Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

10 pending office actions • 4 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

7
Hard (70%)
2
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (30%)
§103 only1 (10%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
2
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
6
Business / Other
60% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AHVAZI, BIJAN 1 63.2% +47.3%
ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB 1 76.2% +32.1%
WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN 1 43.3% +39.3%
HAILE, AWET A 1 79.6% +25.2%
NIGAM, NATASHA 1 58.1% +31.8%
WONG, ERIC K 1 83.8% +7.6%
BEDTELYON, JOHN M 1 78.3% +14.0%
CASCHERA, ANTONIO A 1 87.2% +8.3%
SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 1 69.1% +34.1%
PEARSON, DAVID J 1 78.1% +11.8%

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
18726882 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM CASCHERA, ANTONIO A —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19198659 ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMER AHVAZI, BIJAN —
18832428 LANGUAGE MODEL TRAINING DEVICE, DIALOGUE DEVICE AND TRAINED LANGUAGE MODEL WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN —
18865039 COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD HAILE, AWET A —
18853329 Optical Element, Optical Cell, Analysis Device, and Optical Element Design Method NIGAM, NATASHA —
18843267 VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR AND VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATION SYSTEM WONG, ERIC K —
18291313 AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF ADVERSARIAL LEARNING FOR AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF LEARNING FOR AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS PROCESSING SYSTEM SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN —
18269361 ATTACK INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM PEARSON, DAVID 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
19198659 ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMER AHVAZI, BIJAN —
19062696 DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB —
18832428 LANGUAGE MODEL TRAINING DEVICE, DIALOGUE DEVICE AND TRAINED LANGUAGE MODEL WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN —
18865039 COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD HAILE, AWET A —
18853329 Optical Element, Optical Cell, Analysis Device, and Optical Element Design Method NIGAM, NATASHA —
18840414 ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMER ELEMENT BEDTELYON, JOHN M —
18291313 AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF ADVERSARIAL LEARNING FOR AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF LEARNING FOR AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS PROCESSING SYSTEM SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN —
18269361 ATTACK INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM PEARSON, DAVID J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3664 1
2612 1
2657 1
2400 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19198659 ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMER AHVAZI, BIJAN — §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2025
19062696 DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS ALQADERI, NADA MAHYOOB 3664 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2025
18832428 LANGUAGE MODEL TRAINING DEVICE, DIALOGUE DEVICE AND TRAINED LANGUAGE MODEL WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18865039 COMMUNICATION CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND METHOD HAILE, AWET A — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18853329 Optical Element, Optical Cell, Analysis Device, and Optical Element Design Method NIGAM, NATASHA — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18843267 VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATOR AND VARIABLE OPTICAL ATTENUATION SYSTEM WONG, ERIC K — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 02, 2024
18840414 ELECTRO-OPTIC POLYMER ELEMENT BEDTELYON, JOHN M — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18726882 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM CASCHERA, ANTONIO A 2612 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2024
18291313 AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF ADVERSARIAL LEARNING FOR AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF LEARNING FOR AUDIO DATA GENERATION DEVICE, AND SPEECH SYNTHESIS PROCESSING SYSTEM SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 2657 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2024
18269361 ATTACK INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM PEARSON, DAVID J 2400 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 23, 2023

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