Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

National Institute for Materials Science

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

2
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (33%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 54.5% +13.8%
FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P 1 76.0% +16.5%
NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1 65.0% +28.2%
SINGH, SATYENDRA K 1 61.1% +67.6%
CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1 50.9% +38.7%
SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID 1 54.6% +13.0%

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
19539854 THERMOELECTRIC STACK AND THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA
18708100 MOLECULAR METAL-BASED SINGLE CRYSTALLINE THIN FILM, COMPONENT HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SINGLE CRYSTALLINE THIN FILM NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18011745 COBALT-CHROMIUM ALLOY MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND MEDICAL OR AEROSPACE DEVICE CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 17d overdue
19539854 THERMOELECTRIC STACK AND THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA
18726511 A COATING COMPOSITION, A PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME, A PROCESS OF FORMING A COATING FILM USING THE SAME, A LUBRICATING ARTICLE KIT USING THE SAME, AND A WASHER FLUID USING THE SAME FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P
18708100 MOLECULAR METAL-BASED SINGLE CRYSTALLINE THIN FILM, COMPONENT HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SINGLE CRYSTALLINE THIN FILM NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D
18569545 BIOFILM ACTIVITY ADJUSTING METHOD SINGH, SATYENDRA K
17797976 RARE-EARTH MAGNET SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1721 1
1759 1
1761 1
1657 1
1733 1
1735 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19539854 THERMOELECTRIC STACK AND THERMOELECTRIC DEVICE GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2026
18726511 A COATING COMPOSITION, A PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME, A PROCESS OF FORMING A COATING FILM USING THE SAME, A LUBRICATING ARTICLE KIT USING THE SAME, AND A WASHER FLUID USING THE SAME FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P 1759 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18708100 MOLECULAR METAL-BASED SINGLE CRYSTALLINE THIN FILM, COMPONENT HAVING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SINGLE CRYSTALLINE THIN FILM NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18569545 BIOFILM ACTIVITY ADJUSTING METHOD SINGH, SATYENDRA K 1657 DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18011745 COBALT-CHROMIUM ALLOY MEMBER, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND MEDICAL OR AEROSPACE DEVICE CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §103Other Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
17797976 RARE-EARTH MAGNET SIDDIQUI, ADIL ABDUL WAJID 1735 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 05, 2022

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