Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Bwxt Isotope Technology Group Inc.

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

5
Hard (83%)
1
Medium (17%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (83%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FORREST, MICHAEL 3 59.5% +13.6%
WASIL, DANIEL D 1 79.9% +25.1%
HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 1 69.2% +51.0%
CHU, YONG LIANG 1 74.9% +3.0%

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
17489587 METAL-MOLYBDATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME FORREST, MICHAEL 16d
18204049 METHOD OF USING AN ALUMINA IN A MOLYBDENUM/TECHNETIUM-99m GENERATOR CHU, YONG LIANG 46d
18779145 TARGET IRRADIATION SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES WASIL, DANIEL D
18637809 IRRADIATION TARGETS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE
15902086 TITANIUM-MOLYBDATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME FORREST, MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17489587 METAL-MOLYBDATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME FORREST, MICHAEL 16d
17489683 METAL-MOLYBDATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME FORREST, MICHAEL 28d
18779145 TARGET IRRADIATION SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES WASIL, DANIEL D
18637809 IRRADIATION TARGETS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE
15902086 TITANIUM-MOLYBDATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME FORREST, MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1738 3
3726 1
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18779145 TARGET IRRADIATION SYSTEMS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES WASIL, DANIEL D §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18637809 IRRADIATION TARGETS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF RADIOISOTOPES HOTCHKISS, MICHAEL WAYNE 3726 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18204049 METHOD OF USING AN ALUMINA IN A MOLYBDENUM/TECHNETIUM-99m GENERATOR CHU, YONG LIANG 1731 §102§103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending May 31, 2023
17489683 METAL-MOLYBDATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME FORREST, MICHAEL 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 29, 2021
17489587 METAL-MOLYBDATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME FORREST, MICHAEL 1738 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Sep 29, 2021
15902086 TITANIUM-MOLYBDATE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME FORREST, MICHAEL 1738 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2018

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