Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

GE Avio S.r.l.

15 pending office actions • 4 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

1
Overdue
1
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.

5
Hard (33%)
8
Medium (53%)
2
Easy (13%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (13%)
§103 only7 (47%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting only2 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
13% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
73% of docket
2
Business / Other
13% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 3 74.9% +64.3%
MALATEK, KATHERYN A 2 86.7% +42.9%
FISHER, WESLEY LE 1 82.2% +14.0%
CHAU, ALAIN 1 80.4% +26.0%
PILKINGTON, JAMES 1 70.2% +35.8%
MEILLER, SEAN V 1 75.9% +39.9%
CHOI, ALICIA M 1 79.6% +28.0%
KIM, CRAIG SANG 1 86.2% +9.9%
KIM, TAE JUN 1 63.9% +26.1%
GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1 59.7% +22.4%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19210641 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN GAS TURBINE PROPULSION CHAU, ALAIN
19180687 GAS TURBINE ENGINE MALATEK, KATHERYN A
19180421 GAS TURBINE ENGINE MALATEK, KATHERYN A
18777349 FUEL THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS KIM, CRAIG SANG

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19397143 HUB ASSEMBLY HAVING A PTICH LOCK SYSTEM FISHER, WESLEY LE
19192808 OIL BEARING PILKINGTON, JAMES
18923308 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CLASSIFY, REPORT, AND ADJUST BEHAVIOR VARIATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE FLEET CHOI, ALICIA M
18218672 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS OR METHODS FOR COMPRESSION OF MATERIAL BASED ON DETECTED TEMPERATURE DARNELL, BAILEIGH K
17988170 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TORQUE IN A TURBOMACHINE SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18640054 FUEL SYSTEMS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES KIM, TAE JUN 2d overdue
18990617 GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO MEILLER, SEAN V 5d
19397143 HUB ASSEMBLY HAVING A PTICH LOCK SYSTEM FISHER, WESLEY LE
19210641 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN GAS TURBINE PROPULSION CHAU, ALAIN
19192808 OIL BEARING PILKINGTON, JAMES
19180687 GAS TURBINE ENGINE MALATEK, KATHERYN A
19180421 GAS TURBINE ENGINE MALATEK, KATHERYN A
19059023 FLOW-METERING FUEL SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3741 9
1744 2
3745 1
3799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19397143 HUB ASSEMBLY HAVING A PTICH LOCK SYSTEM FISHER, WESLEY LE 3745 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2025
19210641 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PRODUCE HYDROGEN GAS TURBINE PROPULSION CHAU, ALAIN 3741 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2025
19192808 OIL BEARING PILKINGTON, JAMES §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2025
19180687 GAS TURBINE ENGINE MALATEK, KATHERYN A 3741 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2025
19180421 GAS TURBINE ENGINE MALATEK, KATHERYN A 3741 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2025
19059023 FLOW-METERING FUEL SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
18990617 GEARBOX ASSEMBLY WITH LUBRICANT EXTRACTION VOLUME RATIO MEILLER, SEAN V 3741 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Dec 20, 2024
18923308 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CLASSIFY, REPORT, AND ADJUST BEHAVIOR VARIATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MACHINE FLEET CHOI, ALICIA M §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18802001 AIRCRAFT SYSTEM HAVING A THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18777349 FUEL THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18777356 FUEL THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18640054 FUEL SYSTEMS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES KIM, TAE JUN 3799 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18218667 APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A COMPRESSIVE LOAD GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1744 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18218672 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS OR METHODS FOR COMPRESSION OF MATERIAL BASED ON DETECTED TEMPERATURE DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1744 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
17988170 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TORQUE IN A TURBOMACHINE SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 3741 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2022

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