Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics has 6 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These cases are spread across 4 distinct art units. The university is working with 6 distinct examiners. DANGOL, ASHESH is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action.
The examiners are assigned to cases across the 4 distinct art units. DANGOL, ASHESH is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. The total volume of pending office actions is 6. Each of the 4 distinct art units may have different examination standards. The examiners represent a range of individual perspectives within the USPTO. These pending office actions reflect the current active volume for the applicant. The 6 distinct examiners handle the 6 pending office actions.
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.
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 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DANGOL, ASHESH | 1 | 69.1% | +51.1% |
| GLOVER, CHRISTOPHER KINGSBURY | 1 | 57.9% | +26.1% |
| TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | 1 | 48.0% | +60.4% |
| LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 1 | 61.1% | +11.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17625772 | STRUCTURAL INTEGRATED DESIGN METHOD FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE BOLT PREFORM | LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 127d overdue |
| 19023211 | MULTI-MODAL COMMUNICATION DYNAMIC SWITCHING AND ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW-ALTITUDE INTELLIGENT NETWORK | GLOVER, CHRISTOPHER KINGSBURY | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17625772 | STRUCTURAL INTEGRATED DESIGN METHOD FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE BOLT PREFORM | LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 127d overdue |
| 19242914 | DUCTED STRUCTURE, DUCTED FAN AND AIRCRAFT | DANGOL, ASHESH | 16d overdue |
| 19023211 | MULTI-MODAL COMMUNICATION DYNAMIC SWITCHING AND ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW-ALTITUDE INTELLIGENT NETWORK | GLOVER, CHRISTOPHER KINGSBURY | — |
| 18275730 | NUMERICAL SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION METHOD OF IMPACT DAMAGE BASED ON LASER MAPPED SOLID MESH | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| 2485 | 1 |
| 2187 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19242914 | DUCTED STRUCTURE, DUCTED FAN AND AIRCRAFT | DANGOL, ASHESH | 3642 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19023211 | MULTI-MODAL COMMUNICATION DYNAMIC SWITCHING AND ADAPTIVE COMPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW-ALTITUDE INTELLIGENT NETWORK | GLOVER, CHRISTOPHER KINGSBURY | 2485 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18275730 | NUMERICAL SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION METHOD OF IMPACT DAMAGE BASED ON LASER MAPPED SOLID MESH | TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 17625772 | STRUCTURAL INTEGRATED DESIGN METHOD FOR CERAMIC MATRIX COMPOSITE BOLT PREFORM | LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 2187 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | 127d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2022 |
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