Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
26 pending office actions • 25 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 52 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast- Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is being processed by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit, showing a very specific technical and personnel focus for the company's current prosecution. The concentration of the portfolio within a single art unit indicates that the company's current patent efforts are directed toward a specialized area of biotechnology. This allows the company to tailor its prosecution strategy to the specific examination practices of that art unit.
LY, KRISTINA ELISABETH is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is currently overseeing the 1 pending office action reported in the data. Since there is only 1 pending action, the company's immediate success in obtaining patent protection depends on the interaction with this specific examiner. This singular focus simplifies the management of the portfolio, as the company only needs to address the concerns and requirements of 1 examiner at this time. The outcome of this action will be a key indicator for the company's intellectual property progress in the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 10 (38%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (54%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 1 | 40.8% | +15.5% |
| ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED | 1 | 67.4% | +18.7% |
| AHMED, JAMIL | 1 | 82.1% | +15.1% |
| WONG, EDNA | 1 | 58.4% | -19.7% |
| GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 1 | 81.1% | +15.2% |
| GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1 | 71.8% | +33.0% |
| ARYAL, AAYUSH | 1 | 87.2% | +7.8% |
| RAHMAN, SHAH M | 1 | 81.0% | +24.7% |
| CHANG, JUNGWON | 1 | 86.4% | +14.7% |
| WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 1 | 73.0% | +18.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724121 | AUTHENTICATION SUPPORT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO CONNECT TO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | ARYAL, AAYUSH | — |
| 18714985 | ESTABLISHING LOCAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS IN PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | CHANG, JUNGWON | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17282286 | PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER HAVING MATERIAL EXHIBITING SHEAR PIEZOELECTIC EFFECT | MATA, SARA M | 89d overdue |
| 18563934 | HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT OF BIOMASS | HINES, LATOSHA D | 36d overdue |
| 18570624 | SELF-CALIBRATING FLEXIBLE ULTRASOUND ARRAY FOR MEASURING A CURVED OBJECT | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 30d overdue |
| 17919901 | A PRINTABLE NTC INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | YOUNG, WILLIAM D | 2d overdue |
| 17413688 | EVAPORATIVE MICROCHIP COOLING | GANDHI, JAYPRAKASH N | 2d overdue |
| 17610316 | CONFOCAL AND MULTI-SCATTER OPHTHALMOSCOPE | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 8d |
| 18838575 | PAIRED ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF OXYMETHYLENE DIMETHYL ETHERS | WONG, EDNA | 15d |
| 18852906 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING A SURFACE | AHMED, JAMIL | 62d |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18570624 | SELF-CALIBRATING FLEXIBLE ULTRASOUND ARRAY FOR MEASURING A CURVED OBJECT | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 30d overdue |
| 18764717 | Area-Selective Hardmask Deposition: Methods and Tools for Advanced Patterning | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 3d overdue |
| 18852906 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING A SURFACE | AHMED, JAMIL | 62d |
| 19108972 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING A SUBSTANCE ON A TARGET SURFACE OF A TARGET | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | — |
| 19107112 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED | — |
| 18832693 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND DEVICES COMPRISING THE SAME | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | — |
| 18715474 | JOINT USE OF MULTIPLE WIRELESS RECEIVERS TO SUPPORT MORE DEMANDING DOWNLINK QUALITY-OF-SERVICE REQUIREMENTS | RAHMAN, SHAH M | — |
| 18714985 | ESTABLISHING LOCAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS IN PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | CHANG, JUNGWON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 2 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 2435 | 1 |
| 2413 | 1 |
| 2472 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108972 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING A SUBSTANCE ON A TARGET SURFACE OF A TARGET | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19107112 | ACOUSTIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 18852906 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INSPECTING A SURFACE | AHMED, JAMIL | 2877 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 62d | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18838575 | PAIRED ELECTROCHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF OXYMETHYLENE DIMETHYL ETHERS | WONG, EDNA | 1795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 |
| 18832693 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND DEVICES COMPRISING THE SAME | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18764717 | Area-Selective Hardmask Deposition: Methods and Tools for Advanced Patterning | GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18724121 | AUTHENTICATION SUPPORT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO CONNECT TO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | ARYAL, AAYUSH | 2435 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18715474 | JOINT USE OF MULTIPLE WIRELESS RECEIVERS TO SUPPORT MORE DEMANDING DOWNLINK QUALITY-OF-SERVICE REQUIREMENTS | RAHMAN, SHAH M | 2413 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18714985 | ESTABLISHING LOCAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS IN PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | CHANG, JUNGWON | 2472 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18570624 | SELF-CALIBRATING FLEXIBLE ULTRASOUND ARRAY FOR MEASURING A CURVED OBJECT | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 3645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18567700 | System and Method for Establishing a Dual-Layer PDU Session | MAPA, MICHAEL Y | 2645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18565763 | ENERGY EFFICIENT SEPARATION OF POLYOLEFINS | BOYKIN, TERRESSA M | 1765 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18563934 | HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT OF BIOMASS | HINES, LATOSHA D | 1771 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Nov 24, 2023 |
| 18562886 | Efficient Separation of Polycarbonate From Mixed Plastics | ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. | 1766 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18268129 | CELLULAR COMMUNICATION DEVICE, SECURITY MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DATA STRUCTURE FOR PLMN | KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN | 2646 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18038408 | PDU session continuity for a UE moving between a telecommunications network and a gateway device | PARK, JUNG H | 2411 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18132568 | SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF DETERMINING, BASED ON INPUT ASSOCIATED WITH A PERSON, A HEALTH STATUS SCORE | MACCAGNO, PIERRE L | 3687 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18030387 | CONTROLLED LOCAL HEATING OF SUBSTRATES | TRAN, THIEN S | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
| 17919901 | A PRINTABLE NTC INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF | YOUNG, WILLIAM D | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2022 |
| 17995339 | Material and Generator for Generating Hydrogen Gas | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2022 |
| 17787067 | SEMI-TRANSLUCENT PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | TRINH, THANH TRUC | 1726 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2022 |
| 17610316 | CONFOCAL AND MULTI-SCATTER OPHTHALMOSCOPE | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Nov 10, 2021 |
| 17413688 | EVAPORATIVE MICROCHIP COOLING | GANDHI, JAYPRAKASH N | 2835 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 14, 2021 |
| 17282286 | PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER HAVING MATERIAL EXHIBITING SHEAR PIEZOELECTIC EFFECT | MATA, SARA M | 2837 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Apr 01, 2021 |
| 17257944 | 3D-SCAFFOLD | SHEIKH, HAROON S | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jan 05, 2021 |
| 16968050 | INTEGRATED ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPTURE AND CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE | PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Aug 06, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialNederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno has 26 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 25 art units and 26 examiners.
Joshua D Zimmerman has the most, with 1 of Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
