Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nanyang Technological University

34 pending office actions • 30 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 34 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

21
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 34 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (21)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
28
Medium (82%)
4
Easy (12%)
2
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only26 (76%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only4 (12%)
No statute on record2 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

24
Life Sciences
71% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
4
Semiconductors
12% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 2 77.8% +23.7%
BUCK, LINDSEY A 1 49.1% +34.2%
FARAG, AMAL ALY 1 67.0% +37.6%
RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1 72.6% +24.9%
SONG, HOON K 1 86.1% +8.4%
OHRI, ROMANI 1 85.1% +16.6%
AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M 1 76.9% +19.4%
TRAN, THO Q 1 61.7% +37.5%
MINSKEY, JACOB T 1 68.8% +33.4%
GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 1 45.8% +50.0%

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
18571425 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SYMBOLS TRANSMITTED VIA ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX SIGNALS OHRI, ROMANI 15d
18580080 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TUNABLE X-RAYS VIA THE INTERACTION OF FREE ELECTRONS WITH PERIODIC STRUCTURES SONG, HOON K 27d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18553149 MOTION MOTOR TEST SYSTEM TRAN, THO Q 46d overdue
17371191 METHOD OF EXTRACTING METAL IONS FROM BATTERIES LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 45d overdue
18698078 PHOTOTHERMAL SWITCHABLE ADHESIVE RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 5d overdue
18281417 RECYCLABLE AND REUSABLE POLLEN PAPER MINSKEY, JACOB T 7d
18862532 PHOTODETECTOR PIXEL, PHOTODETECTOR AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME BUCK, LINDSEY A 9d
18571425 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SYMBOLS TRANSMITTED VIA ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX SIGNALS OHRI, ROMANI 15d
18764956 Apparatus or Method for Determining Blood Pressure of a Subject FARAG, AMAL ALY 34d
18567255 METHOD OF RECOVERING METAL IONS FROM BATTERIES LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 40d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1728 2
1736 2
1653 2
1658 2
3798 1
1746 1
2884 1
2413 1
1742 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18862532 PHOTODETECTOR PIXEL, PHOTODETECTOR AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME BUCK, LINDSEY A 1728 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 03, 2024
18764956 Apparatus or Method for Determining Blood Pressure of a Subject FARAG, AMAL ALY 3798 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 05, 2024
18698078 PHOTOTHERMAL SWITCHABLE ADHESIVE RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W 1746 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2024
18580080 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING TUNABLE X-RAYS VIA THE INTERACTION OF FREE ELECTRONS WITH PERIODIC STRUCTURES SONG, HOON K 2884 §112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 17, 2024
18571425 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SYMBOLS TRANSMITTED VIA ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEX SIGNALS OHRI, ROMANI 2413 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Dec 18, 2023
18567255 METHOD OF RECOVERING METAL IONS FROM BATTERIES LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 1736 §112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18565648 THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M 1742 §103 Final Rejection 55d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18553149 MOTION MOTOR TEST SYSTEM TRAN, THO Q 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18281417 RECYCLABLE AND REUSABLE POLLEN PAPER MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18549856 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SEAMLESS DNA VECTORS GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 1637 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18278974 OPTICAL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18547468 METHODS FOR LIGATION OF (POLY)PEPTIDES AND OLIGONUCLEOTIDES REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18277031 Device And Method For Providing A Volume In A Lumen MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L 3773 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18268026 OPTICAL DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME HARVEY, MINSUN OH 2828 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18252447 CONDUCTIVE ELECTRONIC TEXTILES ARCIERO, ADAM A 1727 §102 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18033919 RUBIDIUM HALIDE COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18249854 PHOTODIODE DETECTOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18043552 IMAGE SEGMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD ROBERTS, RACHEL L 2674 §103 Final Rejection 113d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18041385 INDUCTION HEATING-CURED ADHESIVES PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
18158309 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING A BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITE USING A MOBILE ROBOTIC SYSTEM CHOU, SHIEN MING 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jan 23, 2023
17785863 BLOCK COPOLYMERS WITH NITRIC OXIDE DONOR JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §102 Final Rejection 142d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2022
17782908 INFLAMMATION-RESPONSIVE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY HYDROGELS JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17769047 PROGRAMMABLE RNA EDITING PLATFORM KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2022
17767814 REVERSE OSMOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF GEISBERT, WILLIAM ADDISON 1779 §112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2022
17689834 Diagnostic Device Based On Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering HERON, VELVET ELIZABETH 1798 §103 Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2022
17669059 THREE-DIMENSIONAL POROUS HYBRID SCAFFOLD AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Feb 10, 2022
17625314 EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR (EGFR) LIGANDS KATAKAM, SUDHAKAR 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2022
17535062 PHENYLALANINE FUNCTIONALISED MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES AS DRUG-FREE NANOTHERAPEUTICS OR BIOACTIVE NANOCARRIER FOR ANTI-CANCER APPLICATIONS WHEELER, THURMAN MICHAEL 1619 §112 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Nov 24, 2021
17519960 Electrolytes for Low Temperature Applications MELFI, OLIVIA MASON 1729 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2021
17594159 PI-D CONJUGATED COORDINATION POLYMER FOR ELECTROCHROMIC ENERGY STORAGE ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE 1724 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2021
17371191 METHOD OF EXTRACTING METAL IONS FROM BATTERIES LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 1736 Other Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2021
17233022 BULLFROG SKIN-DERIVED COLLAGEN, MATERIALS COMPRISING THEREOF, AND APPLICATIONS IN WOUND HEALING LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2021
17258648 ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE INTERLAYERS FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES WALLS-MURRAY, JESSIE LOGAN 1728 §103 Final Rejection 86d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2021
13990011 FORWARD OSMOSIS HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2013

Managing Nanyang Technological University's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month