Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
National Science Foundation has 3 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters span 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, with each pending action occupying its own assignment.
VU, VU A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should coordinate the overall docket while preparing responses independently for each examiner and unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VU, VU A | 1 | 92.3% | +6.7% |
| SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | 1 | 33.3% | +100.0% |
| VAN, LUAN V | 1 | 34.5% | +40.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18363319 | ORGANIC INFRARED PHOTODETECTION DEVICES UTILIZING AN INSULATIVE COMPONENT WITHIN THE ACTIVE LAYER | VU, VU A | — |
| 18205416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SYNTHETIC INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL FOR VULNERABILITY, FAILURE, AND FUTURE TRANSITION PLANNING | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18297308 | METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES | VAN, LUAN V | 48d |
| 18205416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SYNTHETIC INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL FOR VULNERABILITY, FAILURE, AND FUTURE TRANSITION PLANNING | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2897 | 1 |
| 2187 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18363319 | ORGANIC INFRARED PHOTODETECTION DEVICES UTILIZING AN INSULATIVE COMPONENT WITHIN THE ACTIVE LAYER | VU, VU A | 2897 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18205416 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SYNTHETIC INFRASTRUCTURE MODEL FOR VULNERABILITY, FAILURE, AND FUTURE TRANSITION PLANNING | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | 2187 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18297308 | METAL-MATRIX COMPOSITES | VAN, LUAN V | 1795 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Apr 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNational Science Foundation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Vu A Vu has the most, with 1 of National Science Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
