Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Hornet Acquisitionco LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Hornet Acquisitionco LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units and involve 2 distinct examiners. GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Each of the 2 examiners is responsible for 1 of the 2 pending actions in the portfolio. The 2 distinct art units suggest that the company's innovations are reviewed by different specialized groups.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (100%)

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
2
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 1 56.4% +59.5%
ADAMS, NATHANIEL L 1 71.4% +20.6%

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19242738 GYROSCOPE ASSISTED HELICOPTER RESCUE LIFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 60d
18119089 CAPSTAN WITH INTEGRATED TORQUE LIMITING OVERLOAD CLUTCH ADAMS, NATHANIEL L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3673 1
3654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19242738 GYROSCOPE ASSISTED HELICOPTER RESCUE LIFT SYSTEMS AND METHODS GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Jun 18, 2025
18119089 CAPSTAN WITH INTEGRATED TORQUE LIMITING OVERLOAD CLUTCH ADAMS, NATHANIEL L 3654 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 2023

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