Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Johnson Controls Technology Company

9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

4
Hard (44%)
4
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (44%)
§103 only4 (44%)
§112 only1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
67% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BROWN, ANTHONY D 1 85.3% +15.2%
MOSER, BRUCE M 1 84.3% +20.1%
HARTMAN JR, RONALD D 1 89.6% +4.5%
DESAI, RACHNA SINGH 1 44.6% +27.6%
TANK, ANDREW L 1 68.0% +30.0%
NEAL, ALLISON MICHELLE 1 19.4% +28.4%
KONERU, SUJAY 1 58.3% +37.1%
FISHER, PAUL R 1 23.3% +24.1%
EYERS, DUSTIN D 1 57.7% +22.2%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18137712 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED CONTROL OF MULTIPLE COMPONENTS HARTMAN JR, RONALD D 27d
18886250 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SPACE GRAPHS INCLUDING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS BROWN, ANTHONY D 70d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17024404 USER EXPERIENCE SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING COMPLIANCE OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND HUMIDITY KONERU, SUJAY 28d
16719533 BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH PEER ANALYSIS FOR PREDICTIVE MODELS FISHER, PAUL R 28d
17059133 ENTERPRISE PLATFORM FOR ENHANCING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE NEAL, ALLISON MICHELLE 29d
16142758 WEB SERVICES FOR SMART ENTITY CREATION AND MAINTENANCE USING TIME SERIES DATA EYERS, DUSTIN D 40d
18228497 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH DECLARATIVE VIEWS OF TIMESERIES DATA MOSER, BRUCE M

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18107371 VIRTUAL MAINTENANCE MANAGER DESAI, RACHNA SINGH 14d
17024404 USER EXPERIENCE SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING COMPLIANCE OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND HUMIDITY KONERU, SUJAY 28d
16719533 BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH PEER ANALYSIS FOR PREDICTIVE MODELS FISHER, PAUL R 28d
17059133 ENTERPRISE PLATFORM FOR ENHANCING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE NEAL, ALLISON MICHELLE 29d
16142758 WEB SERVICES FOR SMART ENTITY CREATION AND MAINTENANCE USING TIME SERIES DATA EYERS, DUSTIN D 40d
18886250 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SPACE GRAPHS INCLUDING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS BROWN, ANTHONY D 70d
18228497 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH DECLARATIVE VIEWS OF TIMESERIES DATA MOSER, BRUCE M
18068959 BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL TANK, ANDREW L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2408 1
2154 1
2119 1
3992 1
2141 1
3625 1
3624 1
2498 1
2164 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18886250 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH SPACE GRAPHS INCLUDING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS BROWN, ANTHONY D 2408 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18228497 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH DECLARATIVE VIEWS OF TIMESERIES DATA MOSER, BRUCE M 2154 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2023
18137712 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED CONTROL OF MULTIPLE COMPONENTS HARTMAN JR, RONALD D 2119 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18107371 VIRTUAL MAINTENANCE MANAGER DESAI, RACHNA SINGH 3992 §112 Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18068959 BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED BUILDING INFORMATION MODEL TANK, ANDREW L 2141 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2022
17059133 ENTERPRISE PLATFORM FOR ENHANCING OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE NEAL, ALLISON MICHELLE 3625 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Nov 25, 2020
17024404 USER EXPERIENCE SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING COMPLIANCE OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND HUMIDITY KONERU, SUJAY 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 17, 2020
16719533 BUILDING CONTROL SYSTEM WITH PEER ANALYSIS FOR PREDICTIVE MODELS FISHER, PAUL R 2498 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 18, 2019
16142758 WEB SERVICES FOR SMART ENTITY CREATION AND MAINTENANCE USING TIME SERIES DATA EYERS, DUSTIN D 2164 §101 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 26, 2018

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