Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BAE Systems PLC

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

1
Hard (25%)
3
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (25%)
§103 only3 (75%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
50% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CULLER, JILL E 1 57.1% +13.8%
NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 1 67.4% +24.1%
KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE 1 76.0% +31.6%
STANLEY, TYLER JAY 1 39.1% +52.2%

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
18573019 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING DAMAGE OF AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE CULLER, JILL E 43d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18573019 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING DAMAGE OF AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE CULLER, JILL E 43d overdue
17802503 SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE STANLEY, TYLER JAY 31d overdue
18287833 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL DAMAGE OF AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 12d
18551381 TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE 22d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3611 2
2853 1
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18573019 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING DAMAGE OF AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE CULLER, JILL E 2853 §101 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18287833 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL DAMAGE OF AN ENDLESS TRACK OF A TRACKED VEHICLE NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18551381 TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE KNAUF, MORGAN MARIE 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 19, 2023
17802503 SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR A TRACKED VEHICLE STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2022

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