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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