Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (88%)
§102 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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
CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 1 11.8% -15.4%
NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K 1 85.5% +15.7%
RASNIC, HUNTER J 1 11.6% +22.5%
GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 1 71.5% +19.0%
MEKHLIN, ELI S 1 60.2% +48.5%
ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 1 58.7% +21.7%
OYER, ANDREW J 1 79.7% +15.9%
BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1 65.8% +13.0%

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
18582838 Track Based Moving Object Association for Distributed Sensing Applications NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18515868 Pervasive and Ubiquitous Decentralized Biocybernetic Adaptation and Biofeedback Training System RASNIC, HUNTER J 105d overdue
18617802 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A FLIGHT PLAN FOR OPERATING AN AIRBORNE VEHICLE CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN

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
18515868 Pervasive and Ubiquitous Decentralized Biocybernetic Adaptation and Biofeedback Training System RASNIC, HUNTER J 105d overdue
18056609 Cryogenic Elastomer from Ionic Liquid Epoxy OYER, ANDREW J 46d overdue
18582838 Track Based Moving Object Association for Distributed Sensing Applications NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K
18378914 METHODS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITES THAT MITIGATE STRICT FAYING SURFACE TOLERANCES GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD
18235619 Carbon-Based Bipolar Membranes for Bipolar Stacked Solid-State Batteries MEKHLIN, ELI S
18171268 ACTIVE TURBULENCE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A
17881725 PROCESS FOR IMPROVING CREEP AND STRESS RELAXATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES BOWMAN, ANDREW J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3665 1
3684 1
1748 1
1759 1
3668 1
1767 1
1717 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18617802 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A FLIGHT PLAN FOR OPERATING AN AIRBORNE VEHICLE CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 3665 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 27, 2024
18582838 Track Based Moving Object Association for Distributed Sensing Applications NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18515868 Pervasive and Ubiquitous Decentralized Biocybernetic Adaptation and Biofeedback Training System RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §102 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18378914 METHODS FOR PRODUCING COMPOSITES THAT MITIGATE STRICT FAYING SURFACE TOLERANCES GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 1748 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2023
18235619 Carbon-Based Bipolar Membranes for Bipolar Stacked Solid-State Batteries MEKHLIN, ELI S 1759 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 18, 2023
18171268 ACTIVE TURBULENCE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 17, 2023
18056609 Cryogenic Elastomer from Ionic Liquid Epoxy OYER, ANDREW J 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2022
17881725 PROCESS FOR IMPROVING CREEP AND STRESS RELAXATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 05, 2022

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