Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
27 pending office actions • 17 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 71 patents granted in the last 365 days
Skydio Inc. maintains 25 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across 23 distinct examiners, which shows a high level of individual examiner engagement. The portfolio is also spread across 16 distinct art units relative to the 25 pending office actions, reflecting a broad technical scope within the company's mechanical and transportation filings.
DANA FERREN ARTIMEZ is the busiest examiner for the company, yet handles only 2 pending office actions. This low concentration relative to the total 25 pending actions indicates that the company's prosecution is highly decentralized. Almost every pending action is being reviewed by a different official, which may lead to a wide variety of prosecution experiences.
The presence of 16 distinct art units suggests that Skydio Inc. is pursuing patents across many different sub-specialties. With 23 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage a complex array of examiner preferences. This decentralized structure means that no individual examiner or art unit dominates the company's current patenting landscape.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (7%) |
| §103 only | 11 (41%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (30%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | 2 | 57.7% | +38.5% |
| SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 2 | 88.9% | +16.8% |
| GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 1 | 77.0% | +6.9% |
| BEAN, JARED C | 1 | 63.0% | +42.4% |
| LEWANDROSKI, SARA J | 1 | 81.0% | +9.0% |
| PICON-FELICIANO, ANA J | 1 | 69.7% | +20.9% |
| WHALEN, MICHAEL F | 1 | 64.8% | +18.8% |
| GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | 1 | 72.5% | +12.1% |
| BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL | 1 | 54.1% | +39.1% |
| BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | 1 | 86.0% | +10.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19296176 | Systems And Methods For Adjusting Flight Control Of An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | LEWANDROSKI, SARA J | — |
| 19090845 | METHODS OF USING BASE STATIONS CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | — |
| 18914894 | Systems And Methods For Controlling An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999396 | Variable Condition Motor Controller | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 10d overdue |
| 18318430 | Autonomous Operation Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 13d |
| 19328309 | Unmanned Aerial Image Capture Platform | GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | — |
| 19285228 | Distributed Map Generation for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | — |
| 19285220 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Determination | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | — |
| 19229145 | Multipoint Cable Cam System And Method | GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | — |
| 19028421 | MAP VIEW | KC, SAGAR | — |
| 18950694 | CONTOUR SCANNING WITH AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | KEUP, AIDAN JAMES | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18999396 | Variable Condition Motor Controller | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 10d overdue |
| 19317701 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Controller | BEAN, JARED C | — |
| 19285228 | Distributed Map Generation for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | — |
| 19285220 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Determination | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | — |
| 19274833 | Object Tracking By An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Visual Sensors | PICON-FELICIANO, ANA J | — |
| 19246129 | Task Management For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | WHALEN, MICHAEL F | — |
| 19229145 | Multipoint Cable Cam System And Method | GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | — |
| 19228430 | Security Key For Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3669 | 2 |
| 3661 | 2 |
| 3665 | 2 |
| 3666 | 2 |
| 2485 | 1 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 2666 | 1 |
| 3626 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19328309 | Unmanned Aerial Image Capture Platform | GADOMSKI, STEFAN J | 2485 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 19317701 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Controller | BEAN, JARED C | 3669 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19296176 | Systems And Methods For Adjusting Flight Control Of An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | LEWANDROSKI, SARA J | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19285228 | Distributed Map Generation for Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19285220 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Path Determination | ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19274833 | Object Tracking By An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Visual Sensors | PICON-FELICIANO, ANA J | 2482 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19246129 | Task Management For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | WHALEN, MICHAEL F | 3661 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19229145 | Multipoint Cable Cam System And Method | GORDON, MATHEW FRANKLIN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19228430 | Security Key For Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | BRADY III, PATRICK MICHAEL | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19090845 | METHODS OF USING BASE STATIONS CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES | BENEDIK, JUSTIN M | 3642 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19064197 | Autonomous Aerial Navigation In Low-Light And No-Light Conditions | ROBERSON, JASON R | 3669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19028421 | MAP VIEW | KC, SAGAR | — | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19010961 | Data Transfer Management For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | NGUYEN, LINH T | 2447 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18999396 | Variable Condition Motor Controller | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 3666 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18950694 | CONTOUR SCANNING WITH AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | KEUP, AIDAN JAMES | 2666 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18914894 | Systems And Methods For Controlling An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | SHAFI, MUHAMMAD | 3661 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18892296 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Semantic Understanding For Structure Inspection | CHEN, WENREN | 3626 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18776086 | Vision Systems For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL | 2896 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18767194 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Rooftop Inspection System | CASS, JEAN PAUL | 3666 | DP | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18762809 | Ground Control Point Center Determination | THIRUGNANAM, GANDHI | 2668 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18736099 | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Inspection System | TRAN, DALENA | 3657 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18409644 | Attachment Interface And Attachments For An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. | 3647 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18393887 | ADAPTIVE RATE GAIN CONTROLLER | FITZHARRIS, KATHERINE MARIE | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18318430 | Autonomous Operation Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 3658 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18124493 | Hybrid Link Adaptation For Improved Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communication | WASEL, SHIMA MOHAMED | 2475 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2023 |
| 18161024 | Computer-Implemented Symbolic Differentiation Using Chain Rule | WAJE, CARLO C | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2023 |
| 17738517 | LOCATION-BASED ASSET EFFICIENCY DETERMINATION | NGUYEN, KENNY | 2171 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2022 |
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