Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
National United University currently manages 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working in 1 distinct art unit. TRAN, MAI THI NGOC is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. The concentration of the portfolio under this 1 distinct examiner suggests a focused prosecution effort for the university's current intellectual property.
Because the portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the university's success at the USPTO is currently tied to the interpretation of TRAN, MAI THI NGOC. There is no opportunity to compare different examiner behaviors within the university's own data, as all activity is limited to this 1 distinct examiner. The 1 distinct art unit involved indicates that the technology being pursued fits within a specific technical group. Practitioners should focus on the specific history and preferences of TRAN, MAI THI NGOC to navigate this prosecution path.
The Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area often involves complex electronic systems, and having 1 pending office action suggests a controlled filing approach. This singular focus allows for a dedicated response to the examiner's concerns but lacks the broader context that a larger number of actions would provide. As the university continues its work, the prosecution landscape may change, but it currently remains centralized under 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | 1 | 86.2% | +4.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18768708 | ANTIMONENE-BASED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE PRISM COUPLER SENSOR, MIRNA DETECTION DEVICE, DUAL-RETARDER POLARIMETRY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONCENTRATION OF MIRNA IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2878 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18768708 | ANTIMONENE-BASED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE PRISM COUPLER SENSOR, MIRNA DETECTION DEVICE, DUAL-RETARDER POLARIMETRY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONCENTRATION OF MIRNA IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE | TRAN, MAI THI NGOC | 2878 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNational United University has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Mai Thi Ngoc Tran has the most, with 1 of National United University's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
