Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
The United States Of America AS Represented By The Secretary Department Of Health And Human SE has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This 1 action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located in 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific technical focus for the current patent application within the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals sector.
FONTAINHAS, AURORA M is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action. This 1 action represents the total 1 pending office actions for the portfolio. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the 1 pending action is being reviewed by a single official. This matching count between the 1 distinct examiner and the total actions highlights the centralized nature of the current prosecution.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | 1 | 69.6% | +27.7% |
| BARBEE, MANUEL L | 1 | 81.7% | +13.9% |
| BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | 1 | 67.9% | +34.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18073017 | Quality Assurance for Unattended Computer Vision Counting | BARBEE, MANUEL L | 437d overdue |
| 18346340 | Subterranean and Linear Object Analysis Systems and Methods | CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18073017 | Quality Assurance for Unattended Computer Vision Counting | BARBEE, MANUEL L | 437d overdue |
| 18346340 | Subterranean and Linear Object Analysis Systems and Methods | CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | — |
| 17411119 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DISPLAY OF VOLUMETRIC SOLIDS USING DISTRIBUTED PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOUNDS | BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2189 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 2616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18346340 | Subterranean and Linear Object Analysis Systems and Methods | CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | 2189 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18073017 | Quality Assurance for Unattended Computer Vision Counting | BARBEE, MANUEL L | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | 437d overdue | Pending | Dec 01, 2022 |
| 17411119 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DISPLAY OF VOLUMETRIC SOLIDS USING DISTRIBUTED PHOTOCHROMIC COMPOUNDS | BEARD, CHARLES LLOYD | 2616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialThe United States Of America AS Represented By The Director Of The National Geospatial-Intelligence has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Angel Javier Calle has the most, with 1 of The United States Of America AS Represented By The Director Of The National Geospatial-Intelligence's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
