Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation

10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

3
Hard (30%)
7
Medium (70%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (50%)
§102 only2 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
20% of docket
3
Information Tech
30% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, CRAIG SANG 1 86.2% +9.9%
KIM, SEOKJIN 1 77.9% +13.7%
ZARKA, DAVID PETER 1 82.5% +13.5%
MAHARAJ, DEVIKA S 1 55.8% +9.3%
FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 1 56.1% +26.9%
MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 1 47.3% +32.7%
GRAY, AARON J 1 82.1% +30.5%
KOCH, GEORGE R 1 72.8% +17.7%
DASGUPTA, SHOURJO 1 65.0% +39.2%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 1 22.0% +11.3%

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
18678702 DIVERSITY ROUTER INCORPORATED IN NETWORK SYSTEM ZARKA, DAVID PETER 4d overdue

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18966857 ELECTRIC THRUSTER WITH THERMIONIC CATHODE IN OXYGEN-RICH ENVIRONMENT KIM, CRAIG SANG
18358603 CONTINUOUS LONG JOSEPHSON JUNCTION LOGIC GATE SYSTEM GRAY, AARON J
16943440 FLEXIBLE SOLAR ARRAY FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL DEPLOYMENT TRINH, THANH TRUC

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18363472 Solid-State Cooler Device with Normal Metal Substrates MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 30d overdue
18678702 DIVERSITY ROUTER INCORPORATED IN NETWORK SYSTEM ZARKA, DAVID PETER 4d overdue
17592738 AUTOMATED METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SHEETS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, PATTERN PREPARATION AND FORMING SYSTEMS, AND SHEETS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL KOCH, GEORGE R 41d
18965525 ISOCHRONOUS PHASE-DRIFT TRACKING SYSTEM KIM, SEOKJIN
18363647 METHODS FOR GENERATING AN INTEGRATED LIST OF EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS USING DISPARATE SOFTWARE PACKAGES AND RELATED SYSTEMS FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG
18358603 CONTINUOUS LONG JOSEPHSON JUNCTION LOGIC GATE SYSTEM GRAY, AARON J
17404160 MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION OF SIGNALS AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA DASGUPTA, SHOURJO
16943440 FLEXIBLE SOLAR ARRAY FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL DEPLOYMENT TRINH, THANH TRUC

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3741 1
2845 1
2449 1
2117 1
3763 1
2897 1
1745 1
2144 1
1726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18966857 ELECTRIC THRUSTER WITH THERMIONIC CATHODE IN OXYGEN-RICH ENVIRONMENT KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18965525 ISOCHRONOUS PHASE-DRIFT TRACKING SYSTEM KIM, SEOKJIN 2845 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18678702 DIVERSITY ROUTER INCORPORATED IN NETWORK SYSTEM ZARKA, DAVID PETER 2449 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18393263 DISTRIBUTION-BASED RISK MANAGEMENT IN CLASSIFICATION MODELS MAHARAJ, DEVIKA S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18363647 METHODS FOR GENERATING AN INTEGRATED LIST OF EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS USING DISPARATE SOFTWARE PACKAGES AND RELATED SYSTEMS FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 2117 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 01, 2023
18363472 Solid-State Cooler Device with Normal Metal Substrates MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18358603 CONTINUOUS LONG JOSEPHSON JUNCTION LOGIC GATE SYSTEM GRAY, AARON J 2897 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2023
17592738 AUTOMATED METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SHEETS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, PATTERN PREPARATION AND FORMING SYSTEMS, AND SHEETS OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL KOCH, GEORGE R 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Feb 04, 2022
17404160 MACHINE LEARNING CLASSIFICATION OF SIGNALS AND RELATED SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA DASGUPTA, SHOURJO 2144 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2021
16943440 FLEXIBLE SOLAR ARRAY FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL DEPLOYMENT TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 30, 2020

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