Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP - Beta

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
§102 only1 (17%)

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
33% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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
BONZELL, PHILIP J 1 78.4% +11.9%
SHAAWAT, MUSSA A 1 76.3% +6.2%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.3%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 31.3% +20.3%
MULLINS, BURTON S 1 68.9% +1.1%
KENERLY, TERRANCE L 1 73.5% +15.3%

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

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
18657236 SYSTEM FOR PHASE OF FLIGHT RECOGNITION VIA MACHINE LEARNING SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 15d overdue
18143923 INTEGRATED ELECTRIC PROPULSION ASSEMBLY KENERLY, TERRANCE L 15d overdue

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BETA AIR, LLC 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28342
36421
36691
36641
36631

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 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2025
18968488 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWARM COMMUNICATION FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT FLEET BETA AIR, LLC SHAAWAT, MUSSA A 3669 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 04, 2024
18818791 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FLIGHT CONTROL FOR MANAGING ACTUATORS FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BETA AIR, LLC PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18657236 SYSTEM FOR PHASE OF FLIGHT RECOGNITION VIA MACHINE LEARNING BETA AIR, LLC SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending May 07, 2024
18635895 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A STATOR FOR AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT MOTOR BETA AIR, LLC MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18143923 INTEGRATED ELECTRIC PROPULSION ASSEMBLY BETA AIR, LLC KENERLY, TERRANCE L 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 05, 2023

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