Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Rockwell Collins Inc.

46 pending office actions • 37 art units • 42 examiners • 0 of 46 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 127 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

46
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
14
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 46 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

36
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
4
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. 46 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (36)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (4)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.

1
Hard (2%)
44
Medium (96%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only39 (85%)
§102 only5 (11%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
2% of docket
10
Information Tech
22% of docket
10
Communications
22% of docket
4
Semiconductors
9% of docket
21
Mechanical / Eng
46% 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.

460 h
Manual time on pending OAs
92 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
161 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN 3 61.5% +59.4%
MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 2 71.4% +30.1%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 2 31.3% +20.3%
ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 1 58.8% +21.7%
BUI, HUNG S 1 87.3% +10.2%
LIANG, HONGYE 1 62.5% +54.8%
LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL 1 62.5% +75.0%
KALHORI, DAN F 1 100.0% +0.0%
HUYNH, THANG GIA 1 75.0% +53.3%
INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 1 68.4% +36.6%

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
18808211 MODULAR SYSTEM CHASSIS AND METHOD BUI, HUNG S 26d
18627911 METHODS AND COMPUTATIONAL PIPELINE FOR FLIGHT SIMULATOR HOST SIGNAL CALIBRATION KALHORI, DAN F 35d

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
18427629 HUMAN ERROR PREDICTION, DETECTION, AND ALERTING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) HULL, JAMES B 79d overdue

Interview Candidates (13)

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
17385152 FLIGHT PATH INSPECTION DISPLAY SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 273d overdue
18793565 NAVIGATION ASSURANCE IN GPS DENIED ENVIRONMENTS LIANG, HONGYE 98d overdue
18531449 ROAAS RUNWAY ALIGNMENT INDICATIONS ON AIRPORT MOVING MAP SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 56d overdue
18619612 INSPECTION OF MICROELECTRONICS USING NEURAL NETWORK HUYNH, THANG GIA 52d overdue
18440707 GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) AGNOSTIC MULTINODE TIMING (GAMT) SYSTEM AND METHOD MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 44d overdue
18614298 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CABIN CONFIGURATION PRESETS DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN 30d overdue
18615270 CONTEXT AWARE NOTICES TO AIR MISSIONS AUTOMATION ALGORITHM INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 23d overdue
18742843 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO IDENTIFY MISMATCHED AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS ON AN INTEGRATED AVIONICS SYSTEM LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL 10d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3664 3
3669 3
3668 2
2653 2
3662 2
3648 2
3663 2
2841 1
2618 1
2611 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18830082 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRCRAFT OBSTACLE DETECTION ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 3668 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18808211 MODULAR SYSTEM CHASSIS AND METHOD BUI, HUNG S 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 19, 2024
18793565 NAVIGATION ASSURANCE IN GPS DENIED ENVIRONMENTS LIANG, HONGYE 3664 §103 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2024
18742843 NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING TO IDENTIFY MISMATCHED AIRCRAFT CONFIGURATIONS ON AN INTEGRATED AVIONICS SYSTEM LOWEN, NICHOLAS DANIEL 2653 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18678488 VISION SYSTEM BASED LANDING SYSTEM DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN 3669 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 30, 2024
18627911 METHODS AND COMPUTATIONAL PIPELINE FOR FLIGHT SIMULATOR HOST SIGNAL CALIBRATION KALHORI, DAN F 2618 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18619612 INSPECTION OF MICROELECTRONICS USING NEURAL NETWORK HUYNH, THANG GIA 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18615270 CONTEXT AWARE NOTICES TO AIR MISSIONS AUTOMATION ALGORITHM INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
18614298 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT CABIN CONFIGURATION PRESETS DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN 3669 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18611304 ENTROPY OF PUPIL DYNAMICS FOR ESTIMATING ATTENTION TUNNELING LI, JOHN DENNY 3798 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18593332 PILOT POSTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD TITCOMB, WILLIAM D 2178 §102 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18582229 METHOD FOR DYNAMIC RF DATALINK NETWORK MODELING AND MISSION EVALUATION ZHAO, YONGHONG 2472 §102 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Feb 20, 2024
18440438 OPERATIONAL REASONING SYSTEM AND METHOD ROTARU, OCTAVIAN 3624 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18440707 GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) AGNOSTIC MULTINODE TIMING (GAMT) SYSTEM AND METHOD MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18439027 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATMOSPHERIC AIR DENSITY ANOMALY SENSING USING REFRACTION JABR, FADEY S 3668 §103 Final Rejection 124d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18429722 METHOD FOR USE AND COMPENSATION OF A LINEAR ADAPTIVE RF FILTER TIMORY, KABIR A 2631 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18429067 MODULAR MULTIFUNCTIONAL AIR COMBAT MANEUVERABILITY INSTRUMENTATION (ACMI) CYBERSECURITY APPLIANCE ABDULLAH, SAAD AHMAD 2431 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18427629 HUMAN ERROR PREDICTION, DETECTION, AND ALERTING SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) HULL, JAMES B 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18416660 METHOD FOR DERIVATION OF SYNTHETIC AIR DATA BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING AND OPTIMAL STATE ESTIMATION HORNER, MINATO LEE 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18541615 AIRCRAFT DATALINK BASED ON A TERRESTRIAL TO LEO SATELLITE CELLULAR TRANSCEIVER AND ASSOCIATED SPECTRUM SANCHEZ, ANDRES RAFAEL 2645 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18531449 ROAAS RUNWAY ALIGNMENT INDICATIONS ON AIRPORT MOVING MAP SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023
18523095 TERRAIN DATABASE ADAPTIVE RESOLUTION METHOD RAAB, CHRISTOPHER J 2156 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18514503 ENABLING MM-WAVE AESAS USING ADVANCED PACKAGING BRADFORD, PETER 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18514600 INTERACTIVE STRATEGIC AND TACTICAL GUIDANCE SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT GROUND OPERATIONS CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18239297 SENSOR FUSION-BASED GCS FOR AESA RADAR VIA ADAPTIVE PATTERN NULL FORMING MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18235115 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROAAS USING AI/ML MODEL TO SET AUTO BRAKE VALVE KAN, YURI 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18234646 DOMAIN AGNOSTIC OPERATIONAL PLANNING SYSTEM AND METHOD CASTANEDA, IVAN ALEXANDER 2195 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18233087 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISPLAY VIEW OF AIRPORT MOVING MAP DEPICTING RUNWAY OVERRUN AWARENESS AND ALERTING SYSTEM (ROAAS)-BASED INDICATORS DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN 3669 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2023
18225936 SYSTEM FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION BY A REMOTE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM 2172 §103 Non-Final OA 176d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18217718 PUPIL DYNAMICS, POSE, AND PERFORMANCE FOR INFERRING INTENT JAMES, DOMINIQUE NICOLE 2666 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2023
18216911 PHYSIOLOGY BASED BIO-KINEMATICS MODELING FOR SEGMENTATION MODEL UNSUPERVISED FEEDBACK KRAYNAK, JACK PETER 2668 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18216236 EYE TRACKING, PHYSIOLOGY, FACIAL EXPRESSION, AND POSTURE TO MODULATE EXPRESSION TEJANI, ANKIT D 3796 Other Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2023
18200824 COMPOUND CURVE COMPONENT LAMINATION METHOD AND PRODUCT RIVERA, JOSHEL 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18199032 ASSISTED COMBINER BREAKAWAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PILOT SAFETY AND CERTIFICATION MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18140257 ADAPTIVE SCHEDULER FOR LOAD BALANCING OF UNPREDICTABLE, TIME-SENSITIVE REQUESTS FOR A SHARED RESOURCE LEE, ADAM 2198 §102 Final Rejection 56d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18136583 NEUROMORPHIC SENSORS FOR LOW-POWER WEARABLES HWANG, JINSU 2667 §103 Non-Final OA 203d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023
18133354 VISUAL INDICATION OF RUNWAY OVERRUN AWARENESS AND ALERTING SYSTEM STOPPING DISTANCES ROBINSON, KITO R 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2023
18186540 ACCELERATION BASED MASS SCALAR DETERMINATION BHAT, ADITYA S 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18111349 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING AND CONTROLLING NATIONALLY PROTECTED WARGAME TRAINING DATA FLOWS THROUGH A SHARED NETWORK LIN, SHERMAN L 2447 §103 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
18103683 RADIO RANGING FOR GPS-DENIED LANDING OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT NIEVES FLORES, NEIT JOSAFAT 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 216d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
18082962 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE BEYOND LINE OF SIGHT (BLOS) COMMUNICATIONS VIA EVAPORATION DUCT LE, LANA N 2648 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 16, 2022
17985430 MAGNIFIED UP/DOWN SCROLL AID BASOM, BLAINE T 2141 §103 Non-Final OA 163d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2022
17894890 Monitoring Operator Fatigue KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD 2653 §103 Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2022
17715494 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PILOT BIOMETRICS GOMES, SRISTI DIVINA 3791 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2022
17536972 MILITARY TRUSTED INTERWORKING FUNCTION TO INTEGRATE IP TACTICAL NODES INTO A 5G NETWORK SHOLEMAN, ABU S 2496 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2021
17385152 FLIGHT PATH INSPECTION DISPLAY SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 273d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2021

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