Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
56 pending office actions • 28 art units • 52 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 142 patents granted in the last 365 days
Airbus Operations GmbH is managing 52 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 48 distinct examiners and 24 distinct art units, showing that the company's aerospace innovations are reviewed by a wide variety of USPTO personnel. The ratio of 52 actions to 48 examiners indicates very little examiner overlap.
SANDERSON, JOSEPH W is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 2 pending office actions. With 52 total pending office actions and 48 distinct examiners, the prosecution team must address many unique examiner perspectives. The involvement of 24 distinct art units suggests that the company's work is technically diverse, requiring the legal team to be familiar with the practices of two dozen different USPTO groups. This distribution requires a prosecution strategy that is highly adaptable to the different technical standards and examiner preferences found across 24 different art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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. 10 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 | 13 (23%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 38 (68%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 2 | 77.5% | +13.7% |
| DANGOL, ASHESH | 2 | 69.1% | +51.1% |
| SULLENS, TAVIA L | 2 | 50.0% | +46.6% |
| BONZELL, PHILIP J | 2 | 78.5% | +12.3% |
| BADAWI, MEDHAT | 1 | 81.5% | +12.6% |
| BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | 1 | 86.0% | +10.5% |
| HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 1 | 65.5% | +11.6% |
| SHUR, STEVEN JAMES | 1 | 64.4% | +33.1% |
| MAHASE, PAMESHANAND | 1 | 72.0% | +24.8% |
| MURPHY, KEVIN F | 1 | 67.8% | +27.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18670194 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPARS OR RIBS FOR AIRCRAFTS | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 147d overdue |
| 18910036 | HATCH LOCKING DEVICE, AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT HATCH AND AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT | BROWN, EMILY GAIL | 52d overdue |
| 18350918 | COMPOSITE PART MANUFACTURING METHOD | KIM, YUNJU | 16d |
| 18657965 | REMOVABLE T-DIVIDER | RAMSEY, JEREMY C | 19d |
| 18762976 | AIRCRAFT WITH A POTABLE WATER SYSTEM AND INSTALLATION METHOD | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 22d |
| 19173472 | WING FOR AN AIRCRAFT | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 40d |
| 19412033 | Kinematics Assembly For A High Lift Body, Support Station, High Lift Body Arrangement, As Well As Wing And Aircraft Comprising Same | BADAWI, MEDHAT | — |
| 19407745 | PROTECTION FOR AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE | BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | — |
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 |
| 19191544 | ARCHITECTURE OF A HIGH-PRESSURE WATER SYSTEM ONBOARD AN AIRCRAFT | DANGOL, ASHESH | 33d |
| 19173472 | WING FOR AN AIRCRAFT | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 40d |
| 19412033 | Kinematics Assembly For A High Lift Body, Support Station, High Lift Body Arrangement, As Well As Wing And Aircraft Comprising Same | BADAWI, MEDHAT | — |
| 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. | — |
| 19364078 | DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR DRIVING A MOVABLE FLOW DEVICE OF AN AIRCRAFT | SHUR, STEVEN JAMES | — |
| 19291136 | HYDROGEN-POWERED AIRCRAFT WITH ANTENNA FOR SATELLITE INTERNET ACCESS | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 8 |
| 3647 | 2 |
| 3619 | 2 |
| 3753 | 2 |
| 3675 | 2 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 3726 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19412033 | Kinematics Assembly For A High Lift Body, Support Station, High Lift Body Arrangement, As Well As Wing And Aircraft Comprising Same | BADAWI, MEDHAT | 3642 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2025 |
| 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 |
| 19364078 | DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR DRIVING A MOVABLE FLOW DEVICE OF AN AIRCRAFT | SHUR, STEVEN JAMES | 3647 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 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 |
| 19197018 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM WITH BUFFER TANK FOR POTABLE WATER DELIVERY | MURPHY, KEVIN F | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19191544 | ARCHITECTURE OF A HIGH-PRESSURE WATER SYSTEM ONBOARD AN AIRCRAFT | DANGOL, ASHESH | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19173472 | WING FOR AN AIRCRAFT | SANDERSON, JOSEPH W | 3619 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19085660 | VAPOR CYCLE REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, AIRCRAFT GALLEY UNIT, AIRCRAFT GALLEY AND AIRCRAFT | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19063824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING A DIMMABLE WINDOW PANEL, AS WELL AS AIRCRAFT OR SPACECRAFT | GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19063851 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPEECH-TO-TEXT CONVERSION OF PASSENGER ANNOUNCEMENTS ON BOARD OF AN AIRCRAFT | FANG-WU, JOHN HONG | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19050647 | UNIVERSAL AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEAT PLATFORM AND SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF INSTALLING AN AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEAT SYSTEM | SOLOMON, ASA FRANKLIN | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19045723 | FLOOR ASSEMBLY AND AIRCRAFT WITH MONOLITHIC FLOOR ELEMENT | ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA | 3642 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19039544 | WATER TANK, AIRCRAFT CABIN TROLLEY, AIRCRAFT GALLEY AND AIRCRAFT | SULLENS, TAVIA L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19039524 | AIRCRAFT CABIN TROLLEY, AIRCRAFT GALLEY ARRANGEMENT AND AIRCRAFT | SULLENS, TAVIA L | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 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 | — | §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 |
| 18924664 | EMERGENCY SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT | ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB | 3664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Oct 23, 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 | — | §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 |
| 18894990 | METHOD AND DEVICES FOR TESTING AN AIRCRAFT'S HYDRAULIC SYSTEM | BAHLS, JENNIFER E. S. | — | §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 |
| 18787420 | AIRCRAFT CABIN FLOOR ARRANGEMENT AND AIR DISTRIBUTION | TIGHE, DANA K | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18768690 | Single Flap Drive System For Decentralized Flap Architectures | ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | 3644 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 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 |
| 18751620 | PAINTING SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A PAINT BOOTH OF REDUCED CROSS SECTION | PENCE, JETHRO M | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 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 | — | §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 | — | §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 | — | §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 |
| 18662432 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFORMATION OF THERMAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY | RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | May 13, 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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18646050 | FASTENER BRACKET, FASTENER KIT, AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE AND METHODS | WONG, JOCK M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18626507 | METHOD FOR IN-SITU MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE LINER ON AN ELONGATED STRUCTURAL PART OF AN AIRCRAFT | PAGE, HANA C | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18619730 | HYDROGEN SUPPLY UNIT FOR AN AIRCRAFT, METHOD OF SUPPLYING LIQUID HYDROGEN IN AN AIRCRAFT, AND AIRCRAFT | GRAY, PAUL J | 3753 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | 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 | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18441117 | MANIFOLD PLATE FOR A FUEL CELL | MONDIE, AKIL JALIL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18539927 | DATA NETWORK AND METHOD FOR SCHEDULING DATA TRAFFIC IN DATA NETWORK | NGUYEN, LINH T | 2459 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 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 | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 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 |
| 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§112 | 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 |
| 18319663 | LIGHTWEIGHT AND EFFICIENT BIPOLAR PLATE | RASSOULI, LILI | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | 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 |
| 18976767 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE POSITION OF AN END EFFECTOR OF A MULTI-AXIS ROBOT AND SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD | WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW | 3658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18670194 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SPARS OR RIBS FOR AIRCRAFTS | SCHATZ, CHRISTOPHER T | 1746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 147d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18350918 | COMPOSITE PART MANUFACTURING METHOD | KIM, YUNJU | 1742 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
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