Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kinney & Lange, P.A. (Pratt & Whitney)

16 pending office actions • 1 client • 16 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
3
Due this week
5
Due this month
3
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (3)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%)
16
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only16 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
75% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
19% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TENTONI, LEO B 1 81.9% +10.0%
THROWER, LARRY W 1 65.7% +12.6%
WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 1 30.0% +82.4%
CHEN, KEATH T 1 30.3% +24.5%
COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 1 81.0% +14.5%
STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1 80.8% +15.3%
KANG, EDWIN G 1 64.7% +69.0%
IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1 33.4% +25.1%
SCHLEIS, DANIEL J 1 71.3% +5.1%
CAI, CHARLES J 1 83.0% +29.5%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18785826 HEAT DISSIPATION CONTROL IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TENTONI, LEO B 5d
18345848 MELT POOL PROCESS USING NEUROMORPHIC SENSORS CAI, CHARLES J 20d
18436625 COATINGS FOR TOOLING COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 27d
18424314 USE OF SACRIFICIAL SURFACE DURING DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION REPAIR PROCESS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 42d

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
18743509 3-D LATTICE REINFORCED COMPOSITE WITH STRAIN LIMITER THROWER, LARRY W 52d overdue
18668657 SUPPORT TOOL FOR CHANNEL FORMATION IN FIBER PREFORMS WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 28d overdue
18785826 HEAT DISSIPATION CONTROL IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TENTONI, LEO B 5d
18493599 PRE-SHAPED SPACE FILLERS FOR SMALL CROSS SECTION FEATURES IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 7d
18345848 MELT POOL PROCESS USING NEUROMORPHIC SENSORS CAI, CHARLES J 20d
18436625 COATINGS FOR TOOLING COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 27d
18496615 ADDITIVE CLOCKED FUEL INJECTOR BOLT KANG, EDWIN G 41d
18424314 USE OF SACRIFICIAL SURFACE DURING DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION REPAIR PROCESS STONER, KILEY SHAWN 42d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
RTX 16

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17842
17892
17421
17541
37241
17161
17351
37411
21151
17181

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18785826 HEAT DISSIPATION CONTROL IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Rtx Corporation TENTONI, LEO B 1742 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18743509 3-D LATTICE REINFORCED COMPOSITE WITH STRAIN LIMITER Rtx Corporation THROWER, LARRY W 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18668657 SUPPORT TOOL FOR CHANNEL FORMATION IN FIBER PREFORMS Rtx Corporation WATSON, HALEIGH NOELLE 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending May 20, 2024
18442808 LOCAL PART MASKING FOR IMPROVED UNIFORMITY IN CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES Rtx Corporation CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 15, 2024
18436625 COATINGS FOR TOOLING Rtx Corporation COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18424314 USE OF SACRIFICIAL SURFACE DURING DIRECTED ENERGY DEPOSITION REPAIR PROCESS Rtx Corporation STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18496615 ADDITIVE CLOCKED FUEL INJECTOR BOLT Rtx Corporation KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18493599 PRE-SHAPED SPACE FILLERS FOR SMALL CROSS SECTION FEATURES Rtx Corporation IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18345835 RESILIENT BUILD PLATES FOR POWDER BED FUSION - LASER ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Raytheon Technologies Corporation SCHLEIS, DANIEL J 1784 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18345848 MELT POOL PROCESS USING NEUROMORPHIC SENSORS Rtx Corporation CAI, CHARLES J 2115 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18205079 PARTICLE ENHANCED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE WITH NO PARTICLES ON SURFACE PLIES Raytheon Technologies Corporation TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18200185 METHOD FOR BRAIDING AUTOMATION FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITES Raytheon Technologies Corporation CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 1744 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18123040 THREE-DIMENSIONAL WEAVE WITH SACRIFICIAL Z-FIBERS FOR IMPROVED CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE MICROSTRUCTURE Raytheon Technologies Corporation EMPIE, NATHAN H 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 17, 2023
18185867 MULTI-HEAD DESIGN FOR ULTRASONIC IMPACT GRINDING OF CMCS Raytheon Technologies Corporation NEIBAUR, ROBERT F 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 17, 2023
17866016 HIGH ENTROPY CERAMIC FOR PROTECTION OR MULTI-LAYER IFC Raytheon Technologies Corporation MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jul 15, 2022
17556596 PVA BASED BINDER APPLICATION FOR CMCS Raytheon Technologies Corporation BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §103 Final Rejection 92d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2021

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