Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Agency for Defense Development

9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (56%)
3
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (33%)
§103 only2 (22%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
22% of docket
2
Information Tech
22% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
3
Business / Other
33% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 1 46.5% +32.6%
GREGORY, BERNARR E 1 90.5% +6.8%
KOLB, NATHANIEL J 1 62.4% +35.6%
TRAN, NHAN T 1 86.5% +13.5%
OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS 1 69.8% +23.3%
LAWRENCE, JOHN CALEB 1
CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T 1 80.2% +29.3%
DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 1 64.2% +43.7%
ZENG, WENWEI 1

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
18205162 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BIDIRECTIONAL KEY AGREEMENT PROTOCOL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T 21d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18598494 Electronic Apparatus for Jamming and Operation Method Thereof LAWRENCE, JOHN CALEB 22d
18914245 ERROR CORRECTION METHOD FOR ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY RADAR SYSTEM GREGORY, BERNARR E
18823479 MECHANICAL LOW-PASS FILTER AND FREQUENCY CUT-OFF APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME KOLB, NATHANIEL J
18765346 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GIMBAL TRAN, NHAN T
18156223 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TECHNICAL INFORMATION BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ZENG, WENWEI

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18205162 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BIDIRECTIONAL KEY AGREEMENT PROTOCOL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T 21d
19077259 METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SIGNAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN
18823479 MECHANICAL LOW-PASS FILTER AND FREQUENCY CUT-OFF APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME KOLB, NATHANIEL J
18765346 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GIMBAL TRAN, NHAN T
18613856 REACTIVE SKIN PROTECTANT CLEANING COMPOSITION FOR PROTECTING AGAINST CHEMICAL AGENT AND CLEANING METHOD USING THE SAME OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS
18007008 HUMANIZED ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO BACILLUS ANTHRACIS PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3645 1
1761 1
2646 1
2431 1
1644 1
2146 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19077259 METHOD OF TRANSMITTING SIGNAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 3645 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
18914245 ERROR CORRECTION METHOD FOR ACTIVE ELECTRONICALLY SCANNED ARRAY RADAR SYSTEM GREGORY, BERNARR E §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2024
18823479 MECHANICAL LOW-PASS FILTER AND FREQUENCY CUT-OFF APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME KOLB, NATHANIEL J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18765346 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING GIMBAL TRAN, NHAN T §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 2024
18613856 REACTIVE SKIN PROTECTANT CLEANING COMPOSITION FOR PROTECTING AGAINST CHEMICAL AGENT AND CLEANING METHOD USING THE SAME OGDEN JR, NECHOLUS 1761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18598494 Electronic Apparatus for Jamming and Operation Method Thereof LAWRENCE, JOHN CALEB 2646 §102§103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18205162 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BIDIRECTIONAL KEY AGREEMENT PROTOCOL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T 2431 §112DP Final Rejection 21d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18007008 HUMANIZED ANTIBODY SPECIFIC TO BACILLUS ANTHRACIS PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF DRISCOLL, MAUREEN VARINA 1644 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2023
18156223 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TECHNICAL INFORMATION BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ZENG, WENWEI 2146 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 18, 2023

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