Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kinney & Lange, P.A. (Collins Aerospace)

22 pending office actions • 7 clients • 20 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 129 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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%)
17
Medium (77%)
4
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (73%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only4 (18%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
3
Semiconductors
14% of docket
17
Mechanical / Eng
77% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BOECKMANN, JASON J 2 48.9% +28.9%
LEE, GEOFFREY S 2 61.2% +19.0%
DANG, TINH 1 84.9% +7.9%
JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 1 40.4% +20.4%
RUPPERT, ERIC S 1 59.0% +24.7%
INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 1 68.4% +36.6%
KIM, CRAIG SANG 1 86.1% +10.0%
STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK 1 88.3% +8.7%
ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC 1 35.7% +16.7%
QUANDT, MICHAEL M 1 62.8% +19.3%

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
18394319 MODE-MATCHING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL BEAMS TO A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF OPTICAL POWER AMPLIFIERS STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK 31d overdue
18413665 INTEGRAL OUTLET FIRE EXTINGUISHER ASSEMBLY KIM, CRAIG SANG 15d
19091781 EPICYCLIC GEAR ASSEMBLY PLANETARY GEAR CARRIER DANG, TINH 22d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18381737 PARALLEL ELECTROHYDRAULIC SERVO VALVE CONTROLLED ACTUATOR WITH FAILURE ACCOMMODATION QUANDT, MICHAEL M 141d overdue
18238774 PISTON RINGS AND BARREL SLEEVES LEE, GEOFFREY S 127d overdue
18502906 FIRE EXTINGUISHER VALVE FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM, FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH FIRE EXTINGUISHER VALVE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER VALVE ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC 67d overdue
18083517 ORGANIC CHEMICAL FIRE SUPPRESSANT FOR A BATTERY PACK BOECKMANN, JASON J 44d overdue
18615270 CONTEXT AWARE NOTICES TO AIR MISSIONS AUTOMATION ALGORITHM INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 23d overdue
18522190 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS BOECKMANN, JASON J 18d overdue
18792898 DIFFUSION MODEL TO GENERATE PREDICTIVE IMAGE INERTIAL NAVIGATION AIDING FOR A MOVING PLATFORM JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 2d overdue
18413665 INTEGRAL OUTLET FIRE EXTINGUISHER ASSEMBLY KIM, CRAIG SANG 15d

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37524
37413
37462
36551
36651
37631
36621
28771
37451
37621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19091781 EPICYCLIC GEAR ASSEMBLY PLANETARY GEAR CARRIER Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation DANG, TINH 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 26, 2025
18792898 DIFFUSION MODEL TO GENERATE PREDICTIVE IMAGE INERTIAL NAVIGATION AIDING FOR A MOVING PLATFORM Atlantic Inertial Systems Inc. JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2024
18766341 HEAT EXCHANGER Hs Marston Aerospace Limited RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §112 Final Rejection 83d Pending Jul 08, 2024
18615270 CONTEXT AWARE NOTICES TO AIR MISSIONS AUTOMATION ALGORITHM Rockwell Collins, Inc. INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
18413665 INTEGRAL OUTLET FIRE EXTINGUISHER ASSEMBLY Kidde Technologies Inc. KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18394319 MODE-MATCHING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL BEAMS TO A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF OPTICAL POWER AMPLIFIERS Rosemount Aerospace Inc. STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2023
18522190 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS Kidde Graviner Limited BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18502906 FIRE EXTINGUISHER VALVE FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM, FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM COMPRISING SUCH FIRE EXTINGUISHER VALVE, AND METHOD OF OPERATING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER VALVE Kidde-Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18381737 PARALLEL ELECTROHYDRAULIC SERVO VALVE CONTROLLED ACTUATOR WITH FAILURE ACCOMMODATION Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation QUANDT, MICHAEL M 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 141d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2023
18488630 FIRE EXTINGUISHING NOZZLE FOR A FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM OF A WHEELED LAND VEHICLE, FIRE EXTINGUISHING SYSTEM, WHEELED LAND VEHICLE, AND METHOD OF APPLYING A FIRE EXTINGUISHING AGENT TO AN OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT OF A WHEELED LAND VEHICLE Kidde-Deugra Brandschutzsysteme GmbH LIEUWEN, CODY J 3752 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18479519 CABIN OCCUPANCY SENSOR FOR AIRCRAFT ECS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation TIGHE, DANA K 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18477305 AIRCRAFT TO AIRPORT LASER COMMUNICATION Rosemount Aerospace Inc. SANCHEZ, DIBSON J 2634 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18474759 AIRCRAFT SENSOR WITH VENTED BORES IN A STRUT Rosemount Aerospace Inc. KOLB, NATHANIEL J 2896 §112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18239423 AIRCRAFT FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM Kidde Technologies Inc. MEILLER, SEAN V 3741 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18238774 PISTON RINGS AND BARREL SLEEVES Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §103 Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18228608 VALVE SYSTEMS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation PRICE, CRAIG JAMES 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18360733 INTEGRATED VAPOR FILTER WITH BACKGROUND REJECTION Rosemount Aerospace Inc. LEE, MICHAEL 2422 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18225796 FLAT SPRAY FUEL INJECTORS Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc. KIM, TAE JUN 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18224920 PROPORTIONAL CONTROL OF COOLING CIRCUIT OF FUEL NOZZLE Collins Engine Nozzles, Inc. IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU 3741 Non-Final OA 175d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2023
18202661 FLUID PUMP SYSTEMS Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation LEE, GEOFFREY S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending May 26, 2023
18101860 DYNAMIC AIR DATA PROBE PROGNOSTICS HEALTH MONITORING EDGE DEVICE Rosemount Aerospace Inc. NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A 2858 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jan 26, 2023
18083517 ORGANIC CHEMICAL FIRE SUPPRESSANT FOR A BATTERY PACK Kidde Technologies Inc. BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2022

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