Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
National Institutes For Quantum Science And Technology has 8 pending office actions in Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals. The matters are assigned to 8 examiners and 8 art units, so the portfolio is distributed across separate examination paths.
SONG, HOON K is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because no examiner has a larger pending allocation in the supplied data, counsel should emphasize application-specific analysis and coordinated technical terminology rather than a single-examiner strategy.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SONG, HOON K | 1 | 86.2% | +8.4% |
| GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 1 | 10.9% | +12.2% |
| BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 1 | 81.2% | +15.2% |
| TAYLOR, MEREDITH IREENE DUPAI | 1 | 69.8% | +55.4% |
| ADLAM, CHANTAL PETA-GAYE | 1 | 53.5% | +27.8% |
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.8% | +37.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686648 | ENERGY MODULATING DEVICE, PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATING DEVICE USING THE SAME, PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATING METHOD, AND PARTICLE-BEAM RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING DEVICE | SONG, HOON K | — |
| 18281158 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING INORGANIC SOLUTION, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING INORGANIC SOLUTION | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18948945 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | — |
| 17771136 | PREVENTATIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR TAUOPATHY | ADLAM, CHANTAL PETA-GAYE | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18948945 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | — |
| 18281158 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING INORGANIC SOLUTION, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING INORGANIC SOLUTION | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — |
| 18351276 | RADIATION THERAPY DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, RADIATION THERAPY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TAYLOR, MEREDITH IREENE DUPAI | — |
| 17771136 | PREVENTATIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR TAUOPATHY | ADLAM, CHANTAL PETA-GAYE | — |
| 17605337 | NEMATODE TRAP PLATE AND USE THEREFOR | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2884 | 1 |
| 3685 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 2671 | 1 |
| 1622 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18686648 | ENERGY MODULATING DEVICE, PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATING DEVICE USING THE SAME, PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATING METHOD, AND PARTICLE-BEAM RADIATION THERAPY PLANNING DEVICE | SONG, HOON K | 2884 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18948945 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, TREATMENT SYSTEM, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | GARTLAND, SCOTT D | 3685 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18281158 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING INORGANIC SOLUTION, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING INORGANIC SOLUTION | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 1736 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18351276 | RADIATION THERAPY DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, RADIATION THERAPY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TAYLOR, MEREDITH IREENE DUPAI | 2671 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 17771136 | PREVENTATIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR TAUOPATHY | ADLAM, CHANTAL PETA-GAYE | 1622 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2022 |
| 17605337 | NEMATODE TRAP PLATE AND USE THEREFOR | KWAK, DEAN P | 1798 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialNational Institutes For Quantum Science And Technology has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Hoon K Song has the most, with 1 of National Institutes For Quantum Science And Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
