Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Akona Ip - Bell

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Akona IP - Bell has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 1753 career applications. The profile shows a defined current docket alongside a substantial application history in the same technology area.

The resolved allowance rate is 83.66%, with an average of 2.65 office actions per allowance. The recorded outcome is favorable, while the action average indicates that allowance often follows multiple examination exchanges. This combination is relevant to both prosecution forecasting and response preparation.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1753 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

83.7%
Allowance Rate
n=1753
+0.18σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1753
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=819
-0.33σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=819
1173 days
Time to Allowance
n=819
-2.1pp
Interview Lift
n=1753
26.2%
RCE Rate
n=1753
0.7%
Appeal Rate
n=1753

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

55.6%
§101 Overcome
n=99
63.1%
§102 Overcome
n=643
60.7%
§103 Overcome
n=832
57.0%
§112 Overcome
n=384

Specialization & Scale

H01L, H10W, H10D
Top CPC Subclasses
46%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1753
0
Practitioners
n=1753
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=1753 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

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
17% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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
SHUR, STEVEN JAMES 2 64.4% +33.1%
NGUYEN, DANNY 1 90.1% +6.4%
ISLAM, SYED A 1 68.0% +22.2%
SEOL, DAVIN 1 67.6% +16.0%
PRUITT, JUSTIN A 1 62.0% +15.1%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18410872 GUIDED AUTONOMOUS LANDING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT SEOL, DAVIN 43d overdue
18678354 AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEAT AND HEADREST ISLAM, SYED A 55d
19021629 AIRCRAFT LIGHTNING AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS NGUYEN, DANNY —

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
17089131 ZONED CONTACT BUSHING PRUITT, JUSTIN A 168d overdue
18410872 GUIDED AUTONOMOUS LANDING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT SEOL, DAVIN 43d overdue
19055990 TILTING HEXROTOR AIRCRAFT SHUR, STEVEN JAMES 40d
18678354 AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEAT AND HEADREST ISLAM, SYED A 55d
18933072 Tilting Hexrotor Aircraft SHUR, STEVEN JAMES —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Textron 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36472
28381
36361
36621
37451

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19055990 TILTING HEXROTOR AIRCRAFT Textron Innovations Inc. SHUR, STEVEN JAMES 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Feb 18, 2025
19021629 AIRCRAFT LIGHTNING AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS Textron Innovations Inc. NGUYEN, DANNY 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
18933072 Tilting Hexrotor Aircraft Textron Innovations Inc. SHUR, STEVEN JAMES 3647 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18678354 AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SEAT AND HEADREST Textron Innovations Inc. ISLAM, SYED A 3636 §103§112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending May 30, 2024
18410872 GUIDED AUTONOMOUS LANDING SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT Textron Innovations Inc. SEOL, DAVIN 3662 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2024
17089131 ZONED CONTACT BUSHING BELL TEXTRON INC. PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Final Rejection 168d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Akona Ip - Bell's patent allowance rate?

83.7% of resolved applications prosecuted by Akona Ip - Bell were allowed, across 1,753 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Akona Ip - Bell average before allowance?

2.65 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Akona Ip - Bell have?

6 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 5 examiners in 5 art units.

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