Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP - BETA has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 30052 career applications. The broad application history contrasts with the smaller current docket reported for this technical area.
The resolved allowance rate is 87.43%, and the average is 3.67 office actions per allowance. The recorded results show a favorable allowance pattern, while the average indicates that several examination exchanges may precede allowance. This profile can inform counsel selection, but matter-level review remains important for the current docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (40%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 1 | 66.5% | +48.9% |
| BONZELL, PHILIP J | 1 | 78.6% | +12.3% |
| ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P | 1 | 81.9% | +0.7% |
| GUGGER, SEAN A | 1 | 64.9% | +23.2% |
| CHAN, KAWING | 1 | 73.5% | +11.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18902344 | MAGNETIC LOCKING SYSTEM OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT ROTOR AND METHODS THEREOF | ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19018764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPULSOR CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 127d overdue |
| 19095926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY TRACKING IN AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19018764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPULSOR CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 127d overdue |
| 19095926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY TRACKING IN AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | — |
| 18818800 | PROPULSOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | GUGGER, SEAN A | — |
| 18143862 | DUAL-MOTOR PROPULSION ASSEMBLY | CHAN, KAWING | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| BETA AIR, LLC | 5 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19095926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY TRACKING IN AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | BETA AIR, LLC | CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT | 3663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19018764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPULSOR CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | BETA AIR, LLC | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 127d overdue | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18902344 | MAGNETIC LOCKING SYSTEM OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT ROTOR AND METHODS THEREOF | BETA AIR, LLC | ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P | 3644 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18818800 | PROPULSOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | BETA AIR, LLC | GUGGER, SEAN A | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18143862 | DUAL-MOTOR PROPULSION ASSEMBLY | BETA AIR, LLC | CHAN, KAWING | 2846 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial87.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP - Beta were allowed, across 30,052 applications in USPTO records.
3.67 office actions per allowed application on average.
5 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 5 examiners in 5 art units.
