Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cantor Colburn LLP - Collins Aerospace

62 pending office actions • 10 clients • 59 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 185 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

62
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
21
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 61 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

37
Overdue
0
Due this week
13
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
5
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. 61 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (37)Due ≤ 30 days (13)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (5)

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%)
57
Medium (92%)
2
Easy (3%)
2
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only55 (89%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only2 (3%)
No statute on record2 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
21% of docket
3
Information Tech
5% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
11
Semiconductors
18% of docket
35
Mechanical / Eng
56% 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.

620 h
Manual time on pending OAs
124 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
217 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 2 65.8% +18.2%
CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE 2 76.1% +22.3%
VAZQUEZ, ANA M 2 79.9% +17.5%
SULLENS, TAVIA L 1 49.5% +47.7%
BUI, DUNG H 1 78.5% +24.7%
BEEBE, JOSHUA R 1 67.2% +26.7%
BOYLE, ROBERT C 1 69.4% -2.6%
KIM, YUNJU 1 55.6% +35.3%
COMBER, KEVIN J 1 82.6% +11.6%
MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 1 78.6% +21.1%

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
18679718 BASE-TO-EMITTER VOLTAGE TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR TRANSISTOR INCLUDED IN SENSOR EXCITATION CIRCUIT COMBER, KEVIN J 76d

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
17950403 SMARTPHONE APPLICATION FOR CALCULATING PRESSURE NORMAN, MARC E 18d overdue

Interview Candidates (12)

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
17863138 AIR CYCLE MACHINE WITH INTEGRAL HEAT EXCHANGER VAZQUEZ, ANA M 231d overdue
18769955 CENTRIFUGAL WATER COLLECTOR WITH CONICAL WATER SCUPPER BUI, DUNG H 230d overdue
18356399 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE TURBINE ARRANGEMENT VAZQUEZ, ANA M 198d overdue
18797937 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING INTEGRATED VAPOR COMPRESSION SYSTEM AND THREE-WHEEL AIR CYCLE MACHINE SULLENS, TAVIA L 18d overdue
18743543 COMPOSITE CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME KIM, YUNJU 17d overdue
18644545 CONTOURED INLET MANIFOLD FOR SUBFREEZING HEAT EXCHANGER ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 13d
18762997 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED INTEGRAL SHAFT AND MOTOR ROTOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND TIE ROD FOR RAM AIR FAN BEEBE, JOSHUA R 19d
18315857 HEAT EXCHANGER CORE LAYER ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 27d

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
376315
28384
21183
37623
37452
28492
36182
17282
17731
17641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18797937 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM UTILIZING INTEGRATED VAPOR COMPRESSION SYSTEM AND THREE-WHEEL AIR CYCLE MACHINE Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation SULLENS, TAVIA L 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18769955 CENTRIFUGAL WATER COLLECTOR WITH CONICAL WATER SCUPPER Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation BUI, DUNG H 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 230d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2024
18762997 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED INTEGRAL SHAFT AND MOTOR ROTOR HEAT EXCHANGER AND TIE ROD FOR RAM AIR FAN Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation BEEBE, JOSHUA R 3745 Other Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18761947 FORMATION OF CONVERSION COATING WITH ENHANCED ADHESION PROMOTION Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18743543 COMPOSITE CONNECTORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Crompton Technology Group Limited KIM, YUNJU 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18679718 BASE-TO-EMITTER VOLTAGE TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION FOR TRANSISTOR INCLUDED IN SENSOR EXCITATION CIRCUIT Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation COMBER, KEVIN J 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending May 31, 2024
18662195 UNIDIRECTIONAL THRUST AIR CYCLE MACHINE ARRANGEMENT WITH ASYMMETRIC THRUST BEARINGS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending May 13, 2024
18654550 RAM AIR FAN INCLUDING ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HEAT EXCHANGER INSERT Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3711 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending May 03, 2024
18652484 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM OF AN AIRCRAFT CONFIGURED WITH A TWO-PHASE TURBINE ENCASED WITH A COMPRESSOR AND COUPLED TO A MOTOR HAVING A SHAFT COUPLING Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation OSWALD, KIRSTIN U 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18651078 ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED HEAT EXCHANGER Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation LANE, DEVON 3763 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18644545 CONTOURED INLET MANIFOLD FOR SUBFREEZING HEAT EXCHANGER Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 3763 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 24, 2024
18636538 STRATOSPHERIC BALLOON CAPSULE TEMPERATURE & HUMIDITY CONTROL SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation COMINGS, DANIEL C 3763 §112 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18596297 METHOD TO PROMOTE AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING SYSTEM FAULTS FROM LOWER SEVERITY TO HIGHER SEVERITY BASED ON FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation PARK, KYLE S 3666 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18442639 ULTRA-HIGH TEMPERATURE TURBO GENERATOR Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation ADJAGBE, MAXIME M 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024
18440150 BI-DIRECTIONAL POWER CONVERTER UTILIZING MOSFET SWITCHING ELEMENTS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation JACKSON, LAKAISHA 2838 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18433901 RADIATION-HARDENED MODULAR MULTIMODAL POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation BARNETT, JOEL 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18433825 RADIATION TOLERANT HIGH VOLTAGE AC TO LOW VOLTAGE DC POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18431025 HIGH VOLTAGE DIRECT CURRENT POWERED AIRCRAFT APPLIANCES B/E Aerospace, Inc. BUKHARI, AQEEL H 2849 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18428213 ADSORPTION BASED AIRCRAFT COOLANT SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation DUKE, EMMANUEL E 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18530572 POWER MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES Collins Aerospace Ireland, Limited CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE 2118 §112 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Dec 06, 2023
18520865 BURST MODE IN-RUSH CURRENT CONTROL FOR ACTIVE CURRENT LIMITER CIRCUIT FOR DC-DC CONVERTER Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O 2838 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18512538 AIR CONDITIONING AND VAPOR CYCLE SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18508737 AIRCRAFT OVEN WITH INTEGRATED CLEANING SYSTEM B/E Aerospace, Inc. RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I 1714 §103 Final Rejection 104d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2023
18386819 HEAT EXCHANGER WITH STIFFENING TUBE CONNECTORS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18499552 AIRCRAFT GALLEY INSERT B/E Aerospace, Inc. PEREIRO, JORGE ANDRES 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2023
18497279 PIPES Crompton Technology Group Limited DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18496422 NUT DESIGN FOR ACTUATOR SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation WOOD, KIMBERLY T 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18491909 HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEADER CONSTRUCTION Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation JANSSEN, REBECCA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18491913 HEAT EXCHANGER WITH INTERNAL CROSS FLOW FINS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation DUONG, THO V 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2023
18466943 PRESSURE REGULATION SYSTEMS AND VALVES Microtecnica S.r.l. ARUNDALE, ROBERT K 3753 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18463830 GEAR ASSEMBLY FOR A SIDE STICK UNIT Ratier-Figeac SAS MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 3618 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18464163 ACTUATOR FORMED OF THERMALLY ADAPTIVE MATERIAL AND A THERMOELECTRIC JUNCTION Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation BUCK, LINDSEY A 1728 Non-Final OA 175d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18453391 MOTOR ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE ROTORS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation JOHNSON, ERIC 2834 §102 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18362323 POWER CONTROL ARCHITECTURE B/E Aerospace, Inc. ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI 2118 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18356399 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE TURBINE ARRANGEMENT Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 198d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18356336 LINEAR INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVE FOR A HIGH-SPEED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation KUHFUSS, ZACHARY L 3615 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18336166 FOOT BIOMETRIC SENSOR SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. HOUGH, JESSANDRA F 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18333598 CLEANING MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18321300 VARIABLE GEAR RATIO TRANSFER GEAR SET FOR ACTUATION SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18319831 AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT, AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD OF ADAPTING AN AIRCRAFT PASSENGER SERVICE UNIT Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH & Co. Kg HERRERA, MICHAEL J 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18317612 DISTILLATION URINE PROCESSOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF Hamilton Sundstrand Space Systems International, Inc. MILLER, JONATHAN 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18315857 HEAT EXCHANGER CORE LAYER Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending May 11, 2023
18192753 AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM, AND AIRCRAFT COMPRISING SUCH AN EMERGENCY OXYGEN SUPPLY SYSTEM B/E Aerospace, Inc. WAHL, ALEC ROBERT 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2023
18185676 UNIVERSAL JOINT ASSEMBLIES Crompton Technology Group, Ltd. KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 17, 2023
18184841 AIR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH NEGATIVE ION TECHNOLOGY FOR IMPROVED AIR QUALITY Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
18181001 HYPERLOOP ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation SCHULT, ALLEN 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 09, 2023
18071226 ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH LOW INLET PRESSURE Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation TIGHE, DANA K 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
17984426 COMPOSITE MAGNET CARRIER Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 3729 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2022
17981860 INTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHTING DEVICE, AIRCRAFT COMPRISING AN INTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF STARTING AN INTERIOR AIRCRAFT LIGHTING DEVICE Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH & Co. Kg MAI, THIEN T 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2022
17963112 WASTE FLUID WATER RECOVERY SYSTEMS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON 1779 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2022
17962306 EYE MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR DISTRESS MONITORING Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation FERNANDES, PATRICK M 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17957100 ELECTRIC ACTUATOR HEALTH MONITORING Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17953469 TOROIDAL INDUCTORS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation NGUYEN, TUYEN T 2837 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Sep 27, 2022
17952104 AEROSOL DETECTION SYSTEMS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2022
17950403 SMARTPHONE APPLICATION FOR CALCULATING PRESSURE Ratier-Figeac SAS NORMAN, MARC E 3763 §101 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2022
17901215 POLE-PIECE STRUCTURE FOR A MAGNETIC GEAR Goodrich Actuation Systems Limited BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 01, 2022
17874431 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AND MONITORING UV ILLUMINATION IN AN INTERIOR OF AN AIRCRAFT Goodrich Lighting Systems GmbH & Co. Kg LEE, AHAM NMN 1758 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17863138 AIR CYCLE MACHINE WITH INTEGRAL HEAT EXCHANGER Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 231d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2022
17838670 THERMAL STORAGE FOR HIGH LOAD SHORT DURATION COOLING Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation ATKISSON, JIANYING CUI 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 295d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17828267 COMBINED THERMAL MANAGEMENT AND FIRE MITIGATION FOR LARGE SCALE BATTERY PACKAGES Kidde Technologies, Inc. KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 188d overdue Pending May 31, 2022
17729479 COMPOSITE MATERIAL Crompton Technology Group Limited TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2022
17518753 ELECTRICAL HOUSING Crompton Technology Group Limited HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 1728 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2021

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