Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Droneup LLC

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

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
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR 1 100.0% +0.0%
KIM, SANG K 1 81.4% +10.3%
ADAMS, GREGORY W 1 75.2% +23.8%
BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 1 88.2% +16.7%
MANSFIELD, THOMAS L 1 51.1% +33.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18400948 UNMANNED VEHICLE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED ROBOTIC INTERNAL PACKAGE TRANSFER AND METHODS OF USE BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 16d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18393368 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EFFICIENTLY NAVIGATE UNMANNED VEHICLES MANSFIELD, THOMAS L 9d
18441858 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO GRASP AND RELEASE PACKAGES AT AN UNMANNED VEHICLE MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR
18441875 AUTOMATIC GRASPER ALIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR AN UNMANNED VEHICLE KIM, SANG K

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
18393368 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EFFICIENTLY NAVIGATE UNMANNED VEHICLES MANSFIELD, THOMAS L 9d
18400948 UNMANNED VEHICLE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED ROBOTIC INTERNAL PACKAGE TRANSFER AND METHODS OF USE BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 16d
18441875 AUTOMATIC GRASPER ALIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR AN UNMANNED VEHICLE KIM, SANG K
18401015 MULTIPRONGED END EFFECTOR OF ROBOTIC ARM IN AN UNMANNED VEHICLE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL PACKAGE TRANSFER AND METHODS OF USE ADAMS, GREGORY W

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3652 2
3655 1
3624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18441858 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO GRASP AND RELEASE PACKAGES AT AN UNMANNED VEHICLE MOSCOSO, JUAN SALVADOR 3652 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18441875 AUTOMATIC GRASPER ALIGNMENT SYSTEM FOR AN UNMANNED VEHICLE KIM, SANG K §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18401015 MULTIPRONGED END EFFECTOR OF ROBOTIC ARM IN AN UNMANNED VEHICLE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR INTERNAL PACKAGE TRANSFER AND METHODS OF USE ADAMS, GREGORY W 3652 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18400948 UNMANNED VEHICLE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED ROBOTIC INTERNAL PACKAGE TRANSFER AND METHODS OF USE BROTHERS, LAURENCE RAPHAEL 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18393368 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EFFICIENTLY NAVIGATE UNMANNED VEHICLES MANSFIELD, THOMAS L 3624 §101§102 Final Rejection 9d Pending Dec 21, 2023

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