Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

U.S. Army DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (86%)
§112 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 1 77.4% +5.1%
LORENCE, RICHARD M 1 83.1% +13.0%
DANIELS, ANTHONY J 1 79.5% +17.4%
WILCOX, JAMES J 1 70.2% +61.0%
JONES, GORDON A 1 60.4% +39.4%
THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1 73.3% +10.5%
WEINER, LAURA S 1 85.3% +13.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18785012 Electroadhesive Polymers and Clutch Using the Johnsen-Rahbek Effect LORENCE, RICHARD M 2d overdue
17573178 Heterocyclic Electrolyte Additives for Rechargeable Metal Batteries WEINER, LAURA S 56d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18427030 SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PROCESS SUBSTITUTION WITH CONNECTION-PRESERVING CAPABILITIES WILCOX, JAMES J 59d overdue
18785012 Electroadhesive Polymers and Clutch Using the Johnsen-Rahbek Effect LORENCE, RICHARD M 2d overdue
18369367 Lightweight Fabrics for Resistance from High-Velocity Projectiles THOMPSON, CAMIE S 21d
18584890 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STRATEGIC CROSS-POLARIZATION VIA MOTORIZED MEANS DANIELS, ANTHONY J 26d
17573178 Heterocyclic Electrolyte Additives for Rechargeable Metal Batteries WEINER, LAURA S 56d
18370911 SOLID-STATE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND DISSIPATION JONES, GORDON A 62d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 1
3617 1
2637 1
2439 1
3763 1
1786 1
1723 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18923890 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATION AND DISPLAY OF FORMATION FLIGHT INFORMATION ON AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2024
18785012 Electroadhesive Polymers and Clutch Using the Johnsen-Rahbek Effect LORENCE, RICHARD M 3617 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2024
18584890 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STRATEGIC CROSS-POLARIZATION VIA MOTORIZED MEANS DANIELS, ANTHONY J 2637 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Feb 22, 2024
18427030 SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PROCESS SUBSTITUTION WITH CONNECTION-PRESERVING CAPABILITIES WILCOX, JAMES J 2439 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18370911 SOLID-STATE THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE AND DISSIPATION JONES, GORDON A 3763 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18369367 Lightweight Fabrics for Resistance from High-Velocity Projectiles THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1786 §112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Sep 18, 2023
17573178 Heterocyclic Electrolyte Additives for Rechargeable Metal Batteries WEINER, LAURA S 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 11, 2022

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