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Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
15 pending office actions • 1 client • 15 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dority & Manning, P.A. and Joby Elevate, Inc. focuses on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm has 28235 career applications and an 88.31 percent resolved allowance rate. There are 10 pending office actions. The firm averages 3.39 office actions per allowance.
The 10 pending office actions for Joby Elevate, Inc. are managed within the firm's 28235 career applications. The 88.31 percent allowance rate and 3.39 average office actions per allowance indicate the firm's track record for these transportation-related cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 1 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 4 (27%) |
| §103 only | 6 (40%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (13%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (7%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | 1 | 49.1% | +50.6% |
| WU, PAYSUN | 1 | 65.5% | +18.7% |
| WHALEN, MICHAEL F | 1 | 64.8% | +18.8% |
| LINHARDT, LAURA E | 1 | 68.8% | +21.2% |
| SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 1 | 45.5% | +14.5% |
| CODUROGLU, JALAL C | 1 | 85.8% | +7.4% |
| SU, STEPHANIE T | 1 | 67.1% | +29.4% |
| LOUIE, WAE LENNY | 1 | 84.8% | +7.8% |
| SINGLETARY, TYRONE E | 1 | 30.4% | +28.2% |
| KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 1 | 41.4% | +19.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19077954 | Vehicle Cabin Thermal Management System and Method | CODUROGLU, JALAL C | — |
| 19029089 | Network System Including Drones | LOUIE, WAE LENNY | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907029 | Vehicle Request Coordination System for Multi-Client Computing Ecosystem | KIRK, BRYAN J | 43d overdue |
| 19274244 | Systems and Methods for Seamless Feedback Between Aviation Services and Multimodal Transportation Services | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | — |
| 19207745 | Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Engine Torque Control System | LINHARDT, LAURA E | — |
| 19202878 | Contingency Planning | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | — |
| 19025209 | Efficient VTOL Resource Management in an Aviation Transport Network | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | — |
| 18891776 | Avionic System with Pseudolite-Based Positioning | ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029301 | Determining VTOL Departure Time in an Aviation Transport Network for Efficient Resource Management | SINGLETARY, TYRONE E | 28d |
| 19274244 | Systems and Methods for Seamless Feedback Between Aviation Services and Multimodal Transportation Services | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | — |
| 19263065 | Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Ground Control Station | WU, PAYSUN | — |
| 19246832 | Vehicle Autonomy Architecture | WHALEN, MICHAEL F | — |
| 19207745 | Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Engine Torque Control System | LINHARDT, LAURA E | — |
| 19202878 | Contingency Planning | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | — |
| 19051256 | Cloud Service Integration with Onboard Vehicle System | SU, STEPHANIE T | — |
| 19025209 | Efficient VTOL Resource Management in an Aviation Transport Network | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Joby Aero, Inc. | 15 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3661 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19274244 | Systems and Methods for Seamless Feedback Between Aviation Services and Multimodal Transportation Services | Joby Aero, Inc. | MANEJWALA, ISMAIL A | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 | |
| 19263065 | Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Ground Control Station | Joby Aero, Inc. | WU, PAYSUN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 | |
| 19246832 | Vehicle Autonomy Architecture | Joby Aero, Inc. | WHALEN, MICHAEL F | 3661 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19207745 | Unmanned Aircraft Control Using Engine Torque Control System | Joby Aero, Inc. | LINHARDT, LAURA E | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19202878 | Contingency Planning | Joby Aero, Inc. | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 3663 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2025 |
| 19077954 | Vehicle Cabin Thermal Management System and Method | Joby Aero, Inc. | CODUROGLU, JALAL C | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 | |
| 19051256 | Cloud Service Integration with Onboard Vehicle System | Joby Aero, Inc. | SU, STEPHANIE T | 3662 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19029089 | Network System Including Drones | Joby Aero, Inc. | LOUIE, WAE LENNY | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 | |
| 19029301 | Determining VTOL Departure Time in an Aviation Transport Network for Efficient Resource Management | Joby Aero, Inc. | SINGLETARY, TYRONE E | 3625 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025209 | Efficient VTOL Resource Management in an Aviation Transport Network | Joby Aero, Inc. | KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18972265 | System and Method for Yaw Moment Control | Joby Aero, Inc. | MIRZA, ADNAN M | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18907029 | Vehicle Request Coordination System for Multi-Client Computing Ecosystem | Joby Aero, Inc. | KIRK, BRYAN J | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18891776 | Avionic System with Pseudolite-Based Positioning | Joby Aero, Inc. | ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18403874 | Time Varying Loudness Prediction System | Joby Aero, Inc. | NGUYEN, STEVEN VU | 3668 | §103 | Final Rejection | 57d | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18449476 | Battery-Based Aircraft Performance and Operations | Joby Aero, Inc. | HINTON, HENRY R | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
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