Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

65 pending office actions • 35 art units • 60 examiners • 0 of 65 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 253 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

65
Total Pending OAs
30
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
24
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 64 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

38
Overdue
1
Due this week
15
Due this month
7
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 64 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (38)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (7)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
55
Medium (85%)
6
Easy (9%)
4
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only52 (80%)
§102 only3 (5%)
§112 only6 (9%)
No statute on record4 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
19
Semiconductors
29% of docket
36
Mechanical / Eng
55% 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.

650 h
Manual time on pending OAs
130 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
227 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TIKU, SISAY G 2 91.4% +9.4%
ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 2 65.8% +18.2%
TIGHE, DANA K 2 75.7% +17.2%
LEE, GEOFFREY S 2 61.2% +19.0%
VAZQUEZ, ANA M 2 79.9% +17.5%
DANG, TINH 1 84.9% +7.9%
CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N 1 76.2% +21.5%
SULLENS, TAVIA L 1 49.5% +47.7%
SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 1 89.0% +16.6%
BUI, DUNG H 1 78.5% +24.7%

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
18791104 CONTROLLER SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 19d overdue
18753450 N-LEVEL QSW FCML BUCK CONVERTER TIKU, SISAY G 5d
18775252 CONTROLLER TIKU, SISAY G 15d
19091781 EPICYCLIC GEAR ASSEMBLY PLANETARY GEAR CARRIER DANG, TINH 22d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
17863138 AIR CYCLE MACHINE WITH INTEGRAL HEAT EXCHANGER VAZQUEZ, ANA M 231d overdue
18769955 CENTRIFUGAL WATER COLLECTOR WITH CONICAL WATER SCUPPER BUI, DUNG H 230d overdue
18356399 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE TURBINE ARRANGEMENT VAZQUEZ, ANA M 198d overdue
18238774 PISTON RINGS AND BARREL SLEEVES LEE, GEOFFREY S 127d overdue
18071226 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH LOW INLET PRESSURE TIGHE, DANA K 88d overdue
18791104 CONTROLLER SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 19d overdue
18797937 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING INTEGRATED VAPOR COMPRESSION SYSTEM AND THREE-WHEEL AIR CYCLE MACHINE SULLENS, TAVIA L 18d overdue
18479519 CABIN OCCUPANCY SENSOR FOR AIRCRAFT ECS TIGHE, DANA K 5d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 14
2838 7
3762 5
3745 3
3666 2
2846 2
2834 2
3746 2
2837 2
3655 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19091781 EPICYCLIC GEAR ASSEMBLY PLANETARY GEAR CARRIER DANG, TINH 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 26, 2025
18826852 AIRCRAFT POWER SYSTEM CHOWDHURI, SWARNA N 2836 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18797937 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING INTEGRATED VAPOR COMPRESSION SYSTEM AND THREE-WHEEL AIR CYCLE MACHINE SULLENS, TAVIA L 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18791104 CONTROLLER SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 3666 §112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18775252 CONTROLLER TIKU, SISAY G 2838 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 17, 2024
18769955 CENTRIFUGAL WATER COLLECTOR WITH CONICAL WATER SCUPPER BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 230d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2024
18762997 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED INTEGRAL SHAFT AND MOTOR ROTOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND TIE ROD FOR RAM AIR FAN BEEBE, JOSHUA R 3745 Other Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18761947 FORMATION OF CONVERSION COATING WITH ENHANCED ADHESION PROMOTION BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18758911 DETECTING POWER LINE DISCONTINUITIES TO PROTECT AGAINST ARC FAULTS PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R 2858 §112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18753450 N-LEVEL QSW FCML BUCK CONVERTER TIKU, SISAY G 2838 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 25, 2024
18748645 eROTOR LOCK FOR eVTOL LIFTERS PAUL, ANTONY M 2846 §112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18679718 BASE-TO-EMITTER VOLTAGE TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR TRANSISTOR INCLUDED IN SENSOR EXCITATION CIRCUIT COMBER, KEVIN J 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending May 31, 2024
18662195 UNIDIRECTIONAL THRUST AIR CYCLE MACHINE ARRANGEMENT WITH ASYMMETRIC THRUST BEARINGS MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending May 13, 2024
18661912 MOTOR RADIATOR SINGH, ALEXANDER A 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending May 13, 2024
18654550 RAM AIR FAN INCLUDING ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HEAT EXCHANGER INSERT LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending May 03, 2024
18652484 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT CONFIGURED WITH A TWO-PHASE TURBINE ENCASED WITH A COMPRESSOR AND COUPLED TO A MOTOR HAVING A SHAFT COUPLING OSWALD, KIRSTIN U 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18651078 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HEAT EXCHANGER LANE, DEVON 3763 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18644545 CONTOURED INLET MANIFOLD FOR SUBFREEZING HEAT EXCHANGER ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 24, 2024
18636538 STRATOSPHERIC BALLOON CAPSULE TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY CONTROL SYSTEM COMINGS, DANIEL C 3763 §112 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18596297 METHOD TO PROMOTE AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING SYSTEM FAULTS FROM LOWER SEVERITY TO HIGHER SEVERITY BASED ON FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE PARK, KYLE S 3666 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18442639 ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE TURBO GENERATOR ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024
18440150 BI-DIRECTIONAL POWER CONVERTER UTILIZING MOSFET SWITCHING ELEMENTS JACKSON, LAKAISHA 2838 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18433901 RADIATION-HARDENED MODULAR MULTIMODAL POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM BARNETT, JOEL 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18433825 RADIATION TOLERANT HIGH VOLTAGE AC TO LOW VOLTAGE DC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18428213 ADSORPTION BASED AIRCRAFT COOLANT SYSTEM DUKE, EMMANUEL E 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18419336 TANDEM DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY GASSEN, CHRISTOPHER J 2881 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 22, 2024
18408144 WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH BUILT-IN PIEZOELECTRIC BASED INTERFACES FOR WATER RECOVERY AND STERILIZATION VIBRATION MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18408261 PLANETARY REGOLITH DUST EXPULSION FROM SPACE SUITS USING PIEZOELECTRIC ASSEMBLY INDUCED VIBRATION RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I 1714 Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18520865 BURST MODE IN-RUSH CURRENT CONTROL FOR ACTIVE CURRENT LIMITER CIRCUIT FOR DC-DC CONVERTER RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O 2838 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18512538 AIR CONDITIONING AND VAPOR CYCLE SYSTEM MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18386819 HEAT EXCHANGER WITH STIFFENING TUBE CONNECTORS RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18496422 NUT DESIGN FOR ACTUATOR SYSTEM WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18491913 HEAT EXCHANGER WITH INTERNAL CROSS FLOW FINS DUONG, THO V 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18491909 HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEADER CONSTRUCTION JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18381737 PARALLEL ELECTROHYDRAULIC SERVO VALVE CONTROLLED ACTUATOR WITH FAILURE ACCOMMODATION QUANDT, MICHAEL M 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 141d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2023
18479519 CABIN OCCUPANCY SENSOR FOR AIRCRAFT ECS TIGHE, DANA K 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18464163 ACTUATOR FORMED OF THERMALLY ADAPTIVE MATERIAL AND A THERMOELECTRIC JUNCTION BUCK, LINDSEY A 1728 Non-Final OA 175d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18238774 PISTON RINGS AND BARREL SLEEVES LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §103 Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18453391 MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE ROTORS JOHNSON, ERIC 2834 §102 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18233520 GENERATOR SYSTEMS CHAN, KAWING 2846 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18363992 RECEPTACLE AND SYSTEMS FOR HUMAN WASTE COLLECTION AND CONTAINMENT DEERY, ERIN LEAH 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 138d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18228608 VALVE SYSTEMS PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18356336 LINEAR INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVE FOR A HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18356399 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE TURBINE ARRANGEMENT VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 198d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18219946 HOLDUP CAPACITOR CHARGING USING SINGLE SWITCH FORWARD CONVERTER GBLENDE, JEFFREY A 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 141d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18333598 CLEANING MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18204740 CONNECTING WINDINGS OF STATOR ASSEMBLY TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18202661 FLUID PUMP SYSTEMS LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending May 26, 2023
18321300 VARIABLE GEAR RATIO TRANSFER GEAR SET FOR ACTUATION SYSTEM ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18315857 HEAT EXCHANGER CORE LAYER ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 11, 2023
18130540 HEAT EXCHANGER COOLING SYSTEMS AND AUXILIARY POWER GENERATION ON LIQUID HYDROGEN-FUELED AIRCRAFTS RHEE, JANE J 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18184841 AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH NEGATIVE ION TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVED AIR QUALITY ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18181001 HYPERLOOP ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM SCHULT, ALLEN 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 09, 2023
18102488 SYSTEMS FOR COOLING EMERGENCY POWER UNITS RAYMOND, BRITTANY L 1722 Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 27, 2023
18071226 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH LOW INLET PRESSURE TIGHE, DANA K 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
17985262 EXTRAPLANETARY REMOTE RESCUE SYSTEM CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 180d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2022
17984426 COMPOSITE MAGNET CARRIER CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 3729 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2022
17963112 WASTE FLUID WATER RECOVERY SYSTEMS GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON 1779 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2022
17962306 EYE MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR DISTRESS MONITORING FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17953469 TOROIDAL INDUCTORS NGUYEN, TUYEN T 2837 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Sep 27, 2022
17952104 AEROSOL DETECTION SYSTEMS FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2022
17863138 AIR CYCLE MACHINE WITH INTEGRAL HEAT EXCHANGER VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 231d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2022
17838670 THERMAL STORAGE FOR HIGH LOAD SHORT DURATION COOLING ATKISSON, JIANYING CUI 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 295d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17746759 FLUID-COOLED ELECTRICAL COMPONENT GANDHI, JAYPRAKASH N 2835 §112 Non-Final OA 154d overdue Pending May 17, 2022
17690116 VEHICLE CABIN AIR TEMPERATURE CONTROL USING A PULSE WIDTH MODULATED THREE-WAY SOLENOID VALVE FAULKNER, RYAN L 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022

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