Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BAE Systems PLC

22 pending office actions • 16 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
4
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (4)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.

0
Hard (0%)
17
Medium (77%)
4
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (73%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only4 (18%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
14% of docket
3
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
9% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
64% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERGIN, JAMES S 2 79.3% +9.9%
WADDY JR, EDWARD 1 82.6% +23.1%
TRUONG, DENNIS 1 74.2% +27.4%
TIV, BACKHEAN 1 75.4% +20.3%
DUONG, DIEU HIEN 1 78.2% +17.0%
CHEUNG, CALVIN K 1 87.7% +8.3%
MIKELS, MATTHEW 1 80.8% +20.4%
ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 1 87.6% +7.4%
WONG, YUEN H 1 82.7% +31.9%
BEHA, CAROLINE 1 57.4% +25.0%

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
18720273 VEHICLE NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE WONG, YUEN H 79d overdue
18992478 DATA ERASURE SYSTEM WADDY JR, EDWARD 14d
18841142 SYSTEM INTEGRATION MIKELS, MATTHEW 14d
18841156 SYSTEM INTEGRATION CHEUNG, CALVIN K 34d
18838093 CAVITY ACOUSTIC TONES SUPPRESSION ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 41d

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
18720273 VEHICLE NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE WONG, YUEN H 79d overdue
18864264 DATA TRANSFER MANAGEMENT TIV, BACKHEAN 16d overdue
18868312 CONTROLLING AN AQUATIC VESSEL TRUONG, DENNIS 11d overdue
18992478 DATA ERASURE SYSTEM WADDY JR, EDWARD 14d
18841142 SYSTEM INTEGRATION MIKELS, MATTHEW 14d
18720364 HYBRID JOINT BEHA, CAROLINE 19d
18847873 RADIAL LINE SLOT ANTENNA ARRAYS DUONG, DIEU HIEN 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3641 3
3615 3
3785 3
2135 1
2152 1
2459 1
2845 1
3669 1
2876 1
3644 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19112053 RANGE EXTENSION DEVICE BERGIN, JAMES S 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 14, 2025
19102513 FUZE SYSTEM, MUNITION, AND METHOD BERGIN, JAMES S 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2025
18992478 DATA ERASURE SYSTEM WADDY JR, EDWARD 2135 §112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 08, 2025
18868312 CONTROLLING AN AQUATIC VESSEL TRUONG, DENNIS 2152 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2024
18864264 DATA TRANSFER MANAGEMENT TIV, BACKHEAN 2459 §112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2024
18847873 RADIAL LINE SLOT ANTENNA ARRAYS DUONG, DIEU HIEN 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 17, 2024
18841156 SYSTEM INTEGRATION CHEUNG, CALVIN K 3669 §112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18841142 SYSTEM INTEGRATION MIKELS, MATTHEW 2876 §102 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18838093 CAVITY ACOUSTIC TONES SUPPRESSION ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS 3644 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Aug 13, 2024
18720273 VEHICLE NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE WONG, YUEN H 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18720364 HYBRID JOINT BEHA, CAROLINE 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 14, 2024
18720336 VEHICLE NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 14, 2024
18563539 UNDERWATER CHARGING AVILA, STEPHEN P 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18563613 IMPROVED WATERCRAFT SYSTEM WIEST, ANTHONY D 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18563510 AN UNDERWATER VESSEL AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM VENNE, DANIEL V 3615 §112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18556190 ANTI TORPEDO SYSTEM WEBER, JONATHAN C 3641 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18262621 THERMAL BRIDGE GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 24, 2023
18256548 FLOW SYNTHESIS OF RDX O DELL, DAVID K 1621 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18252600 MARINE COATING COMPOSITION ALAWADI, SARAH 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending May 11, 2023
18247603 IMPROVEMENTS IN RESPIRATOR HOODS VO, TU A 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18006266 RESPIRATOR HAVING AN AIRFLOW NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA 3785 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Jan 20, 2023
18006273 IMPROVEMENTS IN AIR DELIVERY DEVICES SIPPEL, RACHEL T 3785 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jan 20, 2023

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