Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek Tno

34 pending office actions • 22 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

18
Hard (53%)
14
Medium (41%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (12%)
§103 only13 (38%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
26% of docket
6
Information Tech
18% of docket
2
Communications
6% of docket
6
Semiconductors
18% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
7
Business / Other
21% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARONEY, JENNA M 2 64.5% +20.4%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 2 22.0% +11.3%
HENNING, MATTHEW T 1 71.1% +18.3%
VASISTH, VISHAL V 1 72.3% +33.7%
HUANG, KAYLEE J 1 74.7% +50.1%
AHMED, JAMIL 1 82.1% +15.2%
WONG, EDNA 1 58.6% -19.2%
GRAVES, TIMOTHY P 1 81.0% +15.1%
CHOI, EUNSOOK 1 90.1% +7.5%
GAMBETTA, KELLY M 1 71.9% +33.0%

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
18832760 SERVICE CONNECTION INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR USING SERVICES IN MULTIPLE LOCAL NETWORKS CHOI, EUNSOOK

Hard Cases (18)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17282286 PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER HAVING MATERIAL EXHIBITING SHEAR PIEZOELECTIC EFFECT MATA, SARA M 89d overdue
18912139 Systems, Devices And Methods For Edge Node Computing HUANG, KAYLEE J 35d overdue
18715520 LNG EXERGY OPTIMIZATION FOR SBCC MARONEY, JENNA M 3d overdue
17919901 A PRINTABLE NTC INK COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF YOUNG, WILLIAM D 2d overdue
17413688 EVAPORATIVE MICROCHIP COOLING HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 2d overdue
16634035 A PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME TRINH, THANH TRUC 21d
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

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18912139 Systems, Devices And Methods For Edge Node Computing HUANG, KAYLEE J 35d overdue
18764717 Area-Selective Hardmask Deposition: Methods and Tools for Advanced Patterning GAMBETTA, KELLY M 3d overdue
18715520 LNG EXERGY OPTIMIZATION FOR SBCC MARONEY, JENNA M 3d overdue
16634035 A PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME TRINH, THANH TRUC 21d
18276625 SYSTEM FOR THERMOCHEMICAL STORAGE WITH IMPROVED DEHYDRATION MARONEY, JENNA M 28d
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
18869323 ETHANOL BASED INTENSIFIED ETHYLENE PRODUCTION VASISTH, VISHAL V

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1726 3
1795 2
3763 2
2837 2
2491 1
2447 1
2877 1
1718 1
2847 1
2472 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18869323 ETHANOL BASED INTENSIFIED ETHYLENE PRODUCTION VASISTH, VISHAL V §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18912139 Systems, Devices And Methods For Edge Node Computing HUANG, KAYLEE J 2447 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2024
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 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 14, 2024
18832693 ACOUSTIC TRANSDUCER AND DEVICES COMPRISING THE SAME GRAVES, TIMOTHY P §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18832760 SERVICE CONNECTION INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR USING SERVICES IN MULTIPLE LOCAL NETWORKS CHOI, EUNSOOK §102 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
18719627 Ex Vivo Production of Compounds of Interest SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18716190 3D-SHAPED MODULE WITH INTEGRATED DEVICES AND METHOD ABRAHAM, JOSE K 2847 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18715520 LNG EXERGY OPTIMIZATION FOR SBCC MARONEY, JENNA M 3763 §101§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue 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
18708973 RENDERING 3D SCENE COMPRISING OBJECTS AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 09, 2024
18610630 ANONYMOUSLY ISSUING A VERIFIABLE CREDENTIAL WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED 2498 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 20, 2024
18565763 ENERGY EFFICIENT SEPARATION OF POLYOLEFINS BOYKIN, TERRESSA M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 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
18284357 ACOUSTIC INSPECTION DEVICE AND INSPECTION METHOD USING AN INVERSE WAVE FIELD PROPAGATION MODEL NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18276625 SYSTEM FOR THERMOCHEMICAL STORAGE WITH IMPROVED DEHYDRATION MARONEY, JENNA M 3763 §112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 09, 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
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
18038411 SERVICE DATA FLOW CONTINUITY FOR A UE IN A SYSTEM INVOLVING A GATEWAY DEVICE LYTLE JR., BRADLEY D 2473 §103 Non-Final OA 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 Final Rejection 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 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 03, 2022
17911260 FETAL HEART RATE MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF BAKKAR, AYA ZIAD 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Sep 13, 2022
17905484 NUCLEIC ACID FLUORESCENCE DETECTION OYEYEMI, OLAYINKA A 1681 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 01, 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
17413688 EVAPORATIVE MICROCHIP COOLING HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 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
16968050 INTEGRATED ELECTROCHEMICAL CAPTURE AND CONVERSION OF CARBON DIOXIDE PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Aug 06, 2020
16634035 A PHOTOVOLTAIC PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jan 24, 2020

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