Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

United States Department of the Army

10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (10%)
6
Medium (60%)
2
Easy (20%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (10%)
§103 only5 (50%)
§102 only1 (10%)
§112 only2 (20%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
40% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUCK, MATTHEW R 1 83.2% +14.5%
LE, TUNG X 1 86.9% +3.2%
PATEL, RONAK C 1 51.1% +55.9%
NGUYEN, NGA B 1 53.3% +25.2%
VARMA, AKASH K 1 66.0% +34.7%
CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1 46.8% +27.0%
OMETZ, DAVID LOUIS 1 75.0% -9.3%
GILL, RACHEL B 1 65.5% +28.0%
TRUONG, LAN DAI T 1 91.1% +11.6%
PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 1 67.2% +30.3%

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
18518659 Private Permissioned Hierarchical Blockchains over Fog/Edge and Multi-Cloud Computing Networks TRUONG, LAN DAI T 197d overdue
18660077 Digital Panning for Rare Earth Elements LE, TUNG X

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18372133 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ESTIMATED ANNUAL PAVEMENT COST NGUYEN, NGA B

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
18518659 Private Permissioned Hierarchical Blockchains over Fog/Edge and Multi-Cloud Computing Networks TRUONG, LAN DAI T 197d overdue
18902819 SUCTION BOOSTED SAND DREDGING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM BUCK, MATTHEW R
18375410 ADVANCED THIOL-ENE COMPOSITES THAT UNDERGO RADIOFREQUENCY INDUCED ACTUATION PATEL, RONAK C
18372133 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ESTIMATED ANNUAL PAVEMENT COST NGUYEN, NGA B
18130884 FLOATATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TREATING LIQUID MEDIUM VARMA, AKASH K
17503258 AMINE FUNCTIONALIZED CHITIN FOR REMOVING MUNITIONS COMPOUNDS FROM SOLUTION CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI
18579769 METHOD OF TREATING DRUG RESISTANT ESKAPEE PATHOGENS USING THERAPEUTIC BACTERIOPHAGES GILL, RACHEL B
18204455 Thermogenic Airway Management Device and Methods PHILIPS, BRADLEY H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3672 1
2844 1
1788 1
3625 1
1773 1
1699 1
2672 1
1671 1
2444 1
3799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18902819 SUCTION BOOSTED SAND DREDGING AND DELIVERY SYSTEM BUCK, MATTHEW R 3672 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18660077 Digital Panning for Rare Earth Elements LE, TUNG X 2844 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18375410 ADVANCED THIOL-ENE COMPOSITES THAT UNDERGO RADIOFREQUENCY INDUCED ACTUATION PATEL, RONAK C 1788 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18372133 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ESTIMATED ANNUAL PAVEMENT COST NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §101 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2023
18130884 FLOATATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TREATING LIQUID MEDIUM VARMA, AKASH K 1773 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2023
17503258 AMINE FUNCTIONALIZED CHITIN FOR REMOVING MUNITIONS COMPOUNDS FROM SOLUTION CRAIGO, BAHAR ALAWI 1699 §112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 15, 2021
18671239 Transform Upon Image Area of Interest OMETZ, DAVID LOUIS 2672 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18579769 METHOD OF TREATING DRUG RESISTANT ESKAPEE PATHOGENS USING THERAPEUTIC BACTERIOPHAGES GILL, RACHEL B 1671 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18518659 Private Permissioned Hierarchical Blockchains over Fog/Edge and Multi-Cloud Computing Networks TRUONG, LAN DAI T 2444 §112 Non-Final OA 197d overdue Pending Nov 24, 2023
18204455 Thermogenic Airway Management Device and Methods PHILIPS, BRADLEY H 3799 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2023

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