Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

National Research Council Of Canada

27 pending office actions • 23 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 38 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
1
Due this week
5
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (5)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.

0
Hard (0%)
22
Medium (81%)
3
Easy (11%)
2
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only21 (78%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only3 (11%)
No statute on record2 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

17
Life Sciences
63% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
8
Semiconductors
30% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 2 48.9% +32.9%
BARUA, PRANESH K 1 77.8% +13.2%
SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1 72.4% +11.2%
NATH, SUMAN KUMAR 1 82.9% +22.0%
REDDIG, PETER J 1 58.0% +40.0%
CAMBY, RICHARD M 1 89.2% +6.4%
FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN 1 68.8% -21.4%
PARKIN, JEFFREY S 1 63.5% +21.4%
WANG, CHANG YU 1 33.6% +53.0%
BAUMAN, SCOTT E 1 46.9% +26.4%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18479206 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SUBSTRATE CHANGE USING SOUND NATH, SUMAN KUMAR 20d
18213358 DISPLAYING UAV FLIGHT DATA WITH AUGMENTED REALITY CAMBY, RICHARD M 28d

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
18183812 FUSION PROTEIN COMPRISING A BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER (BBB)-CROSSING SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY FC5, AN IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT AND A BETA-AMYLOID BINDING POLYPEPTIDE (ABP) WANG, CHANG YU 66d overdue
18043196 MESA AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE WITH SIDEWALL PASSIVATION BAUMAN, SCOTT E 38d overdue
18693746 OPTICAL BEAMFORMING AND INTERFEROMETRY USING DIGITAL SOURCE MODULATION BARUA, PRANESH K 17d overdue
18261854 ACE2-RECEPTOR ECTODOMAIN FUSION MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF REDDIG, PETER J 9d overdue
18052123 PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES HAVING IMMISCIBLE POLYMER MATERIALS AND USE THEREOF IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 4d overdue
18479206 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SUBSTRATE CHANGE USING SOUND NATH, SUMAN KUMAR 20d
18384406 JOINING OF HIGH WEAR RESISTANT AND BASE MATERIALS SAAD, ERIN BARRY 28d
17995557 PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES COMPRISING COVALENTLY BONDED PIEZOELECTRIC PARTICLES AND USE THEREOF IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 35d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2855 2
2817 2
1766 2
1734 2
2635 1
1735 1
1646 1
3661 1
1671 1
1675 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18693746 OPTICAL BEAMFORMING AND INTERFEROMETRY USING DIGITAL SOURCE MODULATION BARUA, PRANESH K 2635 Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18384406 JOINING OF HIGH WEAR RESISTANT AND BASE MATERIALS SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1735 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18479206 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING SUBSTRATE CHANGE USING SOUND NATH, SUMAN KUMAR 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18261854 ACE2-RECEPTOR ECTODOMAIN FUSION MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF REDDIG, PETER J 1646 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18213358 DISPLAYING UAV FLIGHT DATA WITH AUGMENTED REALITY CAMBY, RICHARD M 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 23, 2023
18252968 MULTI-THRESHOLD VOLTAGE GALIUM NITRIDE HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN 2817 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 15, 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 Non-Final OA 60d Pending May 09, 2023
18183812 FUSION PROTEIN COMPRISING A BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER (BBB)-CROSSING SINGLE DOMAIN ANTIBODY FC5, AN IMMUNOGLOBULIN FC FRAGMENT AND A BETA-AMYLOID BINDING POLYPEPTIDE (ABP) WANG, CHANG YU 1675 §112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18043196 MESA AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE WITH SIDEWALL PASSIVATION BAUMAN, SCOTT E 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18023356 ULTRASONIC STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD KWOK, HELEN C 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Feb 25, 2023
18042880 ELECTRIC MACHINES WITH ENHANCED ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTION STEFANON, JUSTIN 2834 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18102936 PHOTORESIN FORMULATIONS AND USE THEREOF FOR VOLUMETRIC ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING MCCLENDON, SANZA L 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2023
18016237 COATED SUBSTRATES AND METHODS FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF EWALD, MARIA VERONICA 1783 §103 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending Jan 13, 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 §103 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
18052123 PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES HAVING IMMISCIBLE POLYMER MATERIALS AND USE THEREOF IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2022
17995921 PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES COMPRISING CARBON NANOMATERIALS AND USE THEREOF IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING KOSLOW, CAROL M 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 10, 2022
17995684 PHOTOCURABLE PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES AND USE THEREOF IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 §103 Final Rejection 68d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17995557 PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES COMPRISING COVALENTLY BONDED PIEZOELECTRIC PARTICLES AND USE THEREOF IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Oct 05, 2022
17910258 SHORT RANGE INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEMS ROLAND, CHRISTOPHER M 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2022
17909423 LIVE SALMONELLA TYPHI VECTORS ENGINEERED TO EXPRESS PROTEIN ANTIGENS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF DEVI, SARVAMANGALA 1645 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 05, 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 Non-Final OA 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
17635768 SPATIALLY CONTROLLED FUNCTIONALITY OF POLYMERIC PRODUCTS BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Final Rejection 149d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2022
17393457 LOW THERMAL EXPANSION FILM ADHESIVES FOR MULTILAYER TRANSPARENT ARMOUR AND RELATED APPLICATIONS MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Aug 04, 2021
16994144 A Microfluidic Device for Culturing Cells Comprising A Biowall, A Bead Bed and A Biointerface and Methods of Modelling Said Biointerface Thereof HASSAN, LIBAN M 1799 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 14, 2020

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