Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific currently handles 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This portfolio is spread across 4 distinct art units, which indicates a broad technical range for its active patent applications. The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that each of the 4 pending office actions is evaluated by a different individual.

HA, NGUYEN Q is the busiest examiner for the organization, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. The distribution of 4 pending office actions among 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units means that no single examiner or technical group has a concentrated influence over the portfolio. This structure requires the organization to address 4 unique sets of examiner expectations simultaneously.

For practitioners, the 1 to 1 ratio between pending office actions and distinct examiners suggests a highly individualized prosecution process. With 4 distinct art units involved, the organization's semiconductor and optics innovations are being measured against diverse sets of prior art. Each of the 4 pending office actions must be managed as a separate track with its own examiner and art unit context.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

2
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§112 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HA, NGUYEN Q 1 80.5% +4.1%
EVANS, JASMINE AFIYA 1 100.0% +0.0%
HUANG, WEN 1 82.0% +22.7%
QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 1 77.8% +27.8%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18796573 Single Body Multi-mode Mechanical Resonator Accelerometer HA, NGUYEN Q —

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18663197 Biomimetic Drug Delivery Particles EVANS, JASMINE AFIYA —
18651299 Monolithic Homodyne Encoder HUANG, WEN —

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
18651299 Monolithic Homodyne Encoder HUANG, WEN —
18449449 LIFT BAIL ASSEMBLY AND STRUCTURAL MEMBER FOR UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 1
1616 1
2872 1
3654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18796573 Single Body Multi-mode Mechanical Resonator Accelerometer HA, NGUYEN Q 2853 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 07, 2024
18663197 Biomimetic Drug Delivery Particles EVANS, JASMINE AFIYA 1616 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18651299 Monolithic Homodyne Encoder HUANG, WEN 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 30, 2024
18449449 LIFT BAIL ASSEMBLY AND STRUCTURAL MEMBER FOR UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED 3654 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific have?

Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific applications?

Nguyen Q Ha has the most, with 1 of Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific's pending office actions.

What technology area are Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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