Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
New Jersey Institute of Technology has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The docket includes 7 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, showing examiner-level dispersion with one shared art-unit context.
NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should prioritize application-specific responses while using the limited art-unit overlap to identify potentially recurring technical issues.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (86%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | 1 | 51.9% | +11.3% |
| ARNOLD, ERNST V | 1 | 48.2% | +12.8% |
| YU, DAVID TUYANG | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW | 1 | 59.5% | +31.7% |
| KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | 1 | 49.2% | +69.8% |
| VARMA, AKASH K | 1 | 66.6% | +34.1% |
| MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 1 | 31.9% | +43.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17857580 | Porous Composite Membrane for Solvent Extraction | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 98d overdue |
| 18508563 | Addressable Microfluidics Systems and Methods for In Vivo Applications | BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW | 23d |
| 19081161 | Interlocking Robotic Assembly System | NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | — |
| 18789155 | Method of using binary coating agents in powder coating to achieve enhanced properties of the coated powder and its blends having cohesive powders | ARNOLD, ERNST V | — |
| 18524574 | GENE DELIVERY FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BALDNESS | YU, DAVID TUYANG | — |
| 18243354 | System and Method for Quantification and Feedback of Eye Deviations | KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17857580 | Porous Composite Membrane for Solvent Extraction | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 98d overdue |
| 18508563 | Addressable Microfluidics Systems and Methods for In Vivo Applications | BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW | 23d |
| 19081161 | Interlocking Robotic Assembly System | NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | — |
| 18789155 | Method of using binary coating agents in powder coating to achieve enhanced properties of the coated powder and its blends having cohesive powders | ARNOLD, ERNST V | — |
| 18243354 | System and Method for Quantification and Feedback of Eye Deviations | KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | — |
| 18118547 | System for Ultrapurification of Organic Solvent | VARMA, AKASH K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1773 | 2 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19081161 | Interlocking Robotic Assembly System | NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | 3656 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18789155 | Method of using binary coating agents in powder coating to achieve enhanced properties of the coated powder and its blends having cohesive powders | ARNOLD, ERNST V | 1613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18524574 | GENE DELIVERY FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF BALDNESS | YU, DAVID TUYANG | 4100 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18508563 | Addressable Microfluidics Systems and Methods for In Vivo Applications | BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW | 1799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18243354 | System and Method for Quantification and Feedback of Eye Deviations | KIM, SAMUEL CHONG | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18118547 | System for Ultrapurification of Organic Solvent | VARMA, AKASH K | 1773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 17857580 | Porous Composite Membrane for Solvent Extraction | MCCULLOUGH, ERIC J. | 1773 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 98d overdue | Pending | Jul 05, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNew Jersey Institute of Technology has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Thuy-Vi Thi Nguyen has the most, with 1 of New Jersey Institute of Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
