Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Northwestem University currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating that the university's active prosecution is not centralized. Each pending matter is being evaluated by a different examiner within a different administrative group of the patent office, suggesting that the university's semiconductor and optics filings cover distinct technical innovations.
The busiest examiner for the university is HA, NGUYEN Q, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This examiner is handling a portion of the 2 pending office actions total for the university. With 2 distinct art units involved, the university's semiconductor and optics filings are subject to the oversight of two separate divisions, requiring the university to address the specific requirements of each unit. This distributed workload means the university must adapt its legal strategy to the different technical standards and procedural expectations of each examiner and their respective administrative groups.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HA, NGUYEN Q | 1 | 80.5% | +4.1% |
| CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18910230 | Ultrasound Phantom | HA, NGUYEN Q | — |
| 18350161 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE IPSC-EC FUNCTION | CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 1 |
| 1634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18910230 | Ultrasound Phantom | HA, NGUYEN Q | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18350161 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO IMPROVE IPSC-EC FUNCTION | CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE | 1634 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNorthwestem University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Nguyen Q Ha has the most, with 1 of Northwestem University's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
