Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Airbus Operations SAS

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (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%)
9
Medium (82%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (73%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only2 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
9% of docket
2
Information Tech
18% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
73% 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
ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 1 71.0% +27.5%
XAVIER, VALENTINA 1 74.8% +9.2%
HTAY, AYE SU MON 1 66.9% +28.5%
GORDON, ANNA L 1 72.8% +32.2%
MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 1 27.3% +32.9%
SU, STEPHANIE T 1 68.5% +29.9%
GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE 1 76.3% +27.6%
FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J 1 53.0% +38.1%
CONNOLLY, MARK A 1 82.0% +9.0%
APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 1 62.5% +42.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18524401 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VALIDATING A SET OF OPERATING PARAMETERS OF A MACHINE TOOL, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MILLING OPERATION CONNOLLY, MARK A 11d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18905585 METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A SIMPLIFIED REPRESENTATION OF OBSTACLES IN THE VICINITY OF AN AIRPORT MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 43d overdue

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
18976689 AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE REMOVABLE DEVICE FOR ABSORBING ENERGY BY COMPRESSION GORDON, ANNA L 73d overdue
18978817 PROPELLER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE BLADE HOLDING SYSTEM INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSE GROOVE HTAY, AYE SU MON 49d overdue
19059416 ADJUSTABLE FLOOR MODULE FOR A FUSELAGE PORTION OF AN AIRCRAFT, PARTICULARLY A NOSE CONE, AND METHOD FOR INCORPORATING SUCH A FLOOR MODULE ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 46d overdue
18905585 METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A SIMPLIFIED REPRESENTATION OF OBSTACLES IN THE VICINITY OF AN AIRPORT MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 43d overdue
18829430 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A SAFETY LEVEL OF A TRAJECTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT AND FOR GENERATING A CORRESPONDING ALERT SU, STEPHANIE T 42d overdue
18740660 AIRCRAFT WING GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE 31d overdue
18664644 HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR A COCKPIT OF AN AIRCRAFT FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J 15d
18328679 ELECTRICAL SUPPLY SYSTEM OF AN ELECTRICAL PROPULSION SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3642 4
3745 1
3663 1
3662 1
2174 1
2115 1
1725 1
3741 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19059416 ADJUSTABLE FLOOR MODULE FOR A FUSELAGE PORTION OF AN AIRCRAFT, PARTICULARLY A NOSE CONE, AND METHOD FOR INCORPORATING SUCH A FLOOR MODULE ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2025
19038860 AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE ENGINE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM WHICH HAS COPLANAR ANCHORING POINTS ON THE ENGINE XAVIER, VALENTINA 3642 §112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2025
18978817 PROPELLER COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE BLADE HOLDING SYSTEM INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE TRANSVERSE GROOVE HTAY, AYE SU MON 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2024
18976689 AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE REMOVABLE DEVICE FOR ABSORBING ENERGY BY COMPRESSION GORDON, ANNA L 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18905585 METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING A SIMPLIFIED REPRESENTATION OF OBSTACLES IN THE VICINITY OF AN AIRPORT MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2024
18829430 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A SAFETY LEVEL OF A TRAJECTORY OF AN AIRCRAFT AND FOR GENERATING A CORRESPONDING ALERT SU, STEPHANIE T 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2024
18740660 AIRCRAFT WING GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2024
18664644 HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR A COCKPIT OF AN AIRCRAFT FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J 2174 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 15, 2024
18524401 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VALIDATING A SET OF OPERATING PARAMETERS OF A MACHINE TOOL, IN PARTICULAR FOR A MILLING OPERATION CONNOLLY, MARK A 2115 §112 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18328679 ELECTRICAL SUPPLY SYSTEM OF AN ELECTRICAL PROPULSION SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT APPLEGATE, SARAH ARIMINTIA 1725 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 02, 2023
17991101 METHOD FOR MANAGING THE AMOUNTS OF POWER DRAWN FROM POWER UNITS OF THE PROPULSION UNITS OF AN AIRCRAFT AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 21, 2022

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