Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 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
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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 (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

2
Hard (29%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% 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 78.2% +6.2%
WILCOX, JAMES J 1 70.2% +61.3%
ZHAO, LEI 1 73.9% +22.1%
WU, JENNY R 1 63.4% +16.1%
KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1 60.0% +14.4%
FLINDERS, JEREMY C 1 63.7% +16.7%
WEINER, LAURA S 1 85.2% +14.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17573178 Heterocyclic Electrolyte Additives for Rechargeable Metal Batteries WEINER, LAURA S 56d

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18923890 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATION AND DISPLAY OF FORMATION FLIGHT INFORMATION ON AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY DEVICE MOLINA, NIKKI MARIE M 15d overdue
18127398 OXIDATION AND CORROSION RESISTANT NANOSTRUCTURED COPPER-BASED METALLIC SYSTEMS KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S

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
17573178 Heterocyclic Electrolyte Additives for Rechargeable Metal Batteries WEINER, LAURA S 56d
18419595 LOCALIZATION FOR AERIAL SYSTEMS IN GPS DENIED ENVIRONMENTS ZHAO, LEI
18387879 METHOD FOR GRAIN GROWTH MITIGATION IN TITANIUM, ZIRCONIUM, AND/OR HAFNIUM MATERIALS WU, JENNY R
18127398 OXIDATION AND CORROSION RESISTANT NANOSTRUCTURED COPPER-BASED METALLIC SYSTEMS KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S
17723553 METHODS FOR DEVELOPING VIRUS PROTEIN-SPECIFIC CAPTURE AGENTS, CAPTURE AGENTS, AND METHODS OF USING THE CAPTURE AGENTS FLINDERS, JEREMY C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 1
2439 1
2668 1
1733 1
1759 1
1684 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 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2024
18427030 SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED PROCESS SUBSTITUTION WITH CONNECTION-PRESERVING CAPABILITIES WILCOX, JAMES J 2439 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18419595 LOCALIZATION FOR AERIAL SYSTEMS IN GPS DENIED ENVIRONMENTS ZHAO, LEI 2668 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18387879 METHOD FOR GRAIN GROWTH MITIGATION IN TITANIUM, ZIRCONIUM, AND/OR HAFNIUM MATERIALS WU, JENNY R 1733 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 08, 2023
18127398 OXIDATION AND CORROSION RESISTANT NANOSTRUCTURED COPPER-BASED METALLIC SYSTEMS KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2023
17723553 METHODS FOR DEVELOPING VIRUS PROTEIN-SPECIFIC CAPTURE AGENTS, CAPTURE AGENTS, AND METHODS OF USING THE CAPTURE AGENTS FLINDERS, JEREMY C 1684 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2022
17573178 Heterocyclic Electrolyte Additives for Rechargeable Metal Batteries WEINER, LAURA S 1723 §102 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 11, 2022

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