Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (Pwc)

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 100 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2662 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.6%
Allowance Rate
n=2662
+0.62σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2662
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=2175
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2175
1054 days
Time to Allowance
n=2175
+4.0pp
Interview Lift
n=2662
30.7%
RCE Rate
n=2662
0.8%
Appeal Rate
n=2662

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

95.4%
§101 Overcome
n=44
92.6%
§102 Overcome
n=309
88.5%
§103 Overcome
n=1423
96.8%
§112 Overcome
n=311

Specialization & Scale

F05D, F01D, F02C
Top CPC Subclasses
45%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2662
0
Practitioners
n=2662
Apps / Practitioner
n=2662 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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%)
11
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (91%)
§102 only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
18% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
64% of docket
2
Business / Other
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CODUROGLU, JALAL C 1 85.7% +7.5%
TRUONG, MINH D 1 67.0% +24.4%
CARY, KELSEY E 1 75.1% +24.6%
TUROCY, DAVID P 1 46.7% +35.5%
RUPPERT, ERIC S 1 59.6% +24.0%
LANE, DEVON 1 55.5% +14.4%
LEE, SANGKYUNG 1 61.6% +9.6%
ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J 1 88.5% +21.7%
CHANDLER, KAITY V 1 63.5% +23.6%
IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU 1 56.3% +14.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19264003 METHOD OF REDUCING NOISE OF AIRCRAFT HAVING HYBRID POWER PLANTS CODUROGLU, JALAL C
18410896 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VARIABLE-PITCH PROPELLER WITH OIL LEAKAGE COMPENSATION ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19077615 OIL TANK FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE TRUONG, MINH D
18795587 SPOOL VALVE FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE CARY, KELSEY E
18736838 PULSE-MANAGED PLASMA METHOD FOR COATING ON INTERNAL SURFACES OF WORKPIECES TUROCY, DAVID P
18649208 HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING A MIXING CHAMBER WITH LOUVERS RUPPERT, ERIC S
18649274 HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING A MIXING CHAMBER WITH FINS LANE, DEVON
18410896 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VARIABLE-PITCH PROPELLER WITH OIL LEAKAGE COMPENSATION ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J
18212803 AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT WITH AMMONIA-FUELED POWER GENERATION CHANDLER, KAITY V
18334507 AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF CONDITIONING CABIN AIR IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
RTX 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37632
37412
36541
37531
17181
37451
17251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19264003 METHOD OF REDUCING NOISE OF AIRCRAFT HAVING HYBRID POWER PLANTS Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. CODUROGLU, JALAL C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2025
19077615 OIL TANK FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. TRUONG, MINH D 3654 §102 Final Rejection Pending Mar 12, 2025
18795587 SPOOL VALVE FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. CARY, KELSEY E 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18736838 PULSE-MANAGED PLASMA METHOD FOR COATING ON INTERNAL SURFACES OF WORKPIECES Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. TUROCY, DAVID P 1718 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18649208 HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING A MIXING CHAMBER WITH LOUVERS Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. RUPPERT, ERIC S 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18649274 HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING A MIXING CHAMBER WITH FINS Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. LANE, DEVON 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18610505 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING A SERVICE LIFE OF A COMPONENT OF AN AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. LEE, SANGKYUNG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18410896 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A VARIABLE-PITCH PROPELLER WITH OIL LEAKAGE COMPENSATION Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. ZAMORA ALVAREZ, ERIC J 3745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18212803 AIRCRAFT POWER PLANT WITH AMMONIA-FUELED POWER GENERATION Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. CHANDLER, KAITY V 1725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18334507 AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF CONDITIONING CABIN AIR Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. IGUE, ROBERTO TOSHIHARU 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2023
18151747 ACCESSORY GEARBOX COVER LINKAGES Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. BURKE, THOMAS P 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2023

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