Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Axon Enterprise Inc.

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Axon Enterprise Inc. has 13 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 13 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units, indicating complete examiner dispersion with repeated activity in some technical groups.

JANSEN II, MICHAEL J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner accounts for a repeated concentration, so the principal recurring structure is at the art-unit level rather than the examiner level.

The difference between examiner and art-unit coverage suggests that several transportation and mechanical matters share technical groupings while proceeding before different examiners. Counsel should coordinate claim themes and disclosures across those groups while tailoring responses to each examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

4
Hard (33%)
8
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (50%)
§102 only2 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
2
Communications
17% of docket
3
Semiconductors
25% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COOPER, JOHN 1 79.5% +17.7%
TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 1 77.8% +11.4%
WEBER, JONATHAN C 1 64.7% +28.3%
KHALID, OMER 1 66.9% +22.8%
CAMBY, RICHARD M 1 89.2% +6.5%
BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 1 82.7% +13.1%
SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK 1 72.7% +30.0%
MEHARI, YEMANE 1 89.3% +6.5%
ALAM, FAYYAZ 1 83.4% +11.2%
NOOR, TUBBA 1 — —

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19045397 Systems and Methods for a Housing Equipment for a Security Vehicle CAMBY, RICHARD M —
18886154 SERIAL ELECTRODE DEPLOYMENT FOR CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPON MEHARI, YEMANE —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19261863 MECHANISMS FOR MAGAZINE LOCK AND RELEASE TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S —
19042875 DETECTING MAGAZINE TYPES USING MAGNETS BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN —
18810457 EVENT-BASED RESPONDER DISPATCH ALAM, FAYYAZ —
18362929 WAVEFORM FOR LOW VOLTAGE CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPON HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L —

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
19312518 MAGAZINE IMPACT ABSORBER FOR A PROJECTILE LAUNCHER COOPER, JOHN —
19261863 MECHANISMS FOR MAGAZINE LOCK AND RELEASE TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S —
19178552 FLASHBANG CARTRIDGE FOR A PROJECTILE LAUNCHER WEBER, JONATHAN C —
19176310 COILED CONNECTING CABLE FOR RECORDING DEVICES KHALID, OMER —
19042875 DETECTING MAGAZINE TYPES USING MAGNETS BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN —
18875600 GENERATING VIDEO DATA FOR SIMULATING HUMAN PERCEPTION SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK —
18810457 EVENT-BASED RESPONDER DISPATCH ALAM, FAYYAZ —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3641 4
2838 3
2422 1
3661 1
2616 1
2646 1
4100 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19312518 MAGAZINE IMPACT ABSORBER FOR A PROJECTILE LAUNCHER COOPER, JOHN 3641 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2025
19261863 MECHANISMS FOR MAGAZINE LOCK AND RELEASE TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 3641 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 07, 2025
19178552 FLASHBANG CARTRIDGE FOR A PROJECTILE LAUNCHER WEBER, JONATHAN C 3641 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2025
19176310 COILED CONNECTING CABLE FOR RECORDING DEVICES KHALID, OMER 2422 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2025
19045397 Systems and Methods for a Housing Equipment for a Security Vehicle CAMBY, RICHARD M 3661 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 04, 2025
19042875 DETECTING MAGAZINE TYPES USING MAGNETS BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
18875600 GENERATING VIDEO DATA FOR SIMULATING HUMAN PERCEPTION SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK 2616 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18886154 SERIAL ELECTRODE DEPLOYMENT FOR CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPON MEHARI, YEMANE 2838 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18810457 EVENT-BASED RESPONDER DISPATCH ALAM, FAYYAZ 2646 §102§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Aug 20, 2024
18756337 VISUAL INDICATION OF SOFTWARE UPDATE IN A CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPON NOOR, TUBBA 4100 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18749266 DISTRIBUTION MODULE FOR A PROPULSION MODULE OF A PROJECTILE LAUNCHER ABDOSH, SAMIR 3641 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18362929 WAVEFORM FOR LOW VOLTAGE CONDUCTED ELECTRICAL WEAPON HAMMOND, CRYSTAL L 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Axon Enterprise Inc. have?

Axon Enterprise Inc. has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 12 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Axon Enterprise Inc. applications?

John Cooper has the most, with 1 of Axon Enterprise Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Axon Enterprise Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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