Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Government of the United States of America, As Represented By the Secretary of Commerce

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

2
Hard (25%)
6
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (25%)
§103 only3 (38%)
§102 only3 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
3
Information Tech
38% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
3
Business / Other
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PETTITT, JOHN F 1 25.7% +21.6%
BERHANE, ADOLF D 1 88.3% -1.8%
MCMAHON, DANIEL F 1 89.6% +2.3%
RODDEN, JOSHUA E 1 58.6% +51.3%
FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C 1 76.6% +29.4%
HOANG, MICHAEL H 1 53.7% +23.9%
NGUYEN, HA S 1 58.4% -21.6%
MAHARAJ, DEVIKA S 1 55.8% +9.3%

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
19040763 Superconducting Switch BERHANE, ADOLF D

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19048303 CRYOCOOLING SYSTEM PETTITT, JOHN F
18913257 ERROR-CORRECTING CODES FOR FERMIONIC QUANTUM SIMULATION MCMAHON, DANIEL F
18560591 PERFORMING BANG-ANNEAL-BANG QUANTUM OPTIMIZATION HOANG, MICHAEL H

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19048303 CRYOCOOLING SYSTEM PETTITT, JOHN F
18745476 CHIP TWEEZERS RODDEN, JOSHUA E
18426179 CHRONOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING REDUNDANT MEASUREMENT OF PROJECTILE VELOCITY FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C
18560591 PERFORMING BANG-ANNEAL-BANG QUANTUM OPTIMIZATION HOANG, MICHAEL H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 1
2111 1
2122 1
1766 1
2123 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19048303 CRYOCOOLING SYSTEM PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19040763 Superconducting Switch BERHANE, ADOLF D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2025
18913257 ERROR-CORRECTING CODES FOR FERMIONIC QUANTUM SIMULATION MCMAHON, DANIEL F 2111 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18745476 CHIP TWEEZERS RODDEN, JOSHUA E §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18426179 CHRONOGRAPHY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING REDUNDANT MEASUREMENT OF PROJECTILE VELOCITY FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18560591 PERFORMING BANG-ANNEAL-BANG QUANTUM OPTIMIZATION HOANG, MICHAEL H 2122 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18206667 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING POLYELECTROLYTE RESIN AND ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING NGUYEN, HA S 1766 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2023
18136257 QUANTUM SENSOR NETWORK AND MEASURING MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS WITH A QUANTUM SENSOR NETWORK MAHARAJ, DEVIKA S 2123 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2023

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