Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Wing Aviation LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

14 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Wing Aviation LLC has 15 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed across 13 examiners and 9 art units, indicating a broad examination footprint relative to the docket.

MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration suggests that examiner-specific coordination can address a small group, while most response planning should remain tailored to individual matters and art units.

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

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

7
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only4 (29%)
§102 only2 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (36%)

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
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
93% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 2 78.3% +5.8%
ANWARI, MACEEH 2 81.2% +5.9%
CONLON, MARISA V 1 41.2% +36.5%
PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 1 65.8% +15.3%
CASTRO, PAUL A 1 78.7% +21.4%
THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 1 40.9% +67.7%
BEAN, JARED C 1 62.3% +42.0%
HUANG, STEVEN 1 47.2% +36.8%
FANTU, YALKEW 1 80.2% +15.8%
LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 1 51.5% +16.8%

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
18819968 ABSOLUTE LOCALIZATION USING OPTICAL FLOW MAPS ANWARI, MACEEH —
18758145 Generating Power and Energy Predictions for Flight Paths ANWARI, MACEEH —
18428075 Structures for Mitigating Battery Charge Pad Degradations FANTU, YALKEW —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18779045 Methods and Systems for Deep Stall Control of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 62d
19352155 UAV Having Lower Cargo Bay Door(s) CONLON, MARISA V —
19200000 Machine-Learned Monocular Depth Estimation and Semantic Segmentation for 6-DOF Absolute Localization of a Delivery Drone MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M —
18955361 USING ASSET MAPS TO INFORM REAL-TIME MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR UAV NAVIGATION MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M —
18747228 EFFICIENTLY AND ACCURATELY MONITORING AGGREGATE CONFORMANCE WITH OPERATIONAL INTENTS FOR A FLEET OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES BEAN, JARED C —
18656557 Cleaning Structure for Payload Retrieval Apparatus HUANG, STEVEN —
18400530 Packaging for use with Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle GARFT, CHRISTOPHER —

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18426219 EFFICIENT ROUTE PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 43d overdue
18779045 Methods and Systems for Deep Stall Control of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 62d
19352155 UAV Having Lower Cargo Bay Door(s) CONLON, MARISA V —
19300880 Automatic Selection of Delivery Zones Using Survey Flight 3D Scene Reconstructions PETTIEGREW, TOYA R —
19016748 Payload-Release Device Position Tracking CASTRO, PAUL A —
18747228 EFFICIENTLY AND ACCURATELY MONITORING AGGREGATE CONFORMANCE WITH OPERATIONAL INTENTS FOR A FLEET OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES BEAN, JARED C —
18656557 Cleaning Structure for Payload Retrieval Apparatus HUANG, STEVEN —
18428075 Structures for Mitigating Battery Charge Pad Degradations FANTU, YALKEW —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 3
3663 3
3669 2
3643 1
3658 1
3665 1
3723 1
2859 1
3632 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19352155 UAV Having Lower Cargo Bay Door(s) CONLON, MARISA V 3643 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2025
19300880 Automatic Selection of Delivery Zones Using Survey Flight 3D Scene Reconstructions PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 3662 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2025
19200000 Machine-Learned Monocular Depth Estimation and Semantic Segmentation for 6-DOF Absolute Localization of a Delivery Drone MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 3662 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 06, 2025
19016748 Payload-Release Device Position Tracking CASTRO, PAUL A 3658 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18955361 USING ASSET MAPS TO INFORM REAL-TIME MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR UAV NAVIGATION MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 3662 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18819968 ABSOLUTE LOCALIZATION USING OPTICAL FLOW MAPS ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18779045 Methods and Systems for Deep Stall Control of Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 3665 §103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jul 21, 2024
18758145 Generating Power and Energy Predictions for Flight Paths ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18747228 EFFICIENTLY AND ACCURATELY MONITORING AGGREGATE CONFORMANCE WITH OPERATIONAL INTENTS FOR A FLEET OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES BEAN, JARED C 3669 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18656557 Cleaning Structure for Payload Retrieval Apparatus HUANG, STEVEN 3723 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 06, 2024
18428075 Structures for Mitigating Battery Charge Pad Degradations FANTU, YALKEW 2859 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18426219 EFFICIENT ROUTE PLANNING FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18400530 Packaging for use with Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2023
18210634 Curbside UAV Loading TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 15, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Wing Aviation LLC have?

Wing Aviation LLC has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 12 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Wing Aviation LLC applications?

Nikki Marie M Molina has the most, with 2 of Wing Aviation LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Wing Aviation LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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