Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Bell Textron Inc.

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 1 68.3% +41.5%
PRUITT, JUSTIN A 1 62.6% +14.4%
DANGOL, ASHESH 1 69.7% +50.1%

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
18507978 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-MODAL HELICOPTER TRANSPORT BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17089131 ZONED CONTACT BUSHING PRUITT, JUSTIN A 168d overdue
16915002 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR CONVERTIBLE AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 78d overdue
18507978 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-MODAL HELICOPTER TRANSPORT BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3726 1
3745 1
3642 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18507978 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-MODAL HELICOPTER TRANSPORT BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 3726 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
17089131 ZONED CONTACT BUSHING PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Final Rejection 168d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2020
16915002 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM FOR CONVERTIBLE AIRCRAFT DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2020

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