Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Tyco Fire & Security GmbH

35 pending office actions • 27 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 35 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 146 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
16
Due this month
5
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. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (16)Due ≤ 60 days (5)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.

1
Hard (3%)
30
Medium (86%)
2
Easy (6%)
2
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§103 only28 (80%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only2 (6%)
No statute on record2 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
14
Information Tech
40% of docket
12
Communications
34% of docket
3
Semiconductors
9% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
17% 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.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOPGYAL, GELEK W 2 58.9% +18.7%
RUSHING, MARK S 2 76.6% +24.4%
FLORES, JUAN G 1 79.2% +14.7%
TRAN, TRANG U 1 78.6% +15.6%
WU, ZHEN Y 1 78.7% +21.6%
BUI, NHI QUYNH 1 72.3% +8.7%
LIN, SHERMAN L 1 29.3% +36.9%
DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 1 63.4% +33.4%
TRIEU, VAN THANH 1 84.7% +13.5%
SWARTZ, STEPHEN S 1 31.5% +25.6%

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18819462 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL RULES GENERATOR FOR BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TRIEU, VAN THANH 29d

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18902754 A MULTIPROTOCOL WIRELESS INTERNET OF THINGS MODULE LIN, SHERMAN L 26d
18787786 WEB SERVICES FOR QUERYABLE ENTITY GRAPH WITH CURRENT AND HISTORICAL SENSOR DATA ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M 27d

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18817055 COMPREHENSIVE SITE TIMELINE WITH OVERLAY OF INSTALL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES SWARTZ, STEPHEN S 10d overdue
19039412 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING ANALYTICAL RESOURCES IN A CAMERA NETWORK TOPGYAL, GELEK W 1d overdue
18969062 FACIAL RECOGNITION FRICTIONLESS ACCESS CONTROL WU, ZHEN Y 20d
19014575 CAMERA OPERATION VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD TRAN, TRANG U 22d
18902754 A MULTIPROTOCOL WIRELESS INTERNET OF THINGS MODULE LIN, SHERMAN L 26d
18878578 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE ALARM RISK SCORE ANALYSIS AND INTELLIGENCE RUSHING, MARK S 29d
18819462 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL RULES GENERATOR FOR BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TRIEU, VAN THANH 29d
19000522 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED AND CONTEXTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT SECURITY INFORMATION RUSHING, MARK S 34d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2689 3
2685 3
3763 3
2481 2
2422 2
3745 1
3656 1
2447 1
3625 1
2612 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19109047 GAS SUCTION PIPE OF CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR FLORES, JUAN G 3745 §112 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Mar 05, 2025
19039412 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARING ANALYTICAL RESOURCES IN A CAMERA NETWORK TOPGYAL, GELEK W 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jan 28, 2025
19014575 CAMERA OPERATION VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD TRAN, TRANG U 2422 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 09, 2025
19000522 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED AND CONTEXTUALIZED ENVIRONMENT SECURITY INFORMATION RUSHING, MARK S 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18878578 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE ALARM RISK SCORE ANALYSIS AND INTELLIGENCE RUSHING, MARK S 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18969062 FACIAL RECOGNITION FRICTIONLESS ACCESS CONTROL WU, ZHEN Y 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 04, 2024
18945213 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING RECORDING STATUS OF CAMERA TOPGYAL, GELEK W 2481 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 12, 2024
18938927 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE OF AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS FOR BLIND SPOT COVERAGE BUI, NHI QUYNH 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2024
18902754 A MULTIPROTOCOL WIRELESS INTERNET OF THINGS MODULE LIN, SHERMAN L 2447 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18823438 ADJUSTABLE DRAIN PAN DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18819462 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL RULES GENERATOR FOR BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS TRIEU, VAN THANH 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 29, 2024
18817055 COMPREHENSIVE SITE TIMELINE WITH OVERLAY OF INSTALL AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES SWARTZ, STEPHEN S 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Aug 27, 2024
18805381 AUGMENTED REALITY OVERLAY AND MAP ON MOBILE VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM VELAZQUEZ VALENCI, AMELIA NMN 2612 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 14, 2024
18787786 WEB SERVICES FOR QUERYABLE ENTITY GRAPH WITH CURRENT AND HISTORICAL SENSOR DATA ORTIZ DITREN, BELIX M 2164 §101 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18771622 RISK MONITORING SYSTEM WITH SYNTHETIC TRAINING IMAGE GENERATION AND BLENDING USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ZALALEE, SULTANA MARCIA 2614 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 12, 2024
18762294 HEAT EXCHANGER WITH SPRING TUBE COIL SCHERMERHORN, JON 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18760990 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SUPER CAPACITOR CHARGE VOLTAGE TO EXTEND SUPER CAPACITOR LIFE SANGHERA, JAS A 2852 Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18752468 AUTO-RECOVERY OVERCURRENT PROTECTION FOR AUDIO NOTIFICATION APPLIANCE CIRCUIT IN FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM FISCHER, MARK L 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18731877 Gunshot Detection System with Encrypted, Wireless Transmission WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA 2407 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18677658 BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH BUILDING EQUIPMENT SERVICING SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD 2658 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18705429 AN ECONOMIZER FOR A CHILLER CRENSHAW, HENRY T 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18616781 AUTOMATED ANIMAL DETECTION AND RESPONSE WILSON, BRIAN P 2689 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18608391 REMOTE DEVICE INTEGRATOR FOR FIRE ALARM CONTROL PANEL DEVICE LOOP BURGDORF, STEPHEN R 2685 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Mar 18, 2024
18601518 SMART THERMOSTAT WITH MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL AND DEMAND RESPONSE INTEGRATION BARNES-BULLOCK, CRYSTAL JOY 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 11, 2024
18590489 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING A MAP OF MARKERS IN AN AREA STANLEY, KAVITA 2153 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18581678 SMOKE DETECTOR UNIT UNDERWOOD, JARREAS C 2877 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 20, 2024
18581294 HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM CHOI, MICHAEL W 2116 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Feb 19, 2024
18439544 SOUND ATTENUATOR FOR A TERMINAL UNIT LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 2837 Other Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Feb 12, 2024
18402528 OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING AN OBJECT DETECTION MODEL USING A TAILORED TRAINING DATASET KAUR, JASPREET 2662 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 02, 2024
18521889 SMART PRIVACY ZONES MONSHI, SAMIRA 2422 §102 Final Rejection 27d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18373041 BUILDING EQUIPMENT WITH EMBEDDED CONNECTIVITY HARTMAN JR, RONALD D 2119 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18454536 FIRE ALARM VOICE GENERATOR SHEN, SAMUEL 2179 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18236376 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BUILDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMMISSIONING ON AN APPLICATION CHOE, YONG J 2135 §112 Final Rejection 50d Pending Aug 21, 2023
18347427 FAST ACTIVATION OF A GROUP OF REMOTE NOTIFICATION DEVICES TRAN, THANG DUC 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2023
15446256 Building Asset Management System CAREY, FORREST L 2491 §103 Final Rejection 146d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2017

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