Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Skydio, Inc. AT Young Basile

10 pending office actions • 1 client • 10 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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%)
10
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (90%)
§102 only1 (10%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SINAKI, ARFAN Y 1 79.4% +42.9%
BUI, ANDREW THANH 1 80.2% +11.1%
SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 1 89.0% +16.6%
WASEL, MOHAMED A 1 90.0% +11.1%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.3%
CHEN, WENREN 1 13.5% +25.2%
HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 1 65.9% +11.3%
ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN 1 54.2% +37.8%
KUJUNDZIC, DINO 1 73.4% +28.1%
DEBNATH, NUPUR 1 65.9% +37.3%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18999396 Variable Condition Motor Controller SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 10d overdue
19012502 Self-Folding Propeller BUI, ANDREW THANH 2d overdue
18919714 Systems And Methods For Vehicle Guidance WASEL, MOHAMED A 2d overdue
18908214 Relative Image Capture Device Orientation Calibration PAIGE, TYLER D 30d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18892296 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Semantic Understanding For Structure Inspection CHEN, WENREN 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18533058 Automated Pre-Flight Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Inspection ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN 16d overdue
18999396 Variable Condition Motor Controller SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 10d overdue
18892296 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Semantic Understanding For Structure Inspection CHEN, WENREN 4d overdue
19012502 Self-Folding Propeller BUI, ANDREW THANH 2d overdue
18919714 Systems And Methods For Vehicle Guidance WASEL, MOHAMED A 2d overdue
18318430 Autonomous Operation Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles KUJUNDZIC, DINO 13d
18409644 Attachment Interface And Attachments For An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 19d
17400091 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREDICTED RISK FOR A FLIGHT PATH OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE DEBNATH, NUPUR 36d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Skydio, Inc. 10

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36421
37451
36661
24541
36641
36261
36471
36621
36581
21861

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19229596 Pedestals Configured To Support Base Stations For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Skydio, Inc. SINAKI, ARFAN Y 3642 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 05, 2025
19012502 Self-Folding Propeller Skydio, Inc. BUI, ANDREW THANH 3745 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2025
18999396 Variable Condition Motor Controller Skydio, Inc. SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2024
18919714 Systems And Methods For Vehicle Guidance Skydio, Inc. WASEL, MOHAMED A 2454 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2024
18908214 Relative Image Capture Device Orientation Calibration Skydio, Inc. PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Oct 07, 2024
18892296 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based Semantic Understanding For Structure Inspection Skydio, Inc. CHEN, WENREN 3626 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2024
18409644 Attachment Interface And Attachments For An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Skydio, Inc. HUTCHENS, CHRISTOPHER D. 3647 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18533058 Automated Pre-Flight Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Inspection Skydio, Inc. ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2023
18318430 Autonomous Operation Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Skydio, Inc. KUJUNDZIC, DINO 3658 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 16, 2023
17400091 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PREDICTED RISK FOR A FLIGHT PATH OF AN UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE Skydio, Inc. DEBNATH, NUPUR 2186 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Aug 11, 2021

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