Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America has 12 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Each action is associated with a distinct examiner, while the portfolio spans 8 distinct art units. This pattern shows complete examiner dispersion within a smaller set of technical assignments.

GETACHEW, WODAJO is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. No examiner has more than the reported single action in the busiest-examiner field, so the main management challenge is coordination across separate examiner contacts. Art-unit grouping remains useful for identifying shared technical themes and maintaining consistent claim strategy.

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

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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 (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

7
Hard (58%)
4
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (25%)
§101 + other4 (33%)
§103 only4 (33%)
§112 only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
58% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GETACHEW, WODAJO 1 41.3% +39.1%
MILLER, JAMES H 1 41.1% +36.8%
SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 1 29.9% +27.8%
TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 1 8.3% -12.5%
MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES 1 67.2% +41.0%
KANAAN, TONY P 1 28.8% +27.6%
LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 64.0% +25.5%
KING, DAVIDA LEE 1 34.0% +38.3%
KESSLER, GREGORY AARON 1 87.2% +7.9%
TSAI, JAMES T 1 63.5% +56.9%

Hard Cases (8)

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
18243714 RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS INTEGRATING EXTENDED REALITY TO GENERATE PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 29d
19574205 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - BLOCKCHAIN RETIREMENT ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT GETACHEW, WODAJO —
19262651 MANAGING INCOME STREAMS USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER AND SOULBOUND TOKENS MILLER, JAMES H —
18981392 AUTOMATED TECHNICAL DEBT EVALUATION AND SCORING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SINGLETARY, TYRONE E —
18952523 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TECHNICAL DEBT RISK MANAGEMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE —
18765022 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY FRICTION EVENTS DURING AN ELECTRONIC JOURNEY OF A CUSTOMER OF A BUSINESS KANAAN, TONY P —
18424538 AI-BASED FILE TRANSFORMATIONS LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER —
18392059 DYNAMICALLY MAPPING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES KESSLER, GREGORY AARON —

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
18400778 Techniques for Preserving Memories and Experiences Through a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Engine KING, DAVIDA LEE 3d overdue
19574205 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - BLOCKCHAIN RETIREMENT ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT GETACHEW, WODAJO —
19262651 MANAGING INCOME STREAMS USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER AND SOULBOUND TOKENS MILLER, JAMES H —
18981392 AUTOMATED TECHNICAL DEBT EVALUATION AND SCORING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SINGLETARY, TYRONE E —
18889583 ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING, IDENTIFYING, AND TRACKING TECHNICAL DEBT IN ORGANIZATIONS MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES —
18765022 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY FRICTION EVENTS DURING AN ELECTRONIC JOURNEY OF A CUSTOMER OF A BUSINESS KANAAN, TONY P —
18424538 AI-BASED FILE TRANSFORMATIONS LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER —
18509923 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INCLUDING MAPPING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TSAI, JAMES T —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3625 3
2197 3
3697 1
3694 1
3696 1
3699 1
2147 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19574205 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - BLOCKCHAIN RETIREMENT ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT GETACHEW, WODAJO 3697 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2026
19262651 MANAGING INCOME STREAMS USING A DISTRIBUTED LEDGER AND SOULBOUND TOKENS MILLER, JAMES H 3694 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2025
18981392 AUTOMATED TECHNICAL DEBT EVALUATION AND SCORING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SINGLETARY, TYRONE E 3625 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18952523 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TECHNICAL DEBT RISK MANAGEMENT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18889583 ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSESSING, IDENTIFYING, AND TRACKING TECHNICAL DEBT IN ORGANIZATIONS MACASIANO, JOANNE GONZALES 2197 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18765022 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO IDENTIFY FRICTION EVENTS DURING AN ELECTRONIC JOURNEY OF A CUSTOMER OF A BUSINESS KANAAN, TONY P 3696 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2024
18424538 AI-BASED FILE TRANSFORMATIONS LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18400778 Techniques for Preserving Memories and Experiences Through a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) Engine KING, DAVIDA LEE 3699 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18392059 DYNAMICALLY MAPPING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES KESSLER, GREGORY AARON 2197 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18509923 GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INCLUDING MAPPING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS TSAI, JAMES T 2147 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18374913 OPERATING SYSTEM LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT USING MACHINE LEARNING UNG, LANNY N 2197 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18243714 RECOMMENDATION SYSTEMS INTEGRATING EXTENDED REALITY TO GENERATE PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Sep 08, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America have?

Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 12 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America applications?

Wodajo Getachew has the most, with 1 of Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America's pending office actions.

What technology area are Teachers Insurance And Annuity Association Of America's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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