Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMANN LLP - BETA operates in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The firm has a career total of 29923 applications. There are 5 pending office actions currently, showing a small active docket in this specific sector.
The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 87.43 percent. This is achieved with an average of 3.68 office actions per allowance. This average suggests a prosecution process that involves several rounds of communication with the USPTO to secure patent rights. The 87.43 percent allowance rate indicates a strong track record of success across the firm's extensive portfolio. With only 5 pending actions in this category, the firm's current focus is on a few active matters. Practitioners can view the 3.68 average as a baseline for the effort required to achieve an allowance. The 29923 career applications underscore the firm's broad experience across multiple technology areas.
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.
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 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 | 78.5% | +12.3% |
| ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P | 1 | 82.2% | +0.5% |
| PAIGE, TYLER D | 1 | 91.0% | +8.6% |
| GUGGER, SEAN A | 1 | 64.9% | +23.0% |
| NGUYEN, MISA H | 1 | 68.0% | +9.8% |
| CHAN, KAWING | 1 | 73.3% | +12.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18818791 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FLIGHT CONTROL FOR MANAGING ACTUATORS FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | PAIGE, TYLER D | 8d overdue |
| 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 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 | — |
| 18240573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING BOUNDARIES OF A SIMULATION OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | NGUYEN, MISA H | — |
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 | 7 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3666 | 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 | §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 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 | |
| 18818791 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FLIGHT CONTROL FOR MANAGING ACTUATORS FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | BETA AIR, LLC | PAIGE, TYLER D | 3664 | DP | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18818800 | PROPULSOR ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | BETA AIR, LLC | GUGGER, SEAN A | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18240573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING BOUNDARIES OF A SIMULATION OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT | BETA AIR, LLC | NGUYEN, MISA H | 3666 | §101§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18143862 | DUAL-MOTOR PROPULSION ASSEMBLY | BETA AIR, LLC | CHAN, KAWING | 2846 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
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