Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Getz Balich LLC

26 pending office actions • 1 client • 21 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 123 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
0
Due this week
8
Due this month
2
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
25
Medium (96%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only22 (85%)
§102 only3 (12%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
4% of docket
25
Mechanical / Eng
96% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, ANDREW H 2 75.1% +42.5%
KIM, TAE JUN 2 64.0% +26.2%
NG, HENRY 2 63.1% +57.8%
KANG, EDWIN G 2 64.7% +69.0%
RUPPERT, ERIC S 2 59.0% +24.7%
TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 1 63.1% +44.1%
PANG, ROGER L 1 89.6% +6.6%
MARIEN, ANDREW JAMES 1 79.7% +15.3%
STANEK, KELSEY L 1 80.6% +15.8%
LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1 72.0% +20.9%

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
18973929 INTER-ROTATING ASSEMBLY POWER COUPLING SYSTEM FOR TURBINE ENGINE PANG, ROGER L 9d overdue

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18639359 GAS TURBINE ENGINE CONFIGURED FOR DECREASED DIFFUSER WINDAGE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME NG, HENRY 52d overdue
18640938 MONITORING FUEL PHASE IN AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT FUEL SYSTEM KIM, TAE JUN 46d overdue
18196662 MODULAR HEAT EXCHANGER FOR AN AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT RUPPERT, ERIC S 45d overdue
18114691 FUEL INJECTOR AIR SWIRLER STRUCTURE WITH CANTED FLOW GUIDE SURFACE KANG, EDWIN G 42d overdue
19049484 THERMAL CONDITIONING ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE NGUYEN, ANDREW H 16d overdue
18643622 THERMAL MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM STANEK, KELSEY L 8d overdue
19081842 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FORMING TURBINE ENGINE ROTATING STRUCTURE TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 1d overdue
18389096 AIRCRAFT ENGINE ENTRAINED PARTICLE SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD NGUYEN, ANDREW H 9d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
RTX 26

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
374112
37454
37992
37632
37261
36551
37311
37531
28741
37611

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19081842 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR FORMING TURBINE ENGINE ROTATING STRUCTURE Rtx Corporation TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 3726 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2025
19049484 THERMAL CONDITIONING ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Rtx Corporation NGUYEN, ANDREW H 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2025
18973929 INTER-ROTATING ASSEMBLY POWER COUPLING SYSTEM FOR TURBINE ENGINE Rtx Corporation PANG, ROGER L 3655 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2024
18794374 TURBINE BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Rtx Corporation MARIEN, ANDREW JAMES 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 05, 2024
18643622 THERMAL MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A HYBRID-ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM Rtx Corporation STANEK, KELSEY L 3741 Other Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18640938 MONITORING FUEL PHASE IN AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT FUEL SYSTEM Rtx Corporation KIM, TAE JUN 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18639359 GAS TURBINE ENGINE CONFIGURED FOR DECREASED DIFFUSER WINDAGE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME Rtx Corporation NG, HENRY 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18591945 CUTTING TOOL SUPPORT FOR IN-SITU HOLE MANUFACTURING Rtx Corporation LONG, ROBERT FRANKLIN 3731 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18422343 INTERMEDIATE CASE FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM HOUSING Rtx Corporation KIM, TAE JUN 3799 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 25, 2024
18542071 VENTILATION SYSTEM FOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM Rtx Corporation HARRINGTON, ALYSON JOAN 3741 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18538300 OPEN ROTOR AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH ANTI-ICING SYSTEM Rtx Corporation IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU 3741 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18389096 AIRCRAFT ENGINE ENTRAINED PARTICLE SEPARATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Rtx Corporation NGUYEN, ANDREW H 3741 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18389208 COOLING NOZZLE VANES OF A TURBINE ENGINE Rtx Corporation KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18383362 DAMPED FLUID LINE FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE Rtx Corporation LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18238197 MONITORING BREAKTHROUGH OF ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE MACHINING ELECTRODE THROUGH A WORKPIECE Rtx Corporation LISOWSKI, JACEK 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18224938 TURBINE ENGINE VANE ARRAY STRUCTURE WITH AIR PARTICLE SEPARATOR Raytheon Technologies Corporation NG, HENRY 3741 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18202733 AIRCRAFT PROPULSION SYSTEM WITH ADJUSTABLE THRUST PROPULSOR Raytheon Technologies Corporation MEILLER, SEAN V 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18196662 MODULAR HEAT EXCHANGER FOR AN AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT Raytheon Technologies Corporation RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending May 12, 2023
18137871 MAGNETIC-FOIL BEARING WITH ROTATING STRUCTURE HEALTH MONITORING Raytheon Technologies Corporation HTAY, AYE SU MON 3745 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18126774 SPLIT CASE STRUCTURE FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Rtx Corporation LAMBERT, WAYNE A 3745 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18123260 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STARTING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE Raytheon Technologies Corporation MALATEK, KATHERYN A 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2023
18121424 COUPLING OPTICAL FIBERS AND FLUID PASSAGES Raytheon Technologies Corporation HAYES, MARY A 2874 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18119130 HEAT EXCHANGER WITH CROSSING HEAT EXCHANGE TUBES Raytheon Technologies Corporation RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18114691 FUEL INJECTOR AIR SWIRLER STRUCTURE WITH CANTED FLOW GUIDE SURFACE Raytheon Technologies Corporation KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
17401886 FORMING COOLING APERTURE(S) IN A TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT Raytheon Technologies Corporation LIU, CHRIS Q 3761 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2021
16796227 ROTOR BLADE AND METHOD FOR FORMING A ROTOR BLADE UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2020

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