Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP - Beta

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=29624 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.5%
Allowance Rate
n=29624
+0.62σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=29624
3.7
OAs to Allowance
n=18707
-0.02σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=18707
1087 days
Time to Allowance
n=18707
+9.7pp
Interview Lift
n=29624
32.0%
RCE Rate
n=29624
2.3%
Appeal Rate
n=29624

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.1%
§101 Overcome
n=3181
81.5%
§102 Overcome
n=8358
82.1%
§103 Overcome
n=13350
82.8%
§112 Overcome
n=8539

Specialization & Scale

G06F, A61K, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=29624
66
Practitioners
n=29624
448.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=29624

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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 (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

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
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BONZELL, PHILIP J 1 78.5% +12.0%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.4%
MULLINS, BURTON S 1 68.9% +1.6%
NGUYEN, MISA H 1 66.7% +11.1%
CHAN, KAWING 1 73.0% +12.3%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18818791 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FLIGHT CONTROL FOR MANAGING ACTUATORS FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PAIGE, TYLER D 8d overdue

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
19018764 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPULSOR CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BONZELL, PHILIP J 127d overdue
18635895 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT MOTOR MULLINS, BURTON S 31d overdue
18240573 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING BOUNDARIES OF A SIMULATION OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT NGUYEN, MISA H

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19018764 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROPULSOR CONTROL FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BONZELL, PHILIP J 127d overdue
18240573 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFINING BOUNDARIES OF A SIMULATION OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT NGUYEN, MISA H
18143862 DUAL-MOTOR PROPULSION ASSEMBLY CHAN, KAWING

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BETA AIR, LLC 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36421
36641
28341
36661
28461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
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
18635895 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT MOTOR BETA AIR, LLC MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 §103§112 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 15, 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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