Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited

8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

4
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (38%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
§112 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
NELSON, MICHAEL B 1 21.2% +36.8%
WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS 1 25.0% +49.0%
GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1 39.8% +28.9%
DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN 1 52.7% +34.2%
SMITH, CHAIM A 1 39.5% +51.8%
STEELE, JENNIFER A 1 48.6% +33.2%
SALAMON, PETER A 1 86.4% +5.5%
AHVAZI, BIJAN 1 63.4% +47.3%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18499252 HIGH TEMPERATURE RESISTANT PROBIOTICS FOR FOOD OR BEVERAGE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME GOTFREDSON, GAREN 19d overdue
18180149 NAPHTHOPYRAN-CONTAINING COMPOUND, POLYMER, MIXTURE, COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF IN WATER-SOLUBLE PHOTOCHROMIC MATERIALS AHVAZI, BIJAN 16d
18762661 Fluorine-free Water- and oil-resistant Coating Composition and Coating Solution, Coating Layer, and Product Comprising the Same NELSON, MICHAEL B
18506144 ACID AND ALKALI-RESISTANT AND THERMOSTABILIZED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES, AND MANUFACTURE METHODS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS
18466852 BEVERAGE CAPSULE WITH INFUSED TEA LEAVES SMITH, CHAIM A
18258563 FOOD CONTACT SAFE, GERM REPELLENT MATERIAL SALAMON, PETER A

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18499252 HIGH TEMPERATURE RESISTANT PROBIOTICS FOR FOOD OR BEVERAGE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME GOTFREDSON, GAREN 19d overdue
18180149 NAPHTHOPYRAN-CONTAINING COMPOUND, POLYMER, MIXTURE, COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF IN WATER-SOLUBLE PHOTOCHROMIC MATERIALS AHVAZI, BIJAN 16d
18762661 Fluorine-free Water- and oil-resistant Coating Composition and Coating Solution, Coating Layer, and Product Comprising the Same NELSON, MICHAEL B
18506144 ACID AND ALKALI-RESISTANT AND THERMOSTABILIZED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES, AND MANUFACTURE METHODS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS
18493751 PROBIOTICS REVITALIZING SYSTEM FOR SKINCARE DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN
18466852 BEVERAGE CAPSULE WITH INFUSED TEA LEAVES SMITH, CHAIM A
18457479 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MAKING ULTRA-FINE, HIGH TENACITY AND HIGH TOUGHNESS POLYMERIC MULTIFILAMENTS STEELE, JENNIFER A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 1
1612 1
1619 1
1645 1
1791 1
1789 1
1759 1
1763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18762661 Fluorine-free Water- and oil-resistant Coating Composition and Coating Solution, Coating Layer, and Product Comprising the Same NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18506144 ACID AND ALKALI-RESISTANT AND THERMOSTABILIZED ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES, AND MANUFACTURE METHODS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF WELLES, COLMAN THOMAS 1612 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2023
18499252 HIGH TEMPERATURE RESISTANT PROBIOTICS FOR FOOD OR BEVERAGE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 §103§112 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2023
18493751 PROBIOTICS REVITALIZING SYSTEM FOR SKINCARE DUFFY, PATRICIA ANN 1645 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18466852 BEVERAGE CAPSULE WITH INFUSED TEA LEAVES SMITH, CHAIM A 1791 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18457479 COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MAKING ULTRA-FINE, HIGH TENACITY AND HIGH TOUGHNESS POLYMERIC MULTIFILAMENTS STEELE, JENNIFER A 1789 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 29, 2023
18258563 FOOD CONTACT SAFE, GERM REPELLENT MATERIAL SALAMON, PETER A 1759 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2023
18180149 NAPHTHOPYRAN-CONTAINING COMPOUND, POLYMER, MIXTURE, COMPOSITION AND USE THEREOF IN WATER-SOLUBLE PHOTOCHROMIC MATERIALS AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §102§103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Mar 08, 2023

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