Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology

25 pending office actions • 23 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

14
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (14)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (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.

1
Hard (4%)
21
Medium (84%)
1
Easy (4%)
2
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only16 (64%)
§102 only5 (20%)
§112 only1 (4%)
No statute on record2 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
36% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
7
Semiconductors
28% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
28% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 2 62.1% +25.4%
TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 1 36.2% +16.2%
MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 1 70.0% +42.9%
CORMIER, DAVID G 1 64.0% +29.0%
EDMONDS, DONALD J 1 40.0% +40.6%
BOND, REED MADISON 1 5.0% +25.0%
KLEIN, BROOKE L 1 51.5% +54.1%
FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O 1 88.0% +4.9%
OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 1 0.0% +0.0%
AKRAM, IMRAN 1 64.3% +43.1%

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
18580323 METHOD FOR CREATING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR OUTPUTTING FEATURE MAP FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O 84d overdue

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18265575 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAGOS, EYOB 44d overdue
18692701 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, OPERATION PLAN CREATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM BOND, REED MADISON 25d overdue
18552371 BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD USING WELL ARRAY AND PARTICLES, WELL ARRAY, AND DETECTION DEVICE OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 29d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18685940 ULTRASONIC DEVICE, HEAD HOLDER, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ULTRASONIC SIGNALS KLEIN, BROOKE L 119d overdue
18724084 NEGOTIATION APPARATUS, NEGOTIATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM EDMONDS, DONALD J 44d overdue
18692701 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, OPERATION PLAN CREATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM BOND, REED MADISON 25d overdue
18262928 ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY (AS AMENDED) AKRAM, IMRAN 19d overdue
18835762 WET PROCESSING APPARATUS CORMIER, DAVID G 17d overdue
18856412 OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC VALUE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC VALUE MEASUREMENT METHOD MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 28d
18434760 METHOD FOR GENERATING ISOBUTENE, CATALYST FOR GENERATING ISOBUTENE, AND ISOBUTENE GENERATION SYSTEM CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 50d
18434753 METHOD FOR GENERATING ISOBUTENE, CATALYST FOR GENERATING ISOBUTENE, AND ISOBUTENE GENERATION SYSTEM CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 50d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1772 2
2872 2
3628 1
2877 1
1711 1
3629 1
3624 1
3797 1
2677 1
1677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18998319 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, OPERATION PLAN CREATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 3628 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jan 24, 2025
18856412 OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC VALUE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND OPTICAL CHARACTERISTIC VALUE MEASUREMENT METHOD MENDOZA, ALEXANDRIA ARELLANO 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 11, 2024
18835762 WET PROCESSING APPARATUS CORMIER, DAVID G 1711 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2024
18724084 NEGOTIATION APPARATUS, NEGOTIATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18692701 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM, POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM, OPERATION PLAN CREATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM BOND, REED MADISON 3624 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18685940 ULTRASONIC DEVICE, HEAD HOLDER, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ULTRASONIC SIGNALS KLEIN, BROOKE L 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024
18434760 METHOD FOR GENERATING ISOBUTENE, CATALYST FOR GENERATING ISOBUTENE, AND ISOBUTENE GENERATION SYSTEM CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18434753 METHOD FOR GENERATING ISOBUTENE, CATALYST FOR GENERATING ISOBUTENE, AND ISOBUTENE GENERATION SYSTEM CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 Other Final Rejection 50d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18580323 METHOD FOR CREATING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR OUTPUTTING FEATURE MAP FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O 2677 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18552371 BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD USING WELL ARRAY AND PARTICLES, WELL ARRAY, AND DETECTION DEVICE OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 1677 Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18262928 ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY (AS AMENDED) AKRAM, IMRAN 1725 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18210237 INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE, AND INDUSTRIAL VEHICLE CONTROL PROGRAM ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB 3664 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18265575 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAGOS, EYOB 2857 §101 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2023
18024346 LIGHT ABSORBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME PARBADIA, BALRAM T 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2023
18013456 SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 28, 2022
18001453 QUANTUM COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL DEVICE KNIGHT, PAUL M 2148 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 09, 2022
18071599 SILICON CARBIDE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LASASSO, VICTOR JOSEPH 2898 §102 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
17998769 MULTIFUNCTIONAL MULTI-PIEZO MATERIAL HAVING PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES AND MECHANOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES, AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL PIEZOELECTRIC BODY, MEMS DEVICE, ROBOT, STRAIN/FATIGUE/DAMAGE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, AND NON-DESTRUCTIVE INSPECTION METHOD USING SAME ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17944663 ARTICLE SEARCH DEVICE AND ARTICLE SEARCH METHOD CUMBESS, YOLANDA RENEE 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 14, 2022
17796995 CRYSTAL, POWDER, BLOCK MATERIAL, POROUS OBJECT, BONE SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL, AND ORAL BONE SUBSTITUTE MATERIAL OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CALCIUM PHOSPHATE CRYSTAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING BLOCK MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS OBJECT FIGUEROA, JOHN J 1763 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 02, 2022
17795091 METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING MANUFACTURING CONDITION FOR POLYARYLENE SULFIDE RESIN COMPOSITE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN COMPOSITE SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1687 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2022
17776472 MOUNTING WIRING BOARD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE MOUNTING BOARD, METHOD OF MOUNTING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MICROWAVE HEATING METHOD, AND MICROWAVE HEATING APPARATUS KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 3761 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending May 12, 2022
17535748 POLARIZATION ELEMENT HAVING WIRE-GRID STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF SUMLAR, JOURNEY F 2872 §112 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Nov 26, 2021
17420737 POWDER MATERIAL FOR SINTERING AND SOLID LATENT HEAT STORAGE MEMBER INCLUDING THE SAME CAI, JIAJIA JANIE 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jul 06, 2021
17288362 CRYSTAL, METHOD OF PRODUCING CRYSTAL, AND METHOD OF SELF-ORGANIZING SILANOL COMPOUND SONG, MATTHEW J 1714 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2021

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