Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Each matter is assigned to a different examiner and a different art unit, with 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units represented in the portfolio.

KITT, STEPHEN A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because no examiner handles more than that amount in the available data, prosecution planning should be organized by application and assigned examination group rather than by a dominant examiner relationship.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
§102 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KITT, STEPHEN A 1 54.7% +38.8%
WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1 62.1% +29.6%
CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 1 85.4% +21.8%

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
18156466 Repair of Aircraft Fan Blade CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE —

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
18594728 Spherical Fused Silica Compositions for Injection Molded Ceramic Cores and Methods of Making Parts Using Such Compositions WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL —

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
18805476 Interspacer KITT, STEPHEN A —
18594728 Spherical Fused Silica Compositions for Injection Molded Ceramic Cores and Methods of Making Parts Using Such Compositions WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL —
18156466 Repair of Aircraft Fan Blade CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1717 1
1742 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18805476 Interspacer KITT, STEPHEN A 1717 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18594728 Spherical Fused Silica Compositions for Injection Molded Ceramic Cores and Methods of Making Parts Using Such Compositions WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18156466 Repair of Aircraft Fan Blade CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE 3761 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 19, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC have?

Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC applications?

Stephen A Kitt has the most, with 1 of Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Chromalloy Gas Turbine LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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