Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
72 pending office actions • 38 art units • 68 examiners • 0 of 72 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 157 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (4%) |
| §103 only | 30 (42%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 4 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 32 (44%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 3 | 70.7% | +25.8% |
| PHILLIPS, FORREST M | 2 | 83.2% | +14.6% |
| GUYAH, REMASH RAJA | 2 | 76.5% | +38.1% |
| DANGOL, ASHESH | 1 | 69.7% | +50.1% |
| CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 1 | 80.7% | +13.4% |
| DAVID, MICHAEL D | 1 | 81.9% | +14.0% |
| GIESY, ADAM | 1 | 81.3% | +12.2% |
| BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS | 1 | 85.5% | +16.7% |
| TRUONG, DENNIS | 1 | 74.2% | +27.6% |
| GORDON, ANNA L | 1 | 71.6% | +32.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18877598 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD | BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS | — |
| 18860213 | ACOUSTIC BLACK HOLE, STRUCTURE DAMPER, STRUCTURALLY DAMPED STRUCTURE, AND METHOD | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | — |
| 18855762 | ACTIVE ACOUSTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18006266 | RESPIRATOR HAVING AN AIRFLOW NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE | HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA | 169d overdue |
| 18451396 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ANTENNA WITH INVERTED HAT MONOPOLE ELEMENT | WOODS, BRANDON SEAN | 71d overdue |
| 18330880 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING ADS-B TRACKS | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 46d overdue |
| 18006273 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AIR DELIVERY DEVICES | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 11d overdue |
| 18297798 | RESILIENT CONDUCTIVE BUMP FOR MICROELECTRONIC TESTING | HOLLINGTON, JERMELE M | 8d overdue |
| 18563539 | UNDERWATER CHARGING | AVILA, STEPHEN P | 1d overdue |
| 18720336 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE | MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI | 21d |
| 18331491 | GPS SATELLITE SIGNAL AUTHENTICATION BASED ON RELATIVE GAIN USING BEAMFORMING ANTENNA ELECTRONICS | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 46d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868312 | CONTROLLING AN AQUATIC VESSEL | TRUONG, DENNIS | 11d overdue |
| 18331491 | GPS SATELLITE SIGNAL AUTHENTICATION BASED ON RELATIVE GAIN USING BEAMFORMING ANTENNA ELECTRONICS | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 46d |
| 19474568 | AIRFLOW MODIFYING DEVICE | DANGOL, ASHESH | — |
| 19151224 | ACTIVE THROTTLE ARRANGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | — |
| 19138958 | SWITCH, ELECTRONIC SAFE AND ARM UNIT, FUZE SYSTEM, MUNITION AND METHOD | DAVID, MICHAEL D | — |
| 18877462 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD | GIESY, ADAM | — |
| 18877598 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD | BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS | — |
| 18864352 | CONTROL SURFACE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | GORDON, ANNA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3648 | 8 |
| 2845 | 5 |
| 3615 | 4 |
| 3642 | 3 |
| 2872 | 3 |
| 3641 | 2 |
| 3785 | 2 |
| 1752 | 2 |
| 2858 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19474568 | AIRFLOW MODIFYING DEVICE | DANGOL, ASHESH | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19151224 | ACTIVE THROTTLE ARRANGEMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM | CICCHINO, PATRICK D | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19138958 | SWITCH, ELECTRONIC SAFE AND ARM UNIT, FUZE SYSTEM, MUNITION AND METHOD | DAVID, MICHAEL D | 3641 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 18877462 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD | GIESY, ADAM | 2622 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18877598 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND METHOD | BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18868312 | CONTROLLING AN AQUATIC VESSEL | TRUONG, DENNIS | 2152 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18864352 | CONTROL SURFACE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | GORDON, ANNA L | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18864165 | ANTENNA | HO, ANH N | 2845 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18860213 | ACOUSTIC BLACK HOLE, STRUCTURE DAMPER, STRUCTURALLY DAMPED STRUCTURE, AND METHOD | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18860161 | CONTROL UNIT IN AN ACTIVE INCEPTOR | AGARED, GABRIEL T | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18860192 | ACOUSTIC BLACK HOLE, STRUCTURAL DAMPER, STRUCTURALLY DAMPED STRUCTURE, AND METHOD | LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18855762 | ACTIVE ACOUSTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18855830 | RETINAL SCANNING DISPLAY DEVICE | HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18847898 | A METHOD OF PRODUCING EXPLOSIVE HMX BY FLOW SYNETHESIS | SAEED, KAMAL A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18838093 | CAVITY ACOUSTIC TONES SUPPRESSION | ACOSTA, ERIC LAZARUS | 3644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18720975 | UNDERWATER IMAGING | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18720996 | ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER | NGUYEN, LINH V | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18720364 | HYBRID JOINT | BEHA, CAROLINE | 1748 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18720336 | VEHICLE NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE | MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI | 3648 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18711192 | CONTROLLING A SWARM OF AGENTS | TRAN, TAN H | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18710372 | A REACTOR CONTROL SYSTEM | COOPERRIDER, KELLY MARIE | 3646 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18689966 | MODULATING AND CONDITIONING WORKING FLUIDS | KING, BRIAN M | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18687632 | SYNTHESIZING AN ORGANIC HIGH EXPLOSIVE IN A FLOW REACTOR | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1624 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18566155 | UNDERWATER VESSEL | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18563506 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL | RAMESH, KRISHNAN | 3615 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18563539 | UNDERWATER CHARGING | AVILA, STEPHEN P | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18563510 | AN UNDERWATER VESSEL AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM | VENNE, DANIEL V | 3615 | §112 | Final Rejection | 55d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18252600 | MARINE COATING COMPOSITION | ALAWADI, SARAH | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18006273 | IMPROVEMENTS IN AIR DELIVERY DEVICES | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 3785 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 18006266 | RESPIRATOR HAVING AN AIRFLOW NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE | HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA | 3785 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 169d overdue | Pending | Jan 20, 2023 |
| 19089320 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR STARTING SECURE COMMUNICATION IN SYSTEMS WITH HIGH AVAILABILITY | JACOBS-BURTON, LASHONDA T | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 18539469 | CURRENT LIMITING ELEMENT IN PARALLEL PATH FOR PREVENTION OF THERMAL RUNAWAY PROPAGATION IN BATTERY SYSTEM, PACKS AND MODULES | ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18236658 | PARTIAL PRE-CHARGE OF THE HIGH VOLTAGE SYSTEM | JEPPSON, PAMELA J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18028906 | MITIGATING THERMAL RUNAWAY PROPAGATION IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERY PACKS | MCCONNELL, WYATT P | 1727 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18121241 | ARCHITECTURE FOR BATTERY PACKS | NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN | 1752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18115233 | BATTERY PROTECTION AT ALTITUDE | LU, ZIHENG NMN | 1752 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18093140 | SENSORS FOR BATTERY PROTECTION | LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM | 1724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2023 |
| 18975715 | SiC UV PHOTODETECTOR | NICELY, JOSEPH C | 2813 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18960852 | DEEP LEARNING BASED IMAGE GEOREGISTRATION | ZHANG, WAYNE | 2672 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18919529 | SATELLITE TOMOGRAPHY OF PRECIPITATION AND MOTION VIA SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR | GUYAH, REMASH RAJA | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18885057 | ROBUST FPGA BASED INTERFACE TO ALLOW SERIAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH EMBEDDED CLOCKING BETWEEN DEVICES WITH GROUND POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES | ANDERSON, MARGARET MARIE | 2412 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18755074 | METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE CONTENTION | PANCHOLI, RINA C | 2477 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18755038 | METHOD OF CONTENTION RESOLUTION FOR PREDICTIVE CONTENTION | BHATTI, HASHIM S | 2475 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18651197 | CHAFF DISPENSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPERATION | YANKEY, RYAN ANDREW | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18613522 | COMPUTATIONAL SHEAR BY PHASE STEPPED SPECKLE HOLOGRAPHY | LAPAGE, MICHAEL P | 2877 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18608201 | RECONFIGURABLE SPACE TIME AND SPACE FREQUENCY ADAPTIVE PROCESSING | NGUYEN, LIEM HONG | 2416 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18600906 | TRANSPARENT HORIZONTAL GRADIENT FREEZE APPARATUS WITH REGULATED GROWTH RATE | SONG, MATTHEW J | 1714 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18593437 | MULTI-STAGE MULTI-BURST SIGNAL ACQUISITION | SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18591228 | EXTENDED FIRE MUX CONTROL WITH POLLING SOURCE | KLEIN, GABRIEL J | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18585946 | ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM HAVING INTEROPERABLE COMPONENTS | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18585997 | ELECTRONIC WARFARE SYSTEM HAVING OPTIMIZED MULTIPLE SCAN SCHEDULES | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18438921 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ELECTROMAGNETICALLY COUPLED PATCH ANTENNA | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 2845 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18426940 | SOLITON GENERATION USING CRYSTALLINE WHISPERING GALLERY MODE RESONATORS | RADKOWSKI, PETER | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2024 |
| 18538482 | RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY SCRUBBING | AYASH, MARWAN | 2133 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 87d overdue | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18526203 | BACKSCAN STEP-AND-STARE RISLEY PRISM OPTICAL POINTING SYSTEM | SUMLAR, JOURNEY F | 2872 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18524300 | INTERPOSER MODULE FOR IMPLEMENTING DENSELY PITCHED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS ON CONVENTIONAL MOTHERBOARDS | LE, THANH TAM T | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18495382 | LASER CONTROLLER | MUNDI, JASMIN KAUR | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18479272 | GNSS SATELLITE SIGNAL AUTHENTICATION | GUYAH, REMASH RAJA | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18551426 | CLIP AND LID SYSTEM FOR A CHIP TRAY | ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO | 3736 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18452984 | ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES AND METHODS OF USE | TRINH, MINH N | 3729 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18451396 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ANTENNA WITH INVERTED HAT MONOPOLE ELEMENT | WOODS, BRANDON SEAN | 2845 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18365509 | JAMMING AS A BISTATIC RADAR SOURCE | GOOD, KENNETH W | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18222658 | ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED PROBE FED PATCH ANTENNA | SINGH, GURBIR | 2845 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18331491 | GPS SATELLITE SIGNAL AUTHENTICATION BASED ON RELATIVE GAIN USING BEAMFORMING ANTENNA ELECTRONICS | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 3648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18206730 | CONDUCTIVE LINES FOR INTERCONNECTION IN STACKED DEVICE STRUCTURES | MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW | 2897 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18330880 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING ADS-B TRACKS | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18319247 | LOW F NUMBER REFRACTIVE TELESCOPE WITH DYNAMIC ALTITUDE COMPENSATION | SUN, PINPING | 2872 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18303933 | BIT SPREADING TECHNIQUE FOR RADIATION HARDENED ERROR RESISTANT MEMORY SYSTEM | ALSHACK, OSMAN M | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18297798 | RESILIENT CONDUCTIVE BUMP FOR MICROELECTRONIC TESTING | HOLLINGTON, JERMELE M | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18102872 | SPOTLIGHT IMAGE ENHANCEMENT | SAINI, AMANDEEP SINGH | 2662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 18090940 | AIRBORNE OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF UNDERWATER SOUND SOURCES | SPLIT, JAMES GERALD | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 17534224 | SELECTIVE HEAT SINK | CHEN, DAVID Z | 2815 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 23, 2021 |
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