Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BETA AIR, LLC

19 pending office actions • 10 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
19
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (84%)
§102 only3 (16%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
11% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
9
Semiconductors
47% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
42% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2 54.1% +24.6%
ROBBINS, JERRY D 2 69.9% +20.1%
BONZELL, PHILIP J 1 78.4% +11.9%
CODUROGLU, JALAL C 1 86.0% +6.5%
SHAAWAT, MUSSA A 1 76.3% +6.2%
SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 1 89.0% +16.6%
PARK, KYLE S 1 66.0% +33.2%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.3%
LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 1 76.6% +10.0%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 31.3% +20.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18827060 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING DEGRADATION OF A BATTERY FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 18d overdue
18818791 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FLIGHT CONTROL FOR MANAGING ACTUATORS FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PAIGE, TYLER D 8d overdue
19000116 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ELECTRIC VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEM CODUROGLU, JALAL C 26d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19018764 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPULSOR CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BONZELL, PHILIP J 127d overdue
18819155 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-FLIGHT RE-ROUTING OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PARK, KYLE S 104d overdue
17884011 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 49d overdue
18095875 RECHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS AND A METHOD OF ITS USE ROBBINS, JERRY D 37d overdue
18827060 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING DEGRADATION OF A BATTERY FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 18d overdue
18657236 SYSTEM FOR PHASE OF FLIGHT RECOGNITION VIA MACHINE LEARNING SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 15d overdue
18661279 MOTOR REBOOT AFTER SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 10d overdue
18096432 RECHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS AND A METHOD OF ITS USE ROBBINS, JERRY D 9d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2859 6
3666 2
3663 2
2834 2
1723 2
3642 1
3665 1
3669 1
3664 1
2846 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19018764 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPULSOR CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BONZELL, PHILIP J 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2025
19000116 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN ELECTRIC VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT BRAKING SYSTEM CODUROGLU, JALAL C 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18968488 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWARM COMMUNICATION FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT FLEET SHAAWAT, MUSSA A 3669 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 04, 2024
18827060 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING DEGRADATION OF A BATTERY FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18819155 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IN-FLIGHT RE-ROUTING OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PARK, KYLE S 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18818791 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FLIGHT CONTROL FOR MANAGING ACTUATORS FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18661279 MOTOR REBOOT AFTER SHUTDOWN IN FLIGHT LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S 2846 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18657236 SYSTEM FOR PHASE OF FLIGHT RECOGNITION VIA MACHINE LEARNING SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending May 07, 2024
18635895 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT MOTOR MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18633050 BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1723 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18516135 APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A RESOURCE REMAINING DATUM OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PALL, CHARLES J 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18206444 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2859 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18143923 INTEGRATED ELECTRIC PROPULSION ASSEMBLY KENERLY, TERRANCE L 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18096898 SYSTEM OF ENERGY ABSORPTION OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT IN A CRASH ZENG, LINGWEN R 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18096432 RECHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS AND A METHOD OF ITS USE ROBBINS, JERRY D 2859 §102 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
18095875 RECHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS AND A METHOD OF ITS USE ROBBINS, JERRY D 2859 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
18095266 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SUITABLE BATTERY PACK COMBINATION CONFIGURED FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 2859 §102 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jan 10, 2023
17884011 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022
17883870 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SHUTDOWN OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PORT IN RESPONSE TO A FAULT DETECTION HENZE, DAVID V 2859 §103 Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022

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