Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Elta Systems Ltd.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Elta Systems Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 actions are spread across distinct examiners, indicating a distributed workload. HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action.

The portfolio is concentrated within 3 distinct art units. With 1 pending action for the busiest examiner, the remaining matters are handled by other individuals across the 3 units.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

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
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER 1 86.0% +11.2%
JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 1 83.3% +16.3%
BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A 1 86.3% +5.6%
ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 1 71.3% +13.6%
ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 1 79.0% +13.9%
WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 1 73.0% +18.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18983760 PATCH ANTENNA WITH HEAT DISSIPATION JUSTICE, MICHAEL W —
18721016 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADAR SYSTEM DEFENSE BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A —

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18279461 OPTICAL-ACOUSTIC SHOOTER DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION, INCLUDING RAPID-FIRE EVENTS AND SIMULTANEOUS EVENTS ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 61d
18991590 CALIBRATION OF AN OPTICALLY PUMPED MAGNETOMETER HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18341294 Technique for calibration of a phased array antenna ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 49d overdue
18254277 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FACILITATING EFFICIENCY OF A GROUP WHOSE MEMBERS ARE ON THE MOVE WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 14d
18279461 OPTICAL-ACOUSTIC SHOOTER DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION, INCLUDING RAPID-FIRE EVENTS AND SIMULTANEOUS EVENTS ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 61d
18991590 CALIBRATION OF AN OPTICALLY PUMPED MAGNETOMETER HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER —
18983760 PATCH ANTENNA WITH HEAT DISSIPATION JUSTICE, MICHAEL W —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3648 3
3645 2
2858 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18991590 CALIBRATION OF AN OPTICALLY PUMPED MAGNETOMETER HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER 2858 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2024
18983760 PATCH ANTENNA WITH HEAT DISSIPATION JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 3648 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18721016 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADAR SYSTEM DEFENSE BRAINARD, TIMOTHY A 3648 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18279461 OPTICAL-ACOUSTIC SHOOTER DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION, INCLUDING RAPID-FIRE EVENTS AND SIMULTANEOUS EVENTS ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 3645 §101§103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18341294 Technique for calibration of a phased array antenna ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18254277 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FACILITATING EFFICIENCY OF A GROUP WHOSE MEMBERS ARE ON THE MOVE WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD 3645 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 24, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Elta Systems Ltd. have?

Elta Systems Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Elta Systems Ltd. applications?

Farhana Akhter Hoque has the most, with 1 of Elta Systems Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Elta Systems Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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