Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 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%
DARNELL, BAILEIGH K 1 69.7% +27.0%

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
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
18218667 APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A COMPRESSIVE LOAD GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1744 §103 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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