Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Autel Robotics Co., Ltd.

15 pending office actions • 14 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

5
Hard (33%)
8
Medium (53%)
2
Easy (13%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only8 (53%)
§112 only2 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
7% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
20% of docket
6
Semiconductors
40% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 1 78.2% +6.2%
BROSH, BENJAMIN J 1 72.2% +27.4%
RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 1 73.3% +16.2%
STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV 1 71.4% -3.7%
SOTO, JANICE M 1 68.5% +13.8%
SUN, HAI TAO 1 73.6% +25.4%
YENTRAPATI, AVINASH 1 74.9% -4.7%
KHAN, USMAN A 1 74.9% +11.9%
KHAN, OMER S 1 55.0% +41.0%
BERHANU, SAMUEL 1 73.1% +14.4%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18215654 RADAR RANGING METHOD, RANGING RADAR, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE THEREOF HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 120d overdue
18761163 METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND POSITIONING INSPECTION TARGET AND STORAGE MEDIUM MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M
18759853 OUTER ROTOR MOTOR AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE APPARATUS RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL
18535405 FOCUSING METHOD, FOCUSING DEVICE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE KHAN, USMAN A
18206058 JOINT CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BHAT, ADITYA S

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18761113 PATROL TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BROSH, BENJAMIN J
18759853 OUTER ROTOR MOTOR AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE APPARATUS RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL
18636570 INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SOTO, JANICE M
18627605 TARGET LABELING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM SUN, HAI TAO
18535405 FOCUSING METHOD, FOCUSING DEVICE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE KHAN, USMAN A
18239659 ACCOMMODATION MECHANISM, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TRACKING DEVICE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM KHAN, OMER S
18452792 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CHARGING METHOD AND SYSTEM AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BERHANU, SAMUEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 1
3658 1
2834 1
2845 1
2855 1
2616 1
2672 1
2637 1
1785 1
3645 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18761163 METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND POSITIONING INSPECTION TARGET AND STORAGE MEDIUM MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 3662 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 01, 2024
18761113 PATROL TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM BROSH, BENJAMIN J 3658 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2024
18759853 OUTER ROTOR MOTOR AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE APPARATUS RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 2834 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2024
18666377 BASE STATION STOYTCHEV, MARIN STOYTCHEV 2845 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18636570 INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SOTO, JANICE M 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18627605 TARGET LABELING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM SUN, HAI TAO 2616 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 05, 2024
18622367 METHOD, APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETERMINING ALTERNATE LANDING AREA YENTRAPATI, AVINASH 2672 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18535405 FOCUSING METHOD, FOCUSING DEVICE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE KHAN, USMAN A 2637 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 11, 2023
18239659 ACCOMMODATION MECHANISM, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TRACKING DEVICE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TRACKING SYSTEM KHAN, OMER S 1785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2023
18452792 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE CHARGING METHOD AND SYSTEM AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BERHANU, SAMUEL §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 21, 2023
18215654 RADAR RANGING METHOD, RANGING RADAR, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE THEREOF HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 3645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18209459 METHOD FOR DETECTING LANDING OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE NIEVES FLORES, NEIT JOSAFAT 3664 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2023
18206058 JOINT CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BHAT, ADITYA S 2857 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2023
17938716 INERTIAL MEASUREMENT MODULE, SHOCK ABSORPTION SYSTEM, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE PARCO JR, RUBEN C 2853 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Oct 07, 2022
17650685 CHARGING MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHARGING BATTERIES DIRECTLY FROM POWER SOURCE WITHOUT CONVERTER SILVA, FRANK ALEXIS 2859 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Feb 11, 2022

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