Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

RTX Corporation

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

141 pending office actions • 49 art units • 111 examiners • 0 of 141 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 418 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

RTX Corporation currently has 142 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 109 distinct examiners, which is a smaller number than the total 142 pending office actions. The portfolio involves 47 distinct art units, suggesting a broad technical scope for the company's filings. BURKE, THOMAS P is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 5 pending office actions.

The 109 distinct examiners involved indicate that many examiners are responsible for more than one case for the company. This wide distribution across 47 distinct art units requires the company to manage diverse procedural requirements within Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. BURKE, THOMAS P, with 5 pending office actions, holds a higher individual workload than the other distinct examiners. Practitioners should monitor the 142 pending office actions for consistency across the 47 distinct art units.

The 47 distinct art units represent a significant range of technical examination standards that the company must meet. With 142 pending office actions, the volume of work is substantial relative to the 5 pending office actions assigned to BURKE, THOMAS P. Understanding the specific preferences of the 109 distinct examiners is crucial for successful prosecution across the portfolio.

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

Portfolio Summary

141
Total Pending OAs
78
Non-Final OAs
42
Final Rejections
21
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
11
Due this month
5
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (11)Due ≤ 60 days (5)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.

69
Hard (49%)
65
Medium (46%)
7
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other7 (5%)
§103 only55 (39%)
§102 only9 (6%)
§112 only7 (5%)
Double-patenting + other1 (1%)
Multi-statute (no §101)61 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

30
Life Sciences
21% of docket
6
Information Tech
4% of docket
4
Communications
3% of docket
10
Semiconductors
7% of docket
63
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
28
Business / Other
20% 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.

1,410 h
Manual time on pending OAs
282 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
493 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
12.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BURKE, THOMAS P 5 43.9% +21.7%
KANG, EDWIN G 4 64.3% +66.9%
NGUYEN, ANDREW H 3 75.1% +42.5%
GAMBETTA, KELLY M 3 71.8% +33.1%
KIM, TAE JUN 3 64.0% +25.7%
GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 3 72.2% +18.6%
LISOWSKI, JACEK 3 66.1% +40.4%
CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M 2 79.4% +11.3%
HANDVILLE, BRIAN 2 51.4% +28.9%
DUMBRIS, SETH M 2 76.4% +16.6%

Hard Cases (69)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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
18628194 CORES FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE COMPONENTS WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN 22d overdue
19335646 Aircraft Heat Exchanger NGUYEN, ANDREW H 15d overdue
18643622 THERMAL MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM STANEK, KELSEY L 8d overdue
18366129 REMOTE UPDATES OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE WEI, ZENGPU 8d overdue
17586326 HYBRID ELECTRIC SINGLE ENGINE DESCENT RESTART AMAR, MARC J 8d overdue
18493599 PRE-SHAPED SPACE FILLERS FOR SMALL CROSS SECTION FEATURES IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 7d

Interview Candidates (30)

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
18640938 MONITORING FUEL PHASE IN AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT FUEL SYSTEM KIM, TAE JUN 46d overdue
19335646 Aircraft Heat Exchanger NGUYEN, ANDREW H 15d overdue
18238197 MONITORING BREAKTHROUGH OF ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING ELECTRODE THROUGH A WORKPIECE LISOWSKI, JACEK 3d overdue
18770950 FUEL CELL EXHAUST CONDENSATION WITH TURBOMACHINERY WATER AUGMENTATION USING CRYOGENIC BOTTOMING CYCLE BURKE, THOMAS P 20d
18422343 INTERMEDIATE CASE FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM HOUSING KIM, TAE JUN 27d
18496615 ADDITIVE CLOCKED FUEL INJECTOR BOLT KANG, EDWIN G 41d
19297470 Turbine Engine Centerbody Generator BURKE, THOMAS P —
19276685 GEARED TURBOFAN WITH OVERSPEED PROTECTION NGUYEN, ANDREW H —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3741 27
3745 14
2855 6
1784 5
3799 4
3726 3
1754 3
1733 3
1712 2
1735 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19335646 Aircraft Heat Exchanger NGUYEN, ANDREW H 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2025
19307354 DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM WITH CONTROLLED ACCESS BASED UPON SECURITY LEVELS MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE 2431 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 22, 2025
19297470 Turbine Engine Centerbody Generator BURKE, THOMAS P 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2025
19276685 GEARED TURBOFAN WITH OVERSPEED PROTECTION NGUYEN, ANDREW H — §101§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2025
19269241 GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH HIGH SPEED LOW PRESSURE TURBINE SECTION AND BEARING SUPPORT FEATURES SUTHERLAND, STEVEN M 3752 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Jul 15, 2025
19244382 Metallic Substrate Laser Treatment PENNY, TABATHA L 1712 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2025
19240619 MACHINABLE COATING WITH THERMAL PROTECTION CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M 3745 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 17, 2025
19237498 VARIABLE THICKNESS COATING CONTROL FISHER, WESLEY LE 3745 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 13, 2025
19225706 GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH BYPASS TOBI COOLING/PURGE FLOW AND METHOD FORD, RENE D — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2025
19065752 HOLLOW FAN BLADE WITH SOLID STATE ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED COVER SKIN RIBADENEYRA, THEODORE C 3745 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 27, 2025
19053703 LOW PRESSURE TURBINE SHAFT INSTALLATION TOOL BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 3726 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19036670 COLD SPRAYING COATING ONTO TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT EMPIE, NATHAN H 1712 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 24, 2025
19034716 HIGH TEMPERATURE COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH EROSION RESISTANT SEAL COAT DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
19024324 GAS TURBINE ENGINE FRONT SECTION SUNG, GERALD LUTHER 3741 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19024014 SPECIAL TOOLING FOR FABRICATING VANES TENTONI, LEO B 1742 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 16, 2025
19021830 Turbine Engine Cold Section Vane Stage LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3711 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19014903 AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH ELECTRIC MACHINE SYSTEM COOLING CIRCUIT NGUYEN, HOANG M 3746 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 09, 2025
18980869 ATTACHMENT FOR MOUNTING AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM TO PYLONG STRUCTURE MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D 3632 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18977558 MACHINING COMPONENT USING SCAN DATA OF INTERNAL ARTIFACT(S) BEKELE, MEKONEN T 2699 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18973613 ALUMINUM-CHROMIUM OXIDE COATING AND METHOD THEREFOR GAMBETTA, KELLY M — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18966996 GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH ADAPTIVE TURBINE COOLING AIR SYSTEM AND METHOD BURKE, THOMAS P 3741 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18953181 CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE SURFACE ROUGHNESS HANDVILLE, BRIAN — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18937866 VARIABLE DAMPING IN COMPOSITE MATERIAL GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18936360 SEALING FOR ANODIZED METAL DUMBRIS, SETH M — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18933565 METHOD OF REDUCING SADDLE CLAMP ASSEMBLY STRESS MEILLER, SEAN V 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18933412 ADDITIVE FAN EXIT GUIDE VANE STRUCTURE WITH ACOUSTIC CAPABILITY CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M 3745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18933287 SLIDABLE LINERS IN FAN EXIT GUIDE VANE STRUCTURE HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 3745 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18927563 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR OPEN ROTOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM KIM, TAE JUN 3799 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18923015 HYDROGEN ASSISTED COMBUSTION AND ENGINE COOLING KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18919910 GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN COMPRESSOR MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Oct 18, 2024
18920170 LOCAL GAS PATH DRIVEN PASSIVE PURGE FOR OPTICAL PROBE KO, JASON Y 1711 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 18, 2024
18917255 CMC COMPONENT WITH COOLING CAVITY COVER PLATE BUI, ANDREW THANH 3745 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18914363 DISTORTION-FREE MANUFACTURING OF LARGE TITANIUM INTEGRALLY BLADED ROTORS AFZALI, SARANG 3726 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18902382 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HEAT EXCHANGER SUPPORTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18898289 APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS FOR FRICTION STIR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING REPAIR OF MATERIALS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18884816 FUEL NOZZLE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 3741 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18884728 CERAMIC COATINGS WITH SINTERING AGENTS SAMPLE, DAVID R 1784 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18826313 COATING PROTECTION FOR STATOR VANES AND METHODS OF PROTECTION THEREOF WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18821214 APPARATUS AND RELATED METHOD(S) FOR REPAIRING MACHINE PARTS COOK, KYLE A 3726 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18819304 ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR ACCURATELY POSITIONING OPTICAL TIP-TIMING PROBE BUTLER, KEVIN C — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18784580 COMPACT TRAVERSING SYSTEMS FOR PROBES OR OTHER DEVICES COOK, WILLIAM J 3618 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18775501 HIGH TEMPERATURE FIBER AND METHOD OF MAKING FIGUEROA, JOHN J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18774708 GEARBOX ARRANGEMENT FOR DUAL SPOOL ENGINE ACCESSORIES SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 3741 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jul 16, 2024
18774437 STAGED BLADE INJECTOR BURKE, THOMAS P 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18771561 TWO PIECE HOLLOW-VANE ASSEMBLY CLEANING SYSTEM RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I 1714 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18770830 MULTIPLE HEAT SOURCE CRYOGENIC BOTTOMING CYCLE SEQUENCING AND ROUTING NG, HENRY 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — 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
18770854 CRYOGENIC BOTTOMING CYCLE UTILIZING A THERMAL BUS WITH MULTIPLE HEAT SOURCES NG, HENRY 3741 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18765812 AIRCRAFT ENGINE INLET MONITORING USING NEUROMORPHIC SENSORS NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2024
18758524 POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE PRINTER RECOATER FOR UNIFORM POWDER PACKING GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758500 POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE PRINTER BUILD PLATFORM DRIVE MECHANISM GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758555 SHROUDED BUILD PLATE FOR POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE PRINTER GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758571 POWDER BED FUSION ADDITIVE PRINTER RECOATER FOR UNIFORM POWDER PACKING WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN 1754 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18755043 METHOD FOR AUTOMATED GRAIN MAPPING LEE, SARAH YEO 2616 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18749491 Tie Shaft Leakage Control HTAY, AYE SU MON 3745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18748021 SLURRY INFILTRATION WITH FREEZE DRYING AND GELLING FOR MORE UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18742742 FAN EXIT GUIDE VANE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR HYBRID ELECTRICS GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 3745 §103§112 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18738228 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DRESS A COATING USING LASER DOPPLER VIBROMETER DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L 2855 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 10, 2024
18734494 GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH SPLIT VARIABLE FAN EXIT GUIDE VANES AND AIRFLOW RADIAL TOTAL PRESSURE PROFILE RE-DISTRIBUTION DELRUE, BRIAN CHRISTOPHER 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18680640 ACTUATABLE GUIDE TUBE FOR ELECTRONIC INSPECTION SCOPE DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18680577 METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT KAY, DOUGLAS — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18678769 DAMAGE RESISTANT CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES LOUIE, MANDY C 1788 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18678693 DAMAGE RESISTANT CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1718 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 30, 2024
18677543 COOLING FEATURES FOR A COMPONENT OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE KIM, SANG K 3745 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2024
18672203 MACHINING HARMONICS DISRUPTOR WILLIAMS, THOMAS J — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2024
18671877 ABRADABLE COATING WIESE, NOAH S — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024
18670203 ADAPTER FOR PROBE PURGE AND COOLING MERCADO, ALEXANDER A 2855 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 21, 2024
18668649 ULTRASONIC NEEDLE INSERTION OF PREFORMS THROWER, LARRY W 1754 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 20, 2024
18666245 HOT STOP APERTURE FIXTURES FOR THERMAL IMAGING MEASUREMENTS LIN, ERICA S Y 2853 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2024
18661858 ACTIVE DAMPER FOR MACHINE SPINDLES SNYDER, ALAN W 3722 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18662506 METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING AN INSPECTION SCOPE LAU, TUNG S — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18659943 METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING AN INSPECTION SCOPE RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18658446 INSPECTING INTERNAL POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING INSPECTION SCOPE HUANG, DAVID Z 2855 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18657164 INSPECTING INTERNAL POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING INSPECTION SCOPE MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 2855 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2024
18656184 METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING AN INSPECTION SCOPE CORDERO, LINA M — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 06, 2024
18656146 METHOD FOR INSPECTING A POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING AN INSPECTION SCOPE ZAYKOVA-FELDMAN, LYUDMILA — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 06, 2024
18655798 AUTOMATED ENGINE BLADE INSPECTION METHODS AND SYSTEM CHAN, CAROL WANG 2672 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 06, 2024
18653721 MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING OF ROTOR STACK LOAD IN ENGINE BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2024
18647646 SIEVE RDE INJECTOR WITH VARIABLE PRESSURE DROP CAPABILITY KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18644846 PROCESS CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS HAY, GRANT DAVID 3723 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18643622 THERMAL MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM STANEK, KELSEY L 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18640211 BOTTOMING CYCLE FOR POWER GENERATION AND ENGINE THERMAL MANAGEMENT HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 3741 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2024
18640938 MONITORING FUEL PHASE IN AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT FUEL SYSTEM KIM, TAE JUN 3799 §103§112 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18634390 PROXIMITY ROTATIONAL ANGULAR MEASUREMENT ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2024
18632725 METHODS FOR REMOVING DAMAGE WITHIN A FINITE ELEMENT MODEL OF A COMPONENT HARTMAN JR, RONALD D 2119 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18630718 INSPECTING INTERNAL POWERPLANT COMPONENT USING PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE 2855 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18628162 PRODUCTION OF SILICON CARBIDE PARTICLES FIGUEROA, JOHN J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18628472 MULTI-CONSTITUENT ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATING LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18628243 ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER COATINGS CHEN, BRET P 1784 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 05, 2024
18628194 CORES FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE COMPONENTS WOO, JONATHAN BRIAN 1754 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18627109 ADAPTIVE MACHINING TO REDUCE PART DISTORTION AFTER FORGING MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 2118 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18618761 ELECTRIC COMPRESSOR STAGE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE BURKE, THOMAS P 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18613210 POWER AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AIR CYCLE MACHINE ELECTRIC POWER BOOST TO REDUCE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR BLEED FLOW THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18607896 BIPOLAR PLATE FOR METAL-AIR/LIQUID BATTERIES LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18591945 CUTTING TOOL SUPPORT FOR IN-SITU HOLE MANUFACTURING LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18444137 CERAMIC COMPONENT STEELE, JENNIFER A 1789 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 16, 2024
18442808 LOCAL PART MASKING FOR IMPROVED UNIFORMITY IN CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18433567 ALTERNATE LUBRICATION MECHANISMS FOR VEHICLE BEARINGS LUBRICANT DISPENSER KIM, SANG K 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18433561 OIL LUBRICATION FAN PERSUADER PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 §112Other Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18428738 CERAMIC ABRADABLE COATING WITH CONTROLLABLE HARDNESS AND ABRADABILITY WIEHE, NATHANIEL EDWARD 3700 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18424259 ENGINEERED RESIDUAL STRESS STATE FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE DURING DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION REPAIR PROCESS FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3700 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18424314 USE OF SACRIFICIAL SURFACE DURING DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION REPAIR PROCESS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18424369 HYBRID ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING REPAIR WITH POWDER BED FUSION FEATURE AND DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION JOINING JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18424200 SURFACE PREPARATION TO REDUCE HEAT AFFECTED ZONE CRACKING DURING DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION REPAIR OF CAST COMPONENTS CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18424230 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF FEATURE TO ENABLE ACCESS DURING DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION REPAIR PROCESS JANSSEN, REBECCA — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18422343 INTERMEDIATE CASE FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM HOUSING KIM, TAE JUN 3799 §102§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18406442 ORCHESTRATOR FOR OPTIMIZING HPC COMPUTTING JOB ALLOCATION EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA 2199 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18528989 COMPRESSOR INNER AIR SEAL AND METHOD OF MAKING COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 1784 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18511167 HIGH PERFORMANCE AUXILIARY POWER UNIT WITH TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED BLEED DEVICE MALATEK, KATHERYN A 3741 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 16, 2023
18509529 SLIDER SEAL OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE REITZ, MICHAEL K. 3745 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18386381 TURBINE COOLING AIR PRESSURE BOOST SYSTEM NGUYEN, ANDREW H 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 02, 2023
18496475 VARIABLE Z-CHANNEL HOLE PATTERN TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE 1744 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18496615 ADDITIVE CLOCKED FUEL INJECTOR BOLT KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18494854 METHOD FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PROCESS-EQUIVALENT TEST SPECIMENS MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 1733 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18383362 DAMPED FLUID LINE FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS 3753 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18493599 PRE-SHAPED SPACE FILLERS FOR SMALL CROSS SECTION FEATURES IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §103§112 Final Rejection 7d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18492191 COMPONENT CORROSION PROGNOSTICS USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT)-SCAN AND METHODS FAYE, MAMADOU 2884 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18491300 DEFECT DEPTH ESTIMATION FROM BORESCOPE IMAGERY YANG, JIANXUN 2662 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2023
18467866 EDGE HIGHLIGHTING FOR LIGHTWEIGHT VIEWER BEG, SAMAH A — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2023
18467807 TABBED USER INTERFACE FOR LIGHTWEIGHT VIEWER RODRIGUEZ, DANIEL — §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2023
18465259 THERMAL SPRAY POWDER AND COATED ARTICLE DUMBRIS, SETH M 1784 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2023
18464792 PROXIMITY MEASUREMENT BETWEEN SEAL ELEMENTS OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 11, 2023
18238214 MULTI-PROCESS MACHINING OF A WORKPIECE LISOWSKI, JACEK 3741 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 25, 2023
18238051 OPTICAL DEFECT DETECTION SYSTEM KIDWELL, KAITLYN ELIZABETH 2877 §103§112 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
18453071 INSITU BUILD POWDER CHARACTERIZATION FOR POWDER BED FUSION UTECH, BENJAMIN L 1700 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 21, 2023
18366129 REMOTE UPDATES OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE WEI, ZENGPU 2197 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18363644 AIRFOIL WITH SEQUENCED FIBER LAYUP GROSS, CARSON 1700 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 01, 2023
18345848 MELT POOL PROCESS USING NEUROMORPHIC SENSORS CAI, CHARLES J 2115 §103§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18340740 FAULT DETECTION AND LOAD MANAGEMENT IN A SERIES HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM LISOWSKI, JACEK 3741 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 23, 2023
18340341 METHOD TO DECREASE ACOUSTIC SIGNATURE OF A HYBRID ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18331699 MULTI INSTRUMENT EGRESS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN 2858 §103§112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18126774 SPLIT CASE STRUCTURE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE LAMBERT, WAYNE A 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18162851 SINGLE-STEP PROCESS FOR SELECTIVE HEAT TREATMENT OF METALS USING MULTIPLE HEATING SOURCES MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 1733 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2023
18083861 GAS TURBINE ROTOR COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE WALTERS, RYAN J 3799 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2022
18071138 FINAL TAKEOFF SPEED DETERMINATION FOR AN AIRCRAFT ALKIRSH, AHMED 3668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2022
18071141 INTEGRATED THRUST REVERSER AND BRAKE CONTROL FOR AN AIRCRAFT HINTON, HENRY R 3665 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2022
17881968 COMPOSITE FAN BLADE AIRFOIL, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1783 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2022
17586326 HYBRID ELECTRIC SINGLE ENGINE DESCENT RESTART AMAR, MARC J 3741 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2022
17514371 REACTIVE THERMAL BARRIER COATING JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2021
16844683 COOLING SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2020

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