Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lilium Eaircraft GmbH

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 5 of 6 (83%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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%)
6
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
§102 only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
50% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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
RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 1 88.8% +9.7%
DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY 1 83.8% +10.5%
APICELLA, KARIE O 1 80.3% +12.4%
PRUITT, JUSTIN A 1 62.5% +14.8%
DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1 57.5% +17.0%
FEHR, JULIA MARIE 1 52.6% -22.9%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18494634 ROTOR FOR A DUCTED FAN ENGINE RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 445d overdue
18201416 BATTERY ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR USE IN AN ELECTRICAL PROPULSION VTOL AIRCRAFT, AND ELECTRICAL PROPULSION VTOL AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A BATTERY ASSEMBLY APICELLA, KARIE O 19d overdue
18381768 SELF-CONFIGURATION OF BUS NODES IN A BUS SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY 15d overdue

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18201416 BATTERY ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR USE IN AN ELECTRICAL PROPULSION VTOL AIRCRAFT, AND ELECTRICAL PROPULSION VTOL AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A BATTERY ASSEMBLY APICELLA, KARIE O 19d overdue
18381768 SELF-CONFIGURATION OF BUS NODES IN A BUS SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY 15d overdue
18188805 ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN DUCTED FAN ENGINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 21d
18112928 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH HEAT SPREADING LAYER, BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY EMPLOYING SUCH ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 21d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3745 2
1725 2
2184 1
1723 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18494634 ROTOR FOR A DUCTED FAN ENGINE RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 445d overdue AI Ready Oct 25, 2023
18381768 SELF-CONFIGURATION OF BUS NODES IN A BUS SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY 2184 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue AI Ready Oct 19, 2023
18201416 BATTERY ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR USE IN AN ELECTRICAL PROPULSION VTOL AIRCRAFT, AND ELECTRICAL PROPULSION VTOL AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH A BATTERY ASSEMBLY APICELLA, KARIE O 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue AI Ready May 24, 2023
18188805 ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN DUCTED FAN ENGINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 21d AI Ready Mar 23, 2023
18112928 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY WITH HEAT SPREADING LAYER, BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY EMPLOYING SUCH ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 21d AI Ready Feb 22, 2023
17670874 HYBRID ELECTRODE FEHR, JULIA MARIE 1725 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Feb 14, 2022

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