AND VALVE IN A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 12d
18762976 AIRCRAFT WITH A POTABLE WATER SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION METHOD BONZELL, PHILIP J 22d
19191544 ARCHITECTURE OF A HIGH-PRESSURE WATER SYSTEM ONBOARD AN AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 33d
18924664 EMERGENCY SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB 36d
19173472 WING FOR AN AIRCRAFT SANDERSON, JOSEPH W 40d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3642 7
3644 3
3675 2
3733 2
3723 2
3619 1
3664 1
3726 1
3753 1
1742 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19235944 FORWARD FAIRING, AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE, FLAP SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND AIRCRAFT BENEDIK, JUSTIN M 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2025
19191544 ARCHITECTURE OF A HIGH-PRESSURE WATER SYSTEM ONBOARD AN AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 28, 2025
19173472 WING FOR AN AIRCRAFT SANDERSON, JOSEPH W 3619 §112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Apr 08, 2025
19098441 FAIRING WITH AIR INLET DEVICE FOR AN AIRCRAFT, METHOD OF MAKING SAME, AND AIRCRAFT SINAKI, ARFAN Y 3642 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2025
19070167 AIRCRAFT SECTION HAVING A SIMPLIFIED RAPID DECOMPRESSION ARCHITECHTURE GORDON, ANNA L 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2025
19068566 FLAT BULKHEADS, AN AIRCRAFT, AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING A FLAT BULKHEAD ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Mar 03, 2025
18924664 EMERGENCY SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB 3664 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18924641 ATTACHMENT CLIP FOR FASTENING AN OBJECT ON A RAIL HOLLY, LEE A 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18922761 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A PUMP AND VALVE IN A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 22, 2024
18913403 METHOD AND TOOL SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPONENT FROM A FIBER-REINFORCED PLASTIC DANIELS, MATTHEW J 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18910036 HATCH LOCKING DEVICE, AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT HATCH AND AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT BROWN, EMILY GAIL 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18898840 LINER SEGMENT SYSTEM ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18882076 HYDRAULIC SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, SUCH AS AN AIRCRAFT COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 11, 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
18787441 AIRCRAFT FLOOR ARRANGEMENT WITH CUSTOMIZABLE LOAD-BEARING CAPABILITIES HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18787505 ASSEMBLY OF COMPONENTS TO BODIES HONG, SEAHEE 3723 §112 Final Rejection 61d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18762976 AIRCRAFT WITH A POTABLE WATER SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION METHOD BONZELL, PHILIP J 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18762798 AIRCRAFT WITH A POTABLE WATER SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION METHOD BONZELL, PHILIP J 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18755139 SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT CABIN AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AN AIRCRAFT CABIN THOMAS, COURTNEY D 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18740136 MOUNTING INTERFACE FOR TRUSSWORK MCMAHON, MATTHEW R 3678 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18734448 Bionic Structural Element with Integrated Functionality for a Passenger Cabin of an Aircraft, Interior Component for an Aircraft, and Aircraft GMOSER, WILLIAM L 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18677390 DISPLAY DEVICE, AIRCRAFT CABIN AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING AN AIRCRAFT CABIN UHL, LINDSAY JANE KILE 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18662432 DEVICE FOR TRANSFORMATION OF THERMAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 13, 2024
18657965 REMOVABLE T-DIVIDER RAMSEY, JEREMY C 3634 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 08, 2024
18646087 TANK WITH AT LEAST ONE ANTI-SLOSHING WALL ARRANGEMENT, AND AIRCRAFT WITH SUCH TANK CASTRIOTTA, JENNIFER 3733 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18646073 FUEL TANK FOR AN AIRCRAFT, FUSELAGE OF AN AIRCRAFT, AND AIRCRAFT ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 3644 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18620092 METHOD OF MAKING A WELD CONNECTION FOR A FLUID LINE, METHOD OF DISCONNECTING IT, WELDED FLUID LINE CONNECTION, AND MOUNTING TOOL STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18427330 ELASTIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH INTEGRATED THREE DIMENSIONAL REINFORCEMENT YE, XINWEN 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18421130 AIRCRAFT WITH AIRCRAFT SECTION YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 24, 2024
18533686 GALLEY WATER HEATING SYSTEM FOR HEATING THE WATER OF A WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT GALLEY AND AIRCRAFT WITH SUCH AN AIRCRAFT GALLEY BASICHAS, ALFRED 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18529324 ASSEMBLY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING AIRCRAFT SYSTEM COMPONENTS IN THE TRIANGLE REGION ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18527886 FASTENER DELIVERY SYSTEM OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI T 3651 §102 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18520217 FLOOR SYSTEM FOR A CABIN OF A VEHICLE WITH FORM-FITTING FLOOR PANEL CONNECTION LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18379294 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR MANUFACTURING A COMPOSITE PART SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T 1746 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Oct 12, 2023
18460896 BLIND RIVET, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING SEALED BLIND RIVET JOINTS FOURNET II, BRIAN PAUL 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18319663 LIGHTWEIGHT AND EFFICIENT BIPOLAR PLATE RASSOULI, LILI 1728 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 18, 2023
18194023 CABLE DRIVE FOR POSITIONING AN END EFFECTOR FOR WORKING ON A PART SNELTING, JONATHAN D 3652 §102 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023

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