Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

National Research Council of Canada

25 pending office actions • 22 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

11
Hard (44%)
9
Medium (36%)
5
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (32%)
§112 only5 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (44%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
64% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
28% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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
AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M 1 76.5% +20.0%
HARTMAN JR, RONALD D 1 89.6% +4.6%
NGUYEN, LAUREN 1 54.8% +34.9%
HANEY, NOAH JAMES 1 79.6% +30.8%
MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1 74.2% +30.4%
SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1 72.2% +11.5%
DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 1 100.0% +0.0%
WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA 1 73.2% +16.5%
MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1 46.1% +37.0%
CAMBY, RICHARD M 1 89.2% +6.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18213358 DISPLAYING UAV FLIGHT DATA WITH AUGMENTED REALITY CAMBY, RICHARD M 28d
18834329 IMAGING AND FEEDBACK FOR VOLUMETRIC PRINTING HARTMAN JR, RONALD D
18554263 DPEP-1 BINDING AGENTS AND METHODS OF USE DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE

Hard Cases (11)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17617129 Centrifugal Microfluidic Chip, Kit and System for On-Chip Gas Supply KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 128d overdue
17796025 Microfluidic Device with Interface Pinning Vessels Within a Flow-Through Chamber, Kit for Forming, and Use of Same CHIU, MAY LEUNG 45d overdue
18102936 PHOTORESIN FORMULATIONS AND USE THEREOF FOR VOLUMETRIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MCCLENDON, SANZA L 44d overdue
18023356 ULTRASONIC STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 15d overdue
17993936 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SOLAR CELL DEGRADATION DAM, DUSTIN Q 6d
18252212 DNA CONSTRUCT FOR STABLY PRODUCING EMPTY CAPSIDS OF THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS IN MAMMALIAN CELLS; PROCESSES, USES, AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF PARKIN, JEFFREY S 60d
18721305 Dynamic Micro-Optic Security Devices, Their Production and Use NGUYEN, LAUREN
18715584 CHIRP MODULATION SIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY HANEY, NOAH JAMES

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
18384406 JOINING OF HIGH WEAR RESISTANT AND BASE MATERIALS SAAD, ERIN BARRY 28d
18899826 POROUS PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES AND PRODUCTION THEREOF AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M
18721305 Dynamic Micro-Optic Security Devices, Their Production and Use NGUYEN, LAUREN
18715584 CHIRP MODULATION SIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY HANEY, NOAH JAMES
18579671 TWO DIMENSIONAL BENZO[4,5]IMIDAZO[2,1-A]ISOINDOLEINCORPORATED NON-FULLERENE ELECTRON ACCEPTORS FOR ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES MCDOWELL, BRIAN E
17910553 POLYURETHANE COMPOSITIONS AND ELASTOMERS THEREFROM WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA
18012132 A METHOD FOR FABRICATING CONDUCTIVE YARNS AND FABRICS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE MATZEK, MATTHEW D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1765 2
1743 2
1742 1
2871 1
2877 1
1624 1
1735 1
1644 1
1786 1
3661 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18899826 POROUS PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES AND PRODUCTION THEREOF AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M 1742 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18834329 IMAGING AND FEEDBACK FOR VOLUMETRIC PRINTING HARTMAN JR, RONALD D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18721305 Dynamic Micro-Optic Security Devices, Their Production and Use NGUYEN, LAUREN 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 18, 2024
18715584 CHIRP MODULATION SIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING MICROSCOPY HANEY, NOAH JAMES 2877 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18579671 TWO DIMENSIONAL BENZO[4,5]IMIDAZO[2,1-A]ISOINDOLEINCORPORATED NON-FULLERENE ELECTRON ACCEPTORS FOR ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18384406 JOINING OF HIGH WEAR RESISTANT AND BASE MATERIALS SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1735 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18554263 DPEP-1 BINDING AGENTS AND METHODS OF USE DUNN, LINDSAY MICHELLE 1644 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
17910553 POLYURETHANE COMPOSITIONS AND ELASTOMERS THEREFROM WOODWARD, ANA LUCRECIA 1765 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18012132 A METHOD FOR FABRICATING CONDUCTIVE YARNS AND FABRICS AT ROOM TEMPERATURE MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18213358 DISPLAYING UAV FLIGHT DATA WITH AUGMENTED REALITY CAMBY, RICHARD M 3661 §103Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18252212 DNA CONSTRUCT FOR STABLY PRODUCING EMPTY CAPSIDS OF THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS IN MAMMALIAN CELLS; PROCESSES, USES, AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1671 §103§112 Non-Final OA 60d Pending May 09, 2023
18245727 BURIED HETEROSTRUCTURE SEMICONDUCTOR LASER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE GOLUB-MILLER, MARCIA A 2828 §112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 17, 2023
18023356 ULTRASONIC STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 2855 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Feb 25, 2023
18102936 PHOTORESIN FORMULATIONS AND USE THEREOF FOR VOLUMETRIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MCCLENDON, SANZA L 1765 §102§103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2023
17994671 MULTI-INPUT, MULTI-OUTPUT MANIFOLD FOR THERMOCONTROLLED SURFACES NGUYEN, THUKHANH T 1743 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17993936 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SOLAR CELL DEGRADATION DAM, DUSTIN Q 1721 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Nov 24, 2022
17999660 DEFORMABLE MIRROR SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETECTING DISCONNECTED ACTUATORS THEREIN ABDUR, RAHMAN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2022
17999071 Use of Human Resistin as a Trimerization Partner for Expression of Trimeric Proteins SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2022
18052069 PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES COMPRISING PIEZOELECTRIC PARTICLES COMPATIBILIZED WITH A POLYMER MATERIAL AND USE THEREOF IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING HOBAN, MATTHEW E 1743 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2022
17922444 RADIATION-HARD, TEMPERATURE TOLERANT, GAN HEMT DEVICES FOR RADIATION SENSING APPLICATIONS GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2022
17796025 Microfluidic Device with Interface Pinning Vessels Within a Flow-Through Chamber, Kit for Forming, and Use of Same CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1758 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2022
17757189 BURIED HETEROSTRUCTURE SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME KAO, SOPHIA WEI-CHUN 2817 §112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2022
17651709 BIODEGRADABLE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE SRIPATHI, ANKITH REDDY 1728 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 18, 2022
17617129 Centrifugal Microfluidic Chip, Kit and System for On-Chip Gas Supply KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1798 §103§112 Final Rejection 128d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2021
17393457 LOW THERMAL EXPANSION FILM ADHESIVES FOR MULTILAYER TRANSPARENT ARMOUR AND RELATED APPLICATIONS MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 04, 2021

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