Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Airbus Operations SAS

13 pending office actions • 11 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 113 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

1
Hard (8%)
11
Medium (85%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only10 (77%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
5
Semiconductors
38% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
54% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, SANG K 1 81.2% +10.3%
AMAR, MARC J 1 74.9% +38.3%
MORRIS, TAYLOR L 1 59.4% +35.7%
BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 1 82.5% +13.0%
PHILLIPS, FORREST M 1 83.3% +14.3%
MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 1 85.8% +14.0%
CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 1 64.9% +36.1%
KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 1 64.7% +15.8%
INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 1 68.4% +36.6%
RAEVIS, ROBERT R 1 83.2% +15.7%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18676035 ENHANCED INTERFACE FOR CHECKING AND NEUTRALIZING AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY LINE OF AN AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN INTERFACE MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 19d overdue
18533452 METHOD FOR ANALYZING A PART USING NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING WITH ULTRASONIC WAVES RAEVIS, ROBERT R 16d overdue
18755821 AIRCRAFT HAVING A SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING AN ELEMENT TO A FUSELAGE AND HAVING A LIGHTNING PROTECTION SCREEN BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 7d
18742140 ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION PANEL COMPRISING AN INDUCTION-BASED FROST TREATMENT SYSTEM, AIR INTAKE OF AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A PANEL PHILLIPS, FORREST M 22d
18971796 PROPULSION ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A FLUID-COOLING CIRCUIT WITH QUICK-FIT NACELLE/ENGINE COUPLINGS AND AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH SUCH AN ASSEMBLY KIM, SANG K 34d

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
18535224 Method And System For Assisting In The Avoidance Of An Incursion Onto A Runway By An Aircraft Taxiing On An Airfield KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 20d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18769028 SYSTEM FOR FIXING AN ELEMENT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH SYSTEM MORRIS, TAYLOR L 92d overdue
18644966 TANK COMPRISING INNER AND OUTER ENCLOSURES AND AT LEAST ONE DUCT PASSING THROUGH SAID ENCLOSURES AND FOLLOWING A CURVED TRAJECTORY BETWEEN SAID ENCLOSURES CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 70d overdue
18676035 ENHANCED INTERFACE FOR CHECKING AND NEUTRALIZING AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY LINE OF AN AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN INTERFACE MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 19d overdue
18533452 METHOD FOR ANALYZING A PART USING NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING WITH ULTRASONIC WAVES RAEVIS, ROBERT R 16d overdue
18755821 AIRCRAFT HAVING A SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING AN ELEMENT TO A FUSELAGE AND HAVING A LIGHTNING PROTECTION SCREEN BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 7d
18534966 Method And System For Assisting A Pilot Of An Aircraft When The Aircraft Is Taxiing On A Traffic Lane Of An Airport INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 16d
18535224 Method And System For Assisting In The Avoidance Of An Incursion Onto A Runway By An Aircraft Taxiing On An Airfield KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 20d
18742140 ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION PANEL COMPRISING AN INDUCTION-BASED FROST TREATMENT SYSTEM, AIR INTAKE OF AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A PANEL PHILLIPS, FORREST M 22d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3745 2
2855 2
3741 1
3631 1
2838 1
2837 1
2858 1
3733 1
3665 1
3662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18971796 PROPULSION ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A FLUID-COOLING CIRCUIT WITH QUICK-FIT NACELLE/ENGINE COUPLINGS AND AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH SUCH AN ASSEMBLY KIM, SANG K 3745 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18911368 PROPULSION ASSEMBLY INTENDED FOR AN AIRCRAFT AND HAVING A HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEM IN THE EXHAUST NOZZLE AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Oct 10, 2024
18769028 SYSTEM FOR FIXING AN ELEMENT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE SUCH SYSTEM MORRIS, TAYLOR L 3631 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18755821 AIRCRAFT HAVING A SYSTEM FOR ATTACHING AN ELEMENT TO A FUSELAGE AND HAVING A LIGHTNING PROTECTION SCREEN BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 27, 2024
18742140 ACOUSTIC ATTENUATION PANEL COMPRISING AN INDUCTION-BASED FROST TREATMENT SYSTEM, AIR INTAKE OF AN AIRCRAFT NACELLE AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A PANEL PHILLIPS, FORREST M 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18676035 ENHANCED INTERFACE FOR CHECKING AND NEUTRALIZING AN ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY LINE OF AN AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN INTERFACE MCANDREW, CHRISTOPHER P 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending May 28, 2024
18644966 TANK COMPRISING INNER AND OUTER ENCLOSURES AND AT LEAST ONE DUCT PASSING THROUGH SAID ENCLOSURES AND FOLLOWING A CURVED TRAJECTORY BETWEEN SAID ENCLOSURES CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J 3733 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18535224 Method And System For Assisting In The Avoidance Of An Incursion Onto A Runway By An Aircraft Taxiing On An Airfield KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 3665 §101 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 11, 2023
18534966 Method And System For Assisting A Pilot Of An Aircraft When The Aircraft Is Taxiing On A Traffic Lane Of An Airport INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Dec 11, 2023
18533452 METHOD FOR ANALYZING A PART USING NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING WITH ULTRASONIC WAVES RAEVIS, ROBERT R 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18376116 Aircraft Sound Diagnostic Method and Device GRAVES, TIMOTHY P 2855 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Oct 03, 2023
18314365 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD BY DEPOSITION OF MATERIAL UNDER FOCUSED ENERGY ENABLING PRODUCTION OF INTERSECTING RIBS AND RIBBED PART OBTAINED USING SAID METHOD WIBLIN, MATTHEW 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
17841125 METHOD FOR ASSISTING WITH THE POSITIONING OF A DRILL BIT FOR BORING A COMPONENT SHOEMAKER, ERIC JAMES 2664 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2022

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