Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier

46 pending office actions • 1 client • 39 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 46 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 112 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

46
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
6
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.

29
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
9
Due in next 60 days
0
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 (29)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (9)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
42
Medium (91%)
1
Easy (2%)
3
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only41 (89%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only1 (2%)
No statute on record3 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
11% of docket
6
Information Tech
13% of docket
2
Communications
4% of docket
6
Semiconductors
13% of docket
27
Mechanical / Eng
59% 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
ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 3 48.5% +18.7%
MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3 47.8% +30.9%
ZAAB, SHARAH 2 70.9% +23.3%
SULLENS, TAVIA L 2 49.5% +47.7%
JOYNER, KEVIN 2 68.1% +23.6%
LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1 75.3% +26.3%
TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER 1 82.7% +10.1%
SHIAO, DAVID A 1 75.3% +31.1%
BRADFORD, JONATHAN 1 76.0% +21.2%
BUI, DUNG H 1 78.5% +24.7%

Interview Candidates (17)

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
18174835 TRANSPORT REFIRGERATION SYSTEM FOR HIGH AMBIENT OPERATION SULLENS, TAVIA L 99d overdue
17902175 TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION SYSTEM SULLENS, TAVIA L 99d overdue
18048265 HEAT EXCHANGER FOR POWER ELECTRONICS MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 97d overdue
18150485 CONDENSATE DISPOSAL SYSTEM MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 84d overdue
18173258 MODULES FOR TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION SYSTEM ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 78d overdue
18909220 DETECTION SYSTEM TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER 45d overdue
18350279 AUDIO-BASED OCCUPANCY DETECTION ZAAB, SHARAH 44d overdue
18883281 EXCESS ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR SELF-POWERED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS SHIAO, DAVID A 43d overdue

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Carrier 46

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
376312
37993
37523
37622
21192
28572
21182
17992
37111
26891

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19293330 SEALING SYSTEM FOR MAGNETIC LEVITATING CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR AND MAGNETIC LEVITATING CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR Carrier Corporation LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 07, 2025
18909220 DETECTION SYSTEM Carrier Corporation TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER 2689 Other Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Oct 08, 2024
18883281 EXCESS ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR SELF-POWERED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS Carrier Corporation SHIAO, DAVID A 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2024
18762836 SELF-POWERED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS Carrier Corporation ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 03, 2024
18762830 SELF-POWERED AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS Carrier Corporation BRADFORD, JONATHAN 3763 §102 Final Rejection 43d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18515506 COMPACT BIPOLAR IONIZER Carrier Corporation BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18497770 MODERATE-TO-LOW GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL VALUE REFRIGERANT LEAK DETECTION Carrier Corporation HAMILTON, FRANCES F 3762 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18351199 HUMIDIFIER WITH INTEGRATED WATER HARDNESS MEASURING DEVICE FOR HUMIDIFIER PAD PROGNOSIS Carrier Corporation PATEL, DHRUVKUMAR 2119 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 12, 2023
18350279 AUDIO-BASED OCCUPANCY DETECTION Carrier Corporation ZAAB, SHARAH 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18341098 REFRIGERANT COLLECTOR AND AIR SEPARATOR Carrier Corporation ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 3799 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jun 26, 2023
18339445 SHELL AND TUBE ISOLATION IN HEAT EXCHANGER Carrier Corporation WEILAND, HANS R. 3763 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18334601 COMPRESSOR ISOLATION MOLDED INSERT Carrier Corporation DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18332951 BLOWER HOUSING FOR AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Carrier Corporation CLARK, RYAN C 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18315110 CONTROLLING ON-DEMAND USER ACCESS TO SMART ALERTS Carrier Corporation MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 2118 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending May 10, 2023
18314183 TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM MOUNTING SYSTEM Carrier Corporation COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18141955 SURFACE MODIFIED MATRIX BARRIER FOR A GAS DETECTOR DEVICE Carrier Corporation MEGNA FUENTES, ANTHONY W 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18309137 HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM CONTROL LEVERAGING FUTURE WEATHER Carrier Corporation AZAD, MD ABUL K 2119 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18194850 OIL MANAGEMENT IN MULTI-COMPRESSOR SYSTEM Carrier Corporation MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18187161 HYDRAULIC EXPANSION OF OVAL TUBES IN TUBE SHEET Carrier Corporation PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18180420 CARBON MONOXIDE TRANSDUCER Carrier Corporation SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18174835 TRANSPORT REFIRGERATION SYSTEM FOR HIGH AMBIENT OPERATION Carrier Corporation SULLENS, TAVIA L 3763 §103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18174040 PRE-TRIP SEQUENCE FOR A FUEL CELL FOR A TRAILER REFRIGERATION UNIT Carrier Corporation CREPEAU, JONATHAN 1725 Other Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 24, 2023
18173258 MODULES FOR TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION SYSTEM Carrier Corporation ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023
18171917 ADJUSTABLE PORT FOR RECOVERY VENTILATOR Carrier Corporation LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
18166009 GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AIR-CONDITIONING TERMINAL PRODUCT AND AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT Carrier Corporation OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 2881 §103 Final Rejection 134d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2023
18165542 COMBINATION SMOKE AND AIR QUALITY DETECTION Carrier Corporation SMALL, NAOMI J 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Feb 07, 2023
18160380 HOSE CONNECTOR Carrier Corporation GREENLUND, JOSEPH A 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2023
18160775 POWER SYSTEM FOR A TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION UNIT Carrier Corporation ANDA, JENNIFER MARIE 3662 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2023
18160591 CARTRIDGE-OPERATED FIRE EXTINGUISHER Carrier Corporation DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 27, 2023
18159425 BODY-WORN CAMERA FOR VIRTUAL CONFERENCING Carrier Corporation CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 2144 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2023
18156781 DETERMINING PATTERNS AS ACTIONABLE INFORMATION FROM SENSORS IN BUILDINGS Carrier Corporation CHOI, ALICIA M 2117 §103 Final Rejection 126d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18150485 CONDENSATE DISPOSAL SYSTEM Carrier Corporation MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
18149944 REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH TANDEM HIGH-SIDE COMPRESSORS Carrier Corporation BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 3763 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2023
18147388 CREATING A WORKFLOW FROM MULTIPLE DISPARATE WORKFLOW SYSTEMS LEVERAGING PREDICTIVE ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS FOR EQUIPMENT Carrier Corporation TAN, ALVIN H 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
18078610 CALIBRATING OR VERIFYING AN OPERATION OF A VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SENSOR USING CARBON MONOXIDE Carrier Corporation ZAAB, SHARAH 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Dec 09, 2022
18072376 LOCALIZED CLEANING USING MOBILE AIR CLEANER Carrier Corporation JOYNER, KEVIN 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
18055514 AIR QUALITY MONITOR WITH INTEGRATED AIR FRESHENER Carrier Corporation JOYNER, KEVIN 1799 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 15, 2022
17986568 HEAT SINK FOR POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICES Carrier Corporation JALALI, AMIR A. 2835 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17986640 HEAT SINK FOR POWER ELECTRONICS DEVICES Carrier Corporation ATTEY, JOEL M 3763 Other Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17982006 PREVENTING ICING IN AN HVAC SYSTEM Carrier Corporation SHAIKH, MERAJ A 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 07, 2022
18048265 HEAT EXCHANGER FOR POWER ELECTRONICS Carrier Corporation MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2022
17965241 EVAPORATOR HEAT EXCHANGER FOR PREVENTING ICE BUILD-UP Carrier Corporation NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2022
17902175 TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION SYSTEM Carrier Corporation SULLENS, TAVIA L 3763 §103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Sep 02, 2022
17889470 DOOR LOCK WITH AUTHENTICATION MODULE Carrier Corporation IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD 3675 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2022
17841962 FIRE SUPRESSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Carrier Corporation SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 3752 §112 Final Rejection 103d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17737378 FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM Carrier Corporation KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 3761 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending May 05, 2022

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