Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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%)
2
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1 49.3% +45.3%
EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1 44.2% +46.9%

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17560051 USE OF A PLURALITY OF SALT IONIC LIQUIDS IN THE PRETREATMENT OF BIOMASS JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 23d overdue
17405927 HOST YEAST CELLS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR PRODUCING INDIGOIDINE EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 57d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1656 1
1657 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17560051 USE OF A PLURALITY OF SALT IONIC LIQUIDS IN THE PRETREATMENT OF BIOMASS JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2021
17405927 HOST YEAST CELLS AND METHODS USEFUL FOR PRODUCING INDIGOIDINE EDWARDS, JESSICA FAYE 1657 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Aug 18, 2021

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