Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 17, 2026

Autel Robotics Co., Ltd.

13 pending office actions • 13 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
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.

7
Hard (54%)
5
Medium (38%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only5 (38%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
23% of docket
4
Semiconductors
31% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
38% 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
BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 1 90.5% +6.4%
RHEE, ROY B 1 69.6% +23.1%
MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 1 78.3% +3.6%
BROSH, BENJAMIN J 1 73.3% +27.0%
RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL 1 72.9% +17.2%
JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 1 83.0% +16.9%
SUN, HAI TAO 1 73.5% +25.0%
YENTRAPATI, AVINASH 1 74.7% -4.3%
SINGH, GURBIR 1 70.3% +16.4%
KHAN, USMAN A 1 74.9% +11.7%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19392016 CONTROL METHOD BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW —
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 —
18648851 RADAR SPEED MEASUREMENT METHOD, RADAR, RADAR SPEED MEASUREMENT DEVICE JUSTICE, MICHAEL W —
18627605 TARGET LABELING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM SUN, HAI TAO —
18542595 EXTERNAL TRIPLE-FREQUENCY ANTENNA FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SINGH, GURBIR —
18535405 FOCUSING METHOD, FOCUSING DEVICE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE KHAN, USMAN A —

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
19004356 ANTI-SATURATION CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BASED ON LEAD CORRECTION RHEE, ROY B —
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 —
18648851 RADAR SPEED MEASUREMENT METHOD, RADAR, RADAR SPEED MEASUREMENT DEVICE JUSTICE, MICHAEL W —
18627605 TARGET LABELING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM SUN, HAI TAO —
18542595 EXTERNAL TRIPLE-FREQUENCY ANTENNA FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SINGH, GURBIR —
18535405 FOCUSING METHOD, FOCUSING DEVICE, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE KHAN, USMAN A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3647 1
3664 1
3662 1
3658 1
2834 1
3648 1
2616 1
2672 1
2845 1
2637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19392016 CONTROL METHOD BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SYSTEM BONNETTE, RODNEY ANDREW 3647 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2025
19004356 ANTI-SATURATION CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BASED ON LEAD CORRECTION RHEE, ROY B 3664 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 29, 2024
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
18648851 RADAR SPEED MEASUREMENT METHOD, RADAR, RADAR SPEED MEASUREMENT DEVICE JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 3648 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18627605 TARGET LABELING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM SUN, HAI TAO 2616 §103§112 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
18542595 EXTERNAL TRIPLE-FREQUENCY ANTENNA FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2023
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
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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