Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force

29 pending office actions • 21 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 85 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

12
Hard (41%)
10
Medium (34%)
7
Easy (24%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (7%)
§101 + other1 (3%)
§103 only5 (17%)
§102 only3 (10%)
§112 only6 (21%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other2 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
28% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
4
Semiconductors
14% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
7
Business / Other
24% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CANFIELD, ROBERT 2 76.1% +18.2%
PREVIL, DANIEL 1 85.8% +12.1%
MOWLA, GOLAM 1 61.7% +28.3%
MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1 67.2% +31.8%
HARRIS, ZACHARY PRATT 1
KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 1 64.7% +57.9%
PLUMB, NIGEL H 1 90.7% +1.1%
GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1 50.0% +25.8%
SNELTING, ERIN LYNN 1 70.1% +33.4%
THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET 1 73.1% +20.8%

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
19172352 ENDOVASCULAR PERFUSION AUGMENTATION FOR CRITICAL CARE PREVIL, DANIEL
18926111 Flow Regulation Device for Volatile and Semi-Volatile Sampling Onto Adsorbent Media PLUMB, NIGEL H

Hard Cases (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18305403 Heterojunction-Based Vacuum Field Effect Transistors PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW 15d
18316753 Signal Processing for Infra-Red Imaging Technology (SPIRIT) Architecture for Small, Mid-size, and Large format Focal Plane Arrays PHAM, QUAN L 28d
19038923 Polycrystalline Silicon Nitride Fibers MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD
18950616 ROOF DRAIN HARRIS, ZACHARY PRATT
18944244 Flow Rate Control Device for Variable Artery Occlusion KHANDKER, RAIHAN R
18789798 Personal Hydration System With Cooling or Warming Capability CHEYNEY, CHARLES
18740641 PREPREGS AND CURED COMPOSITES HAVING IMPROVED SURFACES AND PROCESSES OF MAKING AND METHODS OF USING SAME VONCH, JEFFREY A
18679000 ANGLE BASED CONFIDENCE ESTIMATION FOR A NEURAL NETWORK USING CONDITIONALLY INFORMED PROBABILITY CONFIDENCE ESTIMATION WALSH, EMMETT K

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
19172352 ENDOVASCULAR PERFUSION AUGMENTATION FOR CRITICAL CARE PREVIL, DANIEL
19083960 SOLAR POWER PORTABLE CELL MOWLA, GOLAM
19038923 Polycrystalline Silicon Nitride Fibers MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD
18944244 Flow Rate Control Device for Variable Artery Occlusion KHANDKER, RAIHAN R
18903330 SENSORS USING POLYMERIC MATRICES GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE
18895054 METHOD OF PROVIDING ACCESS AND EGRESS TO AN OPEN COCKPIT OF AN AIRCRAFT CANFIELD, ROBERT
18895022 NON-SELF-SUPPORTING HINGED LADDER CANFIELD, ROBERT
18802679 Method of Cladding Ceramic Optical Fibers SNELTING, ERIN LYNN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3636 2
1721 1
3635 1
3771 1
1795 1
1759 1
3754 1
2855 1
1781 1
3786 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19172352 ENDOVASCULAR PERFUSION AUGMENTATION FOR CRITICAL CARE PREVIL, DANIEL DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2025
19083960 SOLAR POWER PORTABLE CELL MOWLA, GOLAM 1721 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2025
19038923 Polycrystalline Silicon Nitride Fibers MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 28, 2025
18950616 ROOF DRAIN HARRIS, ZACHARY PRATT 3635 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18944244 Flow Rate Control Device for Variable Artery Occlusion KHANDKER, RAIHAN R 3771 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18926111 Flow Regulation Device for Volatile and Semi-Volatile Sampling Onto Adsorbent Media PLUMB, NIGEL H §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18903330 SENSORS USING POLYMERIC MATRICES GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2024
18895054 METHOD OF PROVIDING ACCESS AND EGRESS TO AN OPEN COCKPIT OF AN AIRCRAFT CANFIELD, ROBERT 3636 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18895022 NON-SELF-SUPPORTING HINGED LADDER CANFIELD, ROBERT 3636 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18802679 Method of Cladding Ceramic Optical Fibers SNELTING, ERIN LYNN 1759 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18802701 TRI-LAYER CERAMIC OPTICAL FIBERS AND METHOD OF MAKING THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18789798 Personal Hydration System With Cooling or Warming Capability CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2024
18788313 System and Method for Resonance Ultrasound Spectroscopy Using Continuous Wave Lasers NATH, SUMAN KUMAR 2855 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18740641 PREPREGS AND CURED COMPOSITES HAVING IMPROVED SURFACES AND PROCESSES OF MAKING AND METHODS OF USING SAME VONCH, JEFFREY A 1781 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18679000 ANGLE BASED CONFIDENCE ESTIMATION FOR A NEURAL NETWORK USING CONDITIONALLY INFORMED PROBABILITY CONFIDENCE ESTIMATION WALSH, EMMETT K §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18645545 METHODS FOR TOPOLOGICAL DATA ANALYSIS AI/ML PIPELINE (TDAML) WITH ALGORITHM FOR MULTIMODAL SENSOR DATA FUSION IN AUTONOMY APPLICATIONS OBISESAN, AUGUSTINE KUNLE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18638772 Method for Treatment of Microbial Infections MCCARTHY, GINA 3786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2024
18598157 Heterostructures and Processes Of Making and Using Same GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18598630 Flashing Indicator of Swimmer's Health JANG, CHRISTIAN Y §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18441012 BEARING AREA HEATING FIXTURE AND METHOD ANDERSON II, STEVEN S 3762 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18413755 Polyimide-Gold-Nanorod J-aggregates with Broadened Surface Plasmonic Resonance Band and Method of Manufacture YOON, TAE H 1762 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18380238 Hose Retainer LU, HAOTIAN 3753 §102 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18478609 PORE-CHANNEL FORMATION IN HIGH MASS LOADING, LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ELECTRODES ACHIEVED VIA AEROSOL JET PRINTING ZENG, LINGWEN R 1723 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18316753 Signal Processing for Infra-Red Imaging Technology (SPIRIT) Architecture for Small, Mid-size, and Large format Focal Plane Arrays PHAM, QUAN L 2637 §102§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 12, 2023
18305403 Heterojunction-Based Vacuum Field Effect Transistors PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW 2898 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 24, 2023
18151935 AIR TO LIQUID MICRO-FLUIDIC CHAMBER UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 §112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2023
17958325 Off-Platform Cable Presentation Rig KIM, PAUL D 3729 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Oct 01, 2022
17523705 METHOD OF TUNING SENSORS FOR IMPROVED DYNAMIC RANGE AND SENSOR ARRAY SON, ERIKA HEERA 2893 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2021
17491592 STABILIZED PROTEIN IONIC LIQUID APPLICATIONS TSAY, MARSHA M 1656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2021

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