Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Cantor Colburn LLP - Raytheon

19 pending office actions • 4 clients • 19 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=73473 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.1%
Allowance Rate
n=73473
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=73473
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=51629
-0.21σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=51629
1017 days
Time to Allowance
n=51629
+3.9pp
Interview Lift
n=73473
25.9%
RCE Rate
n=73473
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=73473

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.6%
§101 Overcome
n=3150
81.0%
§102 Overcome
n=23579
81.1%
§103 Overcome
n=36783
82.5%
§112 Overcome
n=23383

Specialization & Scale

H10K, G02F, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
9%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=73473
68
Practitioners
n=73473
1080.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=73473

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

6
Hard (32%)
11
Medium (58%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (53%)
§112 only2 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (32%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
42% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
37% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
11% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MILLNER, MONICA E 1 77.4% +22.2%
JONES, GORDON A 1 60.7% +37.9%
LOTTER, DAVID E 1 84.9% +9.3%
LEE, BENNY T 1 87.4% +25.3%
KARACSONY, ROBERT 1 77.0% +15.1%
CHANG, AUDREY Y 1 46.6% +20.1%
TALBOT, BRIAN K 1 59.1% +31.0%
TSAI, JAMES T 1 62.7% +57.2%
HUYNH, KHOA B 1 80.0% +10.0%
RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA 1 87.9% +12.1%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18678817 DUAL-POLARIZED, HARDNESS-REINFORCED ANTENNA ARRAY FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS LOTTER, DAVID E 16d overdue
18112301 SEARCHLIGHT DISTRIBUTED QOS MANAGEMENT HUYNH, KHOA B
17963937 Process Control Monitor Device Structure for Buried TSV Formation in IC Wafers RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17670091 PRIMER DESIGN AND USE FOR LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) PATHOGEN DETECTION WANG, RUIXUE 49d overdue
17576969 Heating Device for Testing a Biological Sample PHAN, TRUONG D 28d overdue
18408159 DIAMOND WHISPERING-GALLERY MODE RESONATOR LEE, BENNY T 9d overdue
18735857 SCALABLE INTEGRATED UNPOWERED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MODULE JONES, GORDON A
18450503 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME CHANG, AUDREY Y
18134785 LOW-K AND LOW DIELECTRIC LOSS DIELECTRIC COMPOSITION FOR AEROSOL JET PRINTING TALBOT, BRIAN K

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18408159 DIAMOND WHISPERING-GALLERY MODE RESONATOR LEE, BENNY T 9d overdue
18958626 VIBRATION ISOLATOR WITH TRANSLATION COMPLIANCE MILLNER, MONICA E
18735857 SCALABLE INTEGRATED UNPOWERED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MODULE JONES, GORDON A
18477594 WIDEBAND ANTENNA WITH MODULAR ASSEMBLY KARACSONY, ROBERT
18450503 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME CHANG, AUDREY Y
18134785 LOW-K AND LOW DIELECTRIC LOSS DIELECTRIC COMPOSITION FOR AEROSOL JET PRINTING TALBOT, BRIAN K
18299679 Event Based Analysis and Saliency Detection and Classification of Signals TSAI, JAMES T
18112301 SEARCHLIGHT DISTRIBUTED QOS MANAGEMENT HUYNH, KHOA B

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28452
17642
36321
37631
28431
28721
21471
24621
28981
28711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18958626 VIBRATION ISOLATOR WITH TRANSLATION COMPLIANCE Raytheon Company MILLNER, MONICA E 3632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18735857 SCALABLE INTEGRATED UNPOWERED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL MODULE Raytheon Company JONES, GORDON A 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18678817 DUAL-POLARIZED, HARDNESS-REINFORCED ANTENNA ARRAY FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS Blue Canyon Technologies LLC LOTTER, DAVID E 2845 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18408159 DIAMOND WHISPERING-GALLERY MODE RESONATOR Raytheon Bbn Technologies Corp. LEE, BENNY T 2843 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18477594 WIDEBAND ANTENNA WITH MODULAR ASSEMBLY Raytheon Company KARACSONY, ROBERT 2845 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18450503 DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Raytheon Company CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18134785 LOW-K AND LOW DIELECTRIC LOSS DIELECTRIC COMPOSITION FOR AEROSOL JET PRINTING The University of Massachusetts TALBOT, BRIAN K 1764 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2023
18299679 Event Based Analysis and Saliency Detection and Classification of Signals Raytheon Bbn Technologies Corp. TSAI, JAMES T 2147 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2023
18112301 SEARCHLIGHT DISTRIBUTED QOS MANAGEMENT Raytheon Bbn Technologies Corp. HUYNH, KHOA B 2462 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2023
17963937 Process Control Monitor Device Structure for Buried TSV Formation in IC Wafers Raytheon Company RODRIGUEZ VILLANU, SANDRA MILENA 2898 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2022
17962203 PREACTIVATED, BATCH FIREABLE GETTER WITH INTEGRATED, MINIATURE, SINGLE-ACTUATION, EXTREMELY HIGH-TEMPERATURE BAKEABLE VALVE Raytheon Company ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1764 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2022
17741329 Method of Manufacture for a Lightweight, High-Precision Silicon Carbide Mirror Assembly Raytheon Company CARRUTH, JENNIFER DOAK 2871 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 10, 2022
17670091 PRIMER DESIGN AND USE FOR LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) PATHOGEN DETECTION Purdue Research Foundation WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Feb 11, 2022
17576970 LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ANALYSIS FOR PATHOGENIC TARGETS Raytheon Bbn Technologies, Corp. CONSTANTINE, CHARLES Z 1657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2022
17576968 Liquid Biological Sample Test Cartridge Purdue Research Foundation KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1798 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2022
17576972 LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ANALYSIS FOR PATHOGENIC TARGETS Raytheon Bbn Technologies, Corp. JONES, CHRISTINE MICHELLE 1682 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2022
17576969 Heating Device for Testing a Biological Sample Purdue Research Foundation PHAN, TRUONG D 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2022
17576971 LOOP-MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION (LAMP) ANALYSIS FOR PATHOGENIC TARGETS Raytheon Bbn Technologies, Corp. DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2022
16986596 WATERLESS ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PROPELLANT Raytheon Company FELTON, AILEEN BAKER 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 06, 2020

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