Rtx Corporation

Portfolio Summary

74

Total Pending OAs

49

Non-Final OAs

16

Final Rejections

9

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 72 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

34

Overdue

2

Due this week

22

Due this month

11

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. 72 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (34)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (22)Due ≤ 60 days (11)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.

2

Hard (3%)

64

Medium (86%)

6

Easy (8%)

2

Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	2 (3%)
§103 only	63 (85%)
§102 only	1 (1%)
§112 only	6 (8%)
No statute on record	2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

11

Life Sciences

15% of docket

6

Information Tech

8% of docket

4

Communications

5% of docket

5

Semiconductors

7% of docket

48

Mechanical / Eng

65% 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.

740 h

Manual time on pending OAs

148 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

259 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

6.5 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
NG, HENRY	4	63.1%	+57.8%
NGUYEN, ANDREW H	3	75.1%	+42.5%
HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN	2	75.0%	+62.6%
GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL	2	69.8%	+46.4%
WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD	2	51.5%	+32.8%
KIM, TAE JUN	2	64.0%	+26.2%
KANG, EDWIN G	2	64.7%	+69.0%
AMAR, MARC J	2	74.9%	+38.3%
FISHER, WESLEY LE	1	82.1%	+14.2%
TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE	1	59.8%	+34.8%

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
19237498	VARIABLE THICKNESS COATING CONTROL	FISHER, WESLEY LE	19d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18492078	LOCATION-SPECIFIC PROBABILISTIC APPROACH FOR PREDICTION OF DEFECT FORMATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING	TRAN, VINCENT HUY	16d overdue
18655798	AUTOMATED ENGINE BLADE INSPECTION METHODS AND SYSTEM	CHAN, CAROL WANG	27d

Interview Candidates (21)

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18639359	GAS TURBINE ENGINE CONFIGURED FOR DECREASED DIFFUSER WINDAGE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME	NG, HENRY	52d overdue
18640938	MONITORING FUEL PHASE IN AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT FUEL SYSTEM	KIM, TAE JUN	46d overdue
18742742	FAN EXIT GUIDE VANE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRICS	GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL	22d overdue
19049484	THERMAL CONDITIONING ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE	NGUYEN, ANDREW H	16d overdue
19335646	Aircraft Heat Exchanger	NGUYEN, ANDREW H	15d overdue
19060427	SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DUAL-SPOOL POWER MANAGEMENT	NG, HENRY	11d overdue
19098295	BLADE VIBRATION MITIGATION OF INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTOR BY DAMPING ON DISK	GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL	8d overdue
17586326	HYBRID ELECTRIC SINGLE ENGINE DESCENT RESTART	AMAR, MARC J	8d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3741	22
3745	12
1754	2
3799	2
3725	2
1784	2
2855	2
2115	2
1744	1
3726	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19335646	Aircraft Heat Exchanger	NGUYEN, ANDREW H	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Sep 22, 2025
19238963	MANIFOLD MIXING FEATURE	HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	43d	Pending	Jun 16, 2025
19237498	VARIABLE THICKNESS COATING CONTROL	FISHER, WESLEY LE	3745	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Jun 13, 2025
19200932	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOLDED COATING ON CMC	TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE	1744	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	May 07, 2025
19098295	BLADE VIBRATION MITIGATION OF INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTOR BY DAMPING ON DISK	GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL	3745	§112	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Apr 02, 2025
19081842	SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FORMING TURBINE ENGINE ROTATING STRUCTURE	TRAVERS, MATTHEW P	3726	§103	Final Rejection	1d overdue	Pending	Mar 17, 2025
19065009	HYDROGEN TURBINE POWER ASSISTED CONDENSATION	MEILLER, SEAN V	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	35d overdue	Pending	Feb 27, 2025
19060427	SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DUAL-SPOOL POWER MANAGEMENT	NG, HENRY	3741	§103	Final Rejection	11d overdue	Pending	Feb 21, 2025
19049484	THERMAL CONDITIONING ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE	NGUYEN, ANDREW H	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Feb 10, 2025
19027137	FLEXIBLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A GEARED ARCHITECTURE GAS TURBINE ENGINE	FLORES, JUAN G	3745	Other	Final Rejection	46d	Pending	Jan 17, 2025
18973929	INTER-ROTATING ASSEMBLY POWER COUPLING SYSTEM FOR TURBINE ENGINE	PANG, ROGER L	3655	§102	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Dec 09, 2024
18919910	GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN COMPRESSOR	MEADE, LORNE EDWARD	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Oct 18, 2024
18920379	IN-FLIGHT MEASURED PROPULSION MASS FLOW AND THRUST ON AIRCRAFT	WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD	3745	§112	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Oct 18, 2024
18802099	BIFURACTING LAYUP FOR AIRFOIL RIB, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME	WANG, MICHAEL H	3642	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Aug 13, 2024
18794374	TURBINE BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE	MARIEN, ANDREW JAMES	3745	§103	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Aug 05, 2024
18785826	HEAT DISSIPATION CONTROL IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING	TENTONI, LEO B	1742	§103	Non-Final OA	5d	Pending	Jul 26, 2024
18774708	GEARBOX ARRANGEMENT FOR DUAL SPOOL ENGINE ACCESSORIES	SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Jul 16, 2024
18770803	CRYO-ASSISTED BOTTOMING CYCLE HEAT SOURCE SEQUENCING	NG, HENRY	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Jul 12, 2024
18771561	TWO PIECE HOLLOW-VANE ASSEMBLY CLEANING SYSTEM	RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I	1714	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Jul 12, 2024
18770780	CRYOGENIC ASSISTED BOTTOMING CYCLE	NG, HENRY	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Jul 12, 2024
18770950	FUEL CELL EXHAUST CONDENSATION WITH TURBOMACHINERY WATER AUGMENTATION USING CRYOGENIC BOTTOMING CYCLE	BURKE, THOMAS P	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Jul 12, 2024
18767185	DIFFUSER-TURBINE FLOW NETWORK	WONG, ELTON K	3745	§112	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Jul 09, 2024
18762512	TANDEM BLADE ROTOR DISK	HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH	3745	§103	Final Rejection	31d overdue	Pending	Jul 02, 2024
18755043	METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GRAIN MAPPING	LEE, SARAH YEO	2616	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Jun 26, 2024
18751501	OIL SYSTEM BREATHER CONFIGURATION TO CAPTURE OIL EMISSIONS	THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Jun 24, 2024
18743509	3-D LATTICE REINFORCED COMPOSITE WITH STRAIN LIMITER	THROWER, LARRY W	1754	§103	Non-Final OA	52d overdue	Pending	Jun 14, 2024
18742742	FAN EXIT GUIDE VANE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRICS	GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL	3745	§103	Non-Final OA	22d overdue	Pending	Jun 13, 2024
18668657	SUPPORT TOOL FOR CHANNEL FORMATION IN FIBER PREFORMS	WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE	3724	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	May 20, 2024
18655798	AUTOMATED ENGINE BLADE INSPECTION METHODS AND SYSTEM	CHAN, CAROL WANG	2672	§101	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	May 06, 2024
18652854	ONE WAY HIRTH TOOTH JOINT	SKROUPA, JOSHUA A	3678	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	May 02, 2024
18644803	SUPPORT RIB FOR AIRFOIL	WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD	3745	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Apr 24, 2024
18643622	THERMAL MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM	STANEK, KELSEY L	3741	Other	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Apr 23, 2024
18641795	NICKEL PHOSPHOROUS COATING	SEHN, MICHAEL L	3745	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Apr 22, 2024
18640938	MONITORING FUEL PHASE IN AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT FUEL SYSTEM	KIM, TAE JUN	3799	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Apr 19, 2024
18639359	GAS TURBINE ENGINE CONFIGURED FOR DECREASED DIFFUSER WINDAGE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME	NG, HENRY	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	52d overdue	Pending	Apr 18, 2024
18632945	METHODS FOR INDICATION CLASSIFICATION IN THERMAL ACOUSTIC IMAGING INSPECTION	MISTRY, ONEAL R	2674	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Apr 11, 2024
18629754	DIRECT DRIVE WITH ELECTRIC MACHINE INTEGRATED LOW SPOOL SHAFT FOR HYBRID ENGINE	BEEBE, JOSHUA R	3745	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Apr 08, 2024
18628194	CORES FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE COMPONENTS	WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN	1754	§103	Non-Final OA	22d overdue	Pending	Apr 05, 2024
18624579	MULTI-AXIS DEEP ROLLING TOOL FOR HOLLOW FAN BLADE COMPLEX EDGE BASE ENHANCING CORROSION RESISTANCE	KATCOFF, MATTHEW GORDON	3725	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Apr 02, 2024
18614808	THERMALLY INSULATING DETAIL FOR HIGH-TEMPERATURE POLYMER MATRIX APPLICATIONS	HORGER, KIM S.	1784	§103	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Mar 25, 2024
18600383	OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOYED ROVER	EYASSU, MARRIT	2855	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Mar 08, 2024
18591945	CUTTING TOOL SUPPORT FOR IN-SITU HOLE MANUFACTURING	LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN	3731	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Feb 29, 2024
18585249	OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM EMBEDDED IN AN INLET PROBE BODY	JENKINS, JERMAINE L	2855	§103	Non-Final OA	33d	Pending	Feb 23, 2024
18442808	LOCAL PART MASKING FOR IMPROVED UNIFORMITY IN CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES	CHEN, KEATH T	1716	§103	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Feb 15, 2024
18436625	COATINGS FOR TOOLING	COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A	1784	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Feb 08, 2024
18433561	OIL LUBRICATION FAN PERSUADER	PILKINGTON, JAMES	3617	§112	Non-Final OA	67d overdue	Pending	Feb 06, 2024
18424314	USE OF SACRIFICIAL SURFACE DURING DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION REPAIR PROCESS	STONER, KILEY SHAWN	1735	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	Pending	Jan 26, 2024
18422343	INTERMEDIATE CASE FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM HOUSING	KIM, TAE JUN	3799	§103	Final Rejection	27d	Pending	Jan 25, 2024
18418618	Modular FADEC Thermal Management	DUGER, JASON H	3741	§112	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Jan 22, 2024
18542099	HYBRID AIRCRAFT ENGINE WITH COMPRESSOR CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC MOTOR FAILURE	LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ	3663	§103	Final Rejection	70d	Pending	Dec 15, 2023
18542071	VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM	HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN	3741	§103	Final Rejection	69d	Pending	Dec 15, 2023
18538300	OPEN ROTOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH ANTI-ICING SYSTEM	IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU	3741	§103	Final Rejection	5d overdue	Pending	Dec 13, 2023
18538554	AUTOMATED BORESCOPE POSE ESTIMATION VIA VIRTUAL MODALITIES	YANG, JIANXUN	2662	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Dec 13, 2023
18510826	ROBOTIC DEEP ROLLING TOOL DESIGN FOR MECHANICAL SURFACE TREATMENT OF COMPLEX BLADE ROOT GEOMETRY	TOLAN, EDWARD THOMAS	3725	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Nov 16, 2023
18389096	AIRCRAFT ENGINE ENTRAINED PARTICLE SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD	NGUYEN, ANDREW H	3741	§103	Final Rejection	9d	Pending	Nov 13, 2023
18389208	COOLING NOZZLE VANES OF A TURBINE ENGINE	KANG, EDWIN G	3741	§103	Final Rejection	41d	Pending	Nov 13, 2023
18387538	ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED COMPONENT INCLUDING TEXTURED WITNESS LINES	MONTY, MARZIA T	2117	§112	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Nov 07, 2023
18496615	ADDITIVE CLOCKED FUEL INJECTOR BOLT	KANG, EDWIN G	3741	§103	Final Rejection	41d	Pending	Oct 27, 2023
18493599	PRE-SHAPED SPACE FILLERS FOR SMALL CROSS SECTION FEATURES	IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE	1789	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Oct 24, 2023
18383362	DAMPED FLUID LINE FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE	LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS	3753	§103	Non-Final OA	41d	Pending	Oct 24, 2023
18492191	COMPONENT CORROSION PROGNOSTICS USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT)-SCAN AND METHODS	FAYE, MAMADOU	2884	§103	Non-Final OA	25d overdue	Pending	Oct 23, 2023
18492078	LOCATION-SPECIFIC PROBABILISTIC APPROACH FOR PREDICTION OF DEFECT FORMATION IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING	TRAN, VINCENT HUY	2115	§101	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Oct 23, 2023
18478084	NEURAL NETWORK BASED FAST MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL FOR POWER REGULATION	PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C	2116	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Sep 29, 2023
18467816	SEARCH CAPABILITY FOR LIGHTWEIGHT VIEWER	RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL	2178	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 15, 2023
18238051	OPTICAL DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM	KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH	2877	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Aug 25, 2023
18238197	MONITORING BREAKTHROUGH OF ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING ELECTRODE THROUGH A WORKPIECE	LISOWSKI, JACEK	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Aug 25, 2023
18366129	REMOTE UPDATES OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE	WEI, ZENGPU	2197	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Aug 07, 2023
18345848	MELT POOL PROCESS USING NEUROMORPHIC SENSORS	CAI, CHARLES J	2115	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Jun 30, 2023
18340341	METHOD TO DECREASE ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE OF A HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM	AMAR, MARC J	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Jun 23, 2023
18331699	MULTI INSTRUMENT EGRESS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE	NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN	2858	§103	Final Rejection	35d	Pending	Jun 08, 2023
18126774	SPLIT CASE STRUCTURE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE	LAMBERT, WAYNE A	3745	§103	Final Rejection	19d	Pending	Mar 27, 2023
17586326	HYBRID ELECTRIC SINGLE ENGINE DESCENT RESTART	AMAR, MARC J	3741	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Jan 27, 2022
17132215	METHOD FOR METAL VAPOR INFILTRATION OF CMC PARTS AND ARTICLES CONTAINING THE SAME	TUROCY, DAVID P	1718	§103	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Dec 23, 2020
16797133	CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE COMPONENT HAVING LOW DENSITY CORE AND METHOD OF MAKING	WOLCOTT, BRIAN P	3711	§103	Non-Final OA	43d overdue	Pending	Feb 21, 2020

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