Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
31 pending office actions • 23 art units • 31 examiners • 0 of 31 (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. 16 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. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 14 (45%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 2 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENNING, MATTHEW T | 1 | 71.4% | +18.1% |
| ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 1 | 40.9% | +15.7% |
| AHMED, JAMIL | 1 | 82.0% | +15.3% |
| WONG, EDNA | 1 | 58.4% | -19.7% |
| CHOI, EUNSOOK | 1 | 90.1% | +7.5% |
| GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | 1 | 81.2% | +15.0% |
| GAMBETTA, KELLY M | 1 | 71.8% | +33.1% |
| ARYAL, AAYUSH | 1 | 86.7% | +8.2% |
| ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 1 | 83.2% | +32.9% |
| CHANG, JUNGWON | 1 | 86.4% | +14.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18832760 | SERVICE CONNECTION INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR USING SERVICES IN MULTIPLE LOCAL NETWORKS | CHOI, EUNSOOK | — |
| 18724121 | AUTHENTICATION SUPPORT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO CONNECT TO A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | ARYAL, AAYUSH | — |
| 18716190 | 3D-SHAPED MODULE WITH INTEGRATED DEVICES AND METHOD | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | — |
| 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 19130821 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING SUCH A DEVICE | HENNING, MATTHEW T | — |
| 19108972 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING A SUBSTANCE ON A TARGET SURFACE OF A TARGET | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | — |
| 18832693 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND DEVICES COMPRISING THE SAME | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | — |
| 18716190 | 3D-SHAPED MODULE WITH INTEGRATED DEVICES AND METHOD | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | — |
| 18714985 | ESTABLISHING LOCAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS IN PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | CHANG, JUNGWON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 2 |
| 1795 | 2 |
| 1726 | 2 |
| 2837 | 2 |
| 2491 | 1 |
| 2877 | 1 |
| 2435 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| 2472 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19130821 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR AUTHENTICATING SUCH A DEVICE | HENNING, MATTHEW T | 2491 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19108972 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRINTING A SUBSTANCE ON A TARGET SURFACE OF A TARGET | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 1718 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 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 |
| 18832760 | SERVICE CONNECTION INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR USING SERVICES IN MULTIPLE LOCAL NETWORKS | CHOI, EUNSOOK | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18832693 | ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND DEVICES COMPRISING THE SAME | GRAVES, TIMOTHY P | — | §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 |
| 18716190 | 3D-SHAPED MODULE WITH INTEGRATED DEVICES AND METHOD | ABRAHAM, JOSE K | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18714985 | ESTABLISHING LOCAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS IN PRIVATE CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | CHANG, JUNGWON | 2472 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18708973 | RENDERING 3D SCENE COMPRISING OBJECTS | AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 09, 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 |
| 18565763 | ENERGY EFFICIENT SEPARATION OF POLYOLEFINS | BOYKIN, TERRESSA M | — | §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. | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18485066 | PHOTOVOLTAIC TRAFFICABLE SURFACE COMPRISING MULTILAYER LAMINATE | TRAN, UYEN M | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18553720 | COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE | STARK, JARRETT J | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18276625 | SYSTEM FOR THERMOCHEMICAL STORAGE WITH IMPROVED DEHYDRATION | MARONEY, JENNA M | 3763 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Aug 09, 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 |
| 18268113 | COMPRESSION OF TEMPORAL DATA BY USING GEOMETRY-BASED POINT CLOUD COMPRESSION | DHILLON, PUNEET S | 2488 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | 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 |
| 18033975 | LARGE-AREA PRINTED PIEZOELECTRICS WITH HIGH FREQUENCY RESPONSE | GORDON, BRYAN P | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 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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