Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

SAS Nanotechnologies Inc.

Technology area: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

SAS Nanotechnologies Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. The focus on Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals indicates the specific domain of the company's current patent activity. With only 1 pending office action, the company's current engagement with the USPTO is limited in scope.

TRUONG, QUANGLONG N is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. As the only distinct examiner involved, TRUONG, QUANGLONG N is the sole arbiter of the 1 pending office action. This concentration within the art unit means that the prosecution strategy does not need to account for multiple examiner preferences. However, it also means the company's current success in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals area is tied to the decisions of TRUONG, QUANGLONG N and the standards of the 1 distinct art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1 78.6% +23.3%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18595120 Encapsulation of Functional Additives in Partially-Open Microcapsules TRUONG, QUANGLONG N —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1615 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18595120 Encapsulation of Functional Additives in Partially-Open Microcapsules TRUONG, QUANGLONG N 1615 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does SAS Nanotechnologies Inc. have?

SAS Nanotechnologies Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most SAS Nanotechnologies Inc. applications?

Quanglong N Truong has the most, with 1 of SAS Nanotechnologies Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are SAS Nanotechnologies Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals (USPTO Tech Center 1600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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