Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Communications. The matters are assigned to 5 examiners across 4 art units, showing broad examiner distribution with some art-unit overlap.

MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. A portfolio review should compare the separate prosecution records for consistent claim language and recurring objections, while preserving responses tailored to each examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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 (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
40% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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
MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A 1 58.3% +26.0%
CASTIAUX, BRENT D 1 83.5% +15.0%
CADEAU, WEDNEL 1 71.6% +19.6%
LI, HELEN 1 69.1% +13.5%
CAI, JIAJIA JANIE 1 29.1% +20.7%

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
18721420 DISPLAY OF AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGES USING A VIRTUAL OPTICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM CASTIAUX, BRENT D 87d overdue

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
17437601 COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATION THEREOF CAI, JIAJIA JANIE 8d overdue
18293614 VEHICLE NAVIGATION COMBINING TRANSMITTED OBJECT LOCATION INFORMATION AND SENSOR-BASED RELATIVE OBJECT LOCATION INFORMATION LI, HELEN 26d

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
18721420 DISPLAY OF AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGES USING A VIRTUAL OPTICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM CASTIAUX, BRENT D 87d overdue
17437601 COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATION THEREOF CAI, JIAJIA JANIE 8d overdue
18293614 VEHICLE NAVIGATION COMBINING TRANSMITTED OBJECT LOCATION INFORMATION AND SENSOR-BASED RELATIVE OBJECT LOCATION INFORMATION LI, HELEN 26d
18998631 FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A —
18742076 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FAILURES IN A SAFETY COUPLING CADEAU, WEDNEL —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2623 1
2632 1
3665 1
1761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18998631 FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
18721420 DISPLAY OF AUGMENTED REALITY IMAGES USING A VIRTUAL OPTICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM CASTIAUX, BRENT D 2623 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18742076 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FAILURES IN A SAFETY COUPLING CADEAU, WEDNEL 2632 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18293614 VEHICLE NAVIGATION COMBINING TRANSMITTED OBJECT LOCATION INFORMATION AND SENSOR-BASED RELATIVE OBJECT LOCATION INFORMATION LI, HELEN 3665 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jan 30, 2024
17437601 COMPOSITE MATERIAL WITH ENHANCED THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATION THEREOF CAI, JIAJIA JANIE 1761 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. have?

Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. applications?

Timothy A Musselman has the most, with 1 of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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