Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 30, 2026

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
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.

6
Hard (55%)
4
Medium (36%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only4 (36%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
27% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
2
Business / Other
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 1 46.2% +41.9%
CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 1 10.5% -14.3%
NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K 1 85.5% +15.6%
SOOFI, YAZAN A 1 89.1% +11.2%
RASNIC, HUNTER J 1 11.4% +22.4%
RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER 1 54.2% +27.3%
LEVI, DAMEON E 1 64.7% +1.9%
PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1 54.3% +28.2%
MEKHLIN, ELI S 1 60.2% +48.5%
ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 1 58.8% +20.3%

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
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
18582838 Track Based Moving Object Association for Distributed Sensing Applications NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K
18395461 VISION-BASED APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEM SOOFI, YAZAN A
18235619 Carbon-Based Bipolar Membranes for Bipolar Stacked Solid-State Batteries MEKHLIN, ELI S
17881725 PROCESS FOR IMPROVING CREEP AND STRESS RELAXATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES BOWMAN, ANDREW J

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18515868 Pervasive and Ubiquitous Decentralized Biocybernetic Adaptation and Biofeedback Training System RASNIC, HUNTER J 105d overdue
18735255 LED INTENSITY DECAY PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE
18582838 Track Based Moving Object Association for Distributed Sensing Applications NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K
18395461 VISION-BASED APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEM SOOFI, YAZAN A
18387929 MAGNETIC COUPLING SYSTEM FOR CONDUITS RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER
18238137 Composite Deployable Into Structure PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3668 2
3665 1
3684 1
3679 1
2845 1
1783 1
1759 1
1717 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18735255 LED INTENSITY DECAY PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18617802 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING A FLIGHT PLAN FOR OPERATING AN AIRBORNE VEHICLE CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN 3665 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 27, 2024
18582838 Track Based Moving Object Association for Distributed Sensing Applications NICKERSON, SAMANTHA K §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18395461 VISION-BASED APPROACH AND LANDING SYSTEM SOOFI, YAZAN A 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18515868 Pervasive and Ubiquitous Decentralized Biocybernetic Adaptation and Biofeedback Training System RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §101§103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2023
18387929 MAGNETIC COUPLING SYSTEM FOR CONDUITS RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER 3679 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2023
18383195 DUAL POLARIZED, WIDE BAND, LIGHT WEIGHT P-BAND ANTENNA ELEMENT AND ARRAY LEVI, DAMEON E 2845 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 24, 2023
18238137 Composite Deployable Into Structure PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18235619 Carbon-Based Bipolar Membranes for Bipolar Stacked Solid-State Batteries MEKHLIN, ELI S 1759 §102§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
17881725 PROCESS FOR IMPROVING CREEP AND STRESS RELAXATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 05, 2022

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