Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Precision Approach LLC

Technology area: Networking & Security

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Precision Approach LLC has 1 pending office action currently active in the Networking & Security technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HANSELL JR., RICHARD A, who is responsible for 1 pending office action.

The data shows a prosecution profile where 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit manage the entirety of the company's pending workload. Because there is a single pending action, the focus is entirely on the Networking & Security sector. HANSELL JR., RICHARD A serves as the sole point of contact for the current examination process.

For the practitioner, this means that the strategy for the 1 pending office action must be tailored specifically to the tendencies of the assigned examiner. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical niche. With the workload assigned to HANSELL JR., RICHARD A, the outcome of this matter will define the current success of the portfolio in this technology area.

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

Portfolio Summary

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

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%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HANSELL JR., RICHARD A 1 77.0% +25.9%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18692959 SPEED AND LANDING ZONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HANSELL JR., RICHARD A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2486 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18692959 SPEED AND LANDING ZONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HANSELL JR., RICHARD A 2486 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Precision Approach LLC have?

Precision Approach LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Precision Approach LLC applications?

Richard A Hansell Jr. has the most, with 1 of Precision Approach LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Precision Approach LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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