Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. manages a company patent portfolio focused on the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Data indicates that the portfolio contains 1 pending office action. This workload is assigned to the distinct examiner, which reflects a streamlined prosecution environment. This structure allows the applicant to maintain a consistent narrative across their pending claims.

The busiest examiner for this portfolio is GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH, who is currently overseeing the pending office action. As this examiner is the sole person reviewing the active applications, the prosecution strategy must be closely aligned with the feedback provided by GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH. The outcome of this single interaction will significantly influence the portfolio's immediate trajectory.

Prosecution is further centralized within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the technical subject matter is being evaluated by a specialized group within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. For a practitioner, the presence of only 1 distinct art unit simplifies the coordination of responses and ensures that the examination process remains predictable and focused.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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 (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 1 14.9% +17.3%

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
17034756 CONCISELY AND EFFICIENTLY RENDERING A USER INTERFACE FOR DISPARATE COMPLIANCE SUBJECTS GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17034756 CONCISELY AND EFFICIENTLY RENDERING A USER INTERFACE FOR DISPARATE COMPLIANCE SUBJECTS GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17034756 CONCISELY AND EFFICIENTLY RENDERING A USER INTERFACE FOR DISPARATE COMPLIANCE SUBJECTS GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 3624 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. have?

Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. applications?

Kristin Elizabeth Gavin has the most, with 1 of Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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