Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

National Central University

14 pending office actions • 8 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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 (29%)
8
Medium (57%)
2
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only4 (29%)
§102 only4 (29%)
§112 only2 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
7
Semiconductors
50% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 2 100.0% +0.0%
RICKEL, ALEX PARK 1 71.7% +13.7%
SINGH, ISHAYU NMN 1 100.0% +0.0%
EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 1 77.3% +15.9%
CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 1 73.9% +27.0%
LEE, PAUL CHANG 1 74.9% +14.0%
KIM, RICHARD H 1 81.8% +5.1%
BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 1 80.5% +13.4%
MUHAMMAD, KEY 1 66.0% +20.5%
BEATTY, COLLIN X 1 82.1% +15.1%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18365203 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENT PROJECTION SYSTEM BEATTY, COLLIN X 149d overdue
18601890 VHOE-FORMING ANGLE-MULTIPLEXING RECORDING SYSTEM WITH ROTATING GRATING BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 4d overdue
18226216 MICROFLUIDIC DETECTION DEVICE YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 3d overdue
18636025 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT FOR MIXED REALITY NEAR-EYE DISPLAY KIM, RICHARD H 2d overdue
18805726 Set Based Recommendation Method, System and Device SINGH, ISHAYU NMN

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17724477 FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD FOR PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY SIGNAL WEARE, MEREDITH H 28d
18902847 MIXED REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE RICKEL, ALEX PARK
18359305 BIOREACTOR APPARATUS AND SYSTEM YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS
18103546 Multi-Electrode Device Using Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Array with Improved Electro-to-Optical Frequency Response NELSON, HUNTER JARED

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
18365203 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENT PROJECTION SYSTEM BEATTY, COLLIN X 149d overdue
18650147 OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY MODULATION METHOD AND OSCILLATOR PIEZOELECTRIC STRUCTURE CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 15d overdue
18601890 VHOE-FORMING ANGLE-MULTIPLEXING RECORDING SYSTEM WITH ROTATING GRATING BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 4d overdue
18635822 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS TO AVOID GHOST NOISE LEE, PAUL CHANG 2d overdue
18424850 MULTIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL ELEMENT MUHAMMAD, KEY 53d
18902847 MIXED REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE RICKEL, ALEX PARK
18667485 MIXED REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 4
2871 2
1799 2
3715 1
3729 1
2611 1
2828 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18902847 MIXED REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE RICKEL, ALEX PARK §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18805726 Set Based Recommendation Method, System and Device SINGH, ISHAYU NMN 3715 §112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2024
18667485 MIXED REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE EDENFIELD, KUEI-JEN L 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18650147 OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY MODULATION METHOD AND OSCILLATOR PIEZOELECTRIC STRUCTURE CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 3729 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2024
18635822 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENTS TO AVOID GHOST NOISE LEE, PAUL CHANG 2871 §102 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18636025 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT FOR MIXED REALITY NEAR-EYE DISPLAY KIM, RICHARD H 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18601890 VHOE-FORMING ANGLE-MULTIPLEXING RECORDING SYSTEM WITH ROTATING GRATING BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18424850 MULTIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL ELEMENT MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Jan 28, 2024
18365203 VOLUME HOLOGRAPHIC OPTICAL ELEMENT PROJECTION SYSTEM BEATTY, COLLIN X 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2023
18359305 BIOREACTOR APPARATUS AND SYSTEM YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 1799 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2023
18226216 MICROFLUIDIC DETECTION DEVICE YOH, JULIUS FRANCIS 1799 §112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18216377 MIXED REALITY RENDERING SYSTEM HE, WEIMING 2611 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 29, 2023
18103546 Multi-Electrode Device Using Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Array with Improved Electro-to-Optical Frequency Response NELSON, HUNTER JARED 2828 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2023
17724477 FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD FOR PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY SIGNAL WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §101§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 19, 2022

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