Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ndsu Research Foundation currently has 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. This level of dispersion indicates that the foundation's current patenting efforts are spread across several different technical specialties and administrative teams at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the foundation is REZA, MOHAMMAD W, who is handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This is 1 of the 3 pending office actions currently active for the institution. Because there are 3 distinct examiners involved, the foundation must manage 3 separate prosecution tracks, each with its own set of examiner expectations and procedural nuances within Chemistry & Materials.
The presence of 3 distinct art units suggests a diverse range of research being protected, even though all fall under the broad Chemistry & Materials heading. The foundation's portfolio is more administratively complex than those with centralized examiners. Success in these matters will require tailored strategies for each of the 3 distinct examiners.
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.
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%) |
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REZA, MOHAMMAD W | 1 | 87.5% | +11.2% |
| MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1 | 55.5% | +50.9% |
| EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1 | 70.0% | +14.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18735155 | ADVANCED CYBERSECURITY SYSTEMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS | REZA, MOHAMMAD W | 57d |
| 18348866 | CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING SUPERHYDROPHOBIC, ANTI-ICING, AND ANTI-CORROSION PROPERTIES | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18051678 | BIO-BASED FURANIC DI(METH)ACRYLATES AS REACTIVE DILUENTS FOR UV CURABLE COATINGS | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 4d overdue |
| 18735155 | ADVANCED CYBERSECURITY SYSTEMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS | REZA, MOHAMMAD W | 57d |
| 18348866 | CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING SUPERHYDROPHOBIC, ANTI-ICING, AND ANTI-CORROSION PROPERTIES | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2407 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18735155 | ADVANCED CYBERSECURITY SYSTEMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND NETWORK VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS | REZA, MOHAMMAD W | 2407 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18348866 | CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING SUPERHYDROPHOBIC, ANTI-ICING, AND ANTI-CORROSION PROPERTIES | MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE | 1787 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18051678 | BIO-BASED FURANIC DI(METH)ACRYLATES AS REACTIVE DILUENTS FOR UV CURABLE COATINGS | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1762 | §102 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 01, 2022 |
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