Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
56 pending office actions • 48 art units • 54 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 189 patents granted in the last 365 days
United States Department of the Navy has 25 pending office actions in Communications. The matters involve 24 distinct examiners across 22 distinct art units, reflecting a broad and distributed examination structure. Most matters have separate examiner assignments, while the smaller art-unit total indicates some technical grouping. This profile calls for centralized docket administration combined with careful application-level review.
AYALA, FERNANDO A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters can provide a limited basis for comparing examiner treatment, but they do not establish a portfolio-wide pattern. Counsel should organize recurring Communications issues by art unit and then test whether similar claim language receives consistent treatment. Arguments and amendments should remain tied to the individual record, particularly where examiner assignments and technical groupings differ.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (18%) |
| §103 only | 19 (34%) |
| §112 only | 6 (11%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 18 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOROWAR, GOLAM | 2 | 81.5% | +17.8% |
| AYALA, FERNANDO A | 2 | 53.7% | +26.0% |
| BENNETT, STUART D | 1 | 68.9% | -14.2% |
| HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1 | 79.6% | +13.5% |
| SHAUGHNESSY, AIDAN EDWARD | 1 | 18.8% | +1.8% |
| BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | 1 | 81.6% | +13.8% |
| PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 1 | 87.3% | +9.8% |
| BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | 1 | 68.6% | +41.0% |
| LETT, THOMAS J | 1 | 84.0% | -34.9% |
| HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN | 1 | 89.7% | +12.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18441922 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AN AUTONOMOUSLY TUNABLE INTERFERENCE TRACKING FILTER | SOROWAR, GOLAM | 37d overdue |
| 18797221 | MODEL AND SIMULATION TOOL FOR DIGITAL IMAGERY AND TERRAIN DATA | LETT, THOMAS J | 30d overdue |
| 18903117 | Omnidirectional Conformal Antenna Power Pattern and Method Thereof | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | — |
| 18896099 | A PARALLEL RADIOFREQUENCY BLANKING SWITCH SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD | SOROWAR, GOLAM | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18227728 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING LOCATIONS OF UNKNOWN RADIO FREQUENCY EMITTERS USING SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR) AMPLITUDE MEASUREMENTS | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 72d overdue |
| 17756805 | PREDICTION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | WINSTON III, EDWARD B | 72d overdue |
| 18883808 | Deceptive Resistance to Adversary Cyber Operations (DRACO) | PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 60d overdue |
| 17712989 | Additive Manufacturing of a Packed Bed Bioreactor | ESPERON, NATHAN GREGORY | 31d overdue |
| 17705781 | Multi-Enzyme Nanoparticle-Assisted Stable Isotope Incorporation Into Small Molecules by Channeling | DONOHUE, SEAN R | 28d overdue |
| 18537426 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LIMITED ACCESS NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS | KIM, STEVEN S | 69d |
| 18978962 | A System, Apparatus, and Method to Generate Decoy Honeypots by Using Generated Adversarial Networks | SHAUGHNESSY, AIDAN EDWARD | — |
| 18779669 | Method and a System for Bandwidth-Constrained Cooperative Object Detection | HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18441922 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR AN AUTONOMOUSLY TUNABLE INTERFERENCE TRACKING FILTER | SOROWAR, GOLAM | 37d overdue |
| 19092179 | Single Lap Shear Test Sample Creation Method | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | — |
| 18903117 | Omnidirectional Conformal Antenna Power Pattern and Method Thereof | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | — |
| 18896099 | A PARALLEL RADIOFREQUENCY BLANKING SWITCH SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD | SOROWAR, GOLAM | — |
| 18819724 | HOLDER FOR STABILIZING A LINEAR SHAPED CHARGE DURING EPOXY CURING | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — |
| 18779669 | Method and a System for Bandwidth-Constrained Cooperative Object Detection | HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN | — |
| 18731519 | Surface Removal System And Method | AYALA, FERNANDO A | — |
| 18731168 | Surface Removal System And Method | AYALA, FERNANDO A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3724 | 3 |
| 2641 | 2 |
| 2634 | 2 |
| 1798 | 2 |
| 3741 | 2 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 2432 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2438 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19392753 | AERIAL VIDEO BASED POINT, DISTANCE, AND VELOCITY REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | BENNETT, STUART D | 2482 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2025 |
| 19092179 | Single Lap Shear Test Sample Creation Method | HUSON, MONICA ANNE | 1742 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 18978962 | A System, Apparatus, and Method to Generate Decoy Honeypots by Using Generated Adversarial Networks | SHAUGHNESSY, AIDAN EDWARD | 2432 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18903117 | Omnidirectional Conformal Antenna Power Pattern and Method Thereof | BOUIZZA, MICHAEL M | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18896099 | A PARALLEL RADIOFREQUENCY BLANKING SWITCH SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD | SOROWAR, GOLAM | 2641 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18883808 | Deceptive Resistance to Adversary Cyber Operations (DRACO) | PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 2438 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18819724 | HOLDER FOR STABILIZING A LINEAR SHAPED CHARGE DURING EPOXY CURING | BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18797221 | MODEL AND SIMULATION TOOL FOR DIGITAL IMAGERY AND TERRAIN DATA | LETT, THOMAS J | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18779669 | Method and a System for Bandwidth-Constrained Cooperative Object Detection | HYTREK, ASHLEY LYNN | 2665 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18731519 | Surface Removal System And Method | AYALA, FERNANDO A | 3724 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18731182 | Surface Removal System And Method | MICHALSKI, SEAN M | 3724 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18731168 | Surface Removal System And Method | AYALA, FERNANDO A | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18646227 | Anomalous Event Detection System with Sparse, Event-Driven Sensor Data | HOLMES, JANELLE AMBER | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18436416 | A LOW-FORCE PULL-APART UNDERWATER CONNECTOR APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A | 2831 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 08, 2024 |
| 18537426 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LIMITED ACCESS NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS | KIM, STEVEN S | 3698 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18227728 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASCERTAINING LOCATIONS OF UNKNOWN RADIO FREQUENCY EMITTERS USING SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO (SDR) AMPLITUDE MEASUREMENTS | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 3646 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18226956 | VELOCITY MEASURING DEVICE UTILIZING PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR RINGS | RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M | 3642 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18216457 | APPARATUS AND METHODS TO FACILITATE SECURE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION | WOLF, DARREN E | 2634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18215879 | ATTACHMENT FOR COLLECTING LIQUID AND VAPORIZED ELECTROLYTE FROM A BATTERY RELIEF VENT | EFYMOW, JESSE JAMES | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18209653 | WIRELESS POWER (WP) SYSTEM-OF-SYSTEM (SOS) APPARATUS INCLUDING ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | 2188 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18332984 | Method and System for Utilizing Virtual Cameras in Point Cloud Environments to Support Computer Vision Object Recognition | CADEAU, WEDNEL | 2632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18196561 | MULTI BROADBAND COAXIAL LASER BEAM COMBINER APPARATUS AND METHODS | ABDUR, RAHMAN | 2872 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18141688 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED CORROSION TESTING | WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 18295157 | Fluoride Passivation of a Cuprate Body | WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2023 |
| 17756805 | PREDICTION OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | WINSTON III, EDWARD B | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2022 |
| 17685914 | IN-EAR WEARABLE DEVICE | MOSS, JAMES R | 3792 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2022 |
| 19076716 | Luminescent Quantum Dot Thiol-yne Nanocomposites With Tailorable Optical, Thermal and Mechanical Properties | EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE | 1734 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19074554 | SHAPEABLE INLET MANIFOLD FOR HYPERSONIC SCRAMJET | CHABREYRIE, RODOLPHE ANDRE | 3741 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19057118 | System and Method for Identifying Fronts through Gradient Generation and High Gradient Value Tracing | POTTS, RYAN PATRICK | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19036605 | METHODS OF DETERMINING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICULATE MATERIALS USING A COMPOSITE SAMPLE AND RELATED SYSTEMS | PEREZ-GUZMAN, CARLOS GABRIEL | 2877 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18424567 | Synthetic Data Generation for a Document Parsing AI | NGUYEN, CAO H | 2171 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18908355 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION OF PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES USING LIVING CULTURES OF A NEWLY ISOLATED PSEUDOMONAS SP. BACTERIUM | FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY | 1651 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18902606 | Correction and Harmonization of Devices | ALLEN, BRITTANY N | 2169 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18902588 | Correction and Harmonization of Devices | BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G | 2674 | §101§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18902293 | CAPTURING FENTANYL USING BIOSYNTHETIC MELANIN | MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO | 1772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18825019 | CREVICE CORROSION CELL | KAUR, GURPREET | 1759 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18809486 | FLAME RESISTANT NYLON NANOFIBERS USING POLYPHENOLS | GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A | 1731 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18791989 | INSECT REPELLENT POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE FIBERS | WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH | 1612 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18783788 | System and Method for Closed-Loop Uncertainty for Human-Machine Teamwork | HAN, KYU HYUNG | 2123 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18750592 | NANOPARTICLE (NP)-ENHANCED EXPRESSION OF AQUAPORIN-4 CHANNELS AND WATER TRANSPORT IN HUMAN ASTROCYTES | ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S | 1617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18626318 | UV-PROTECTION OF PHOTOSENSITIVE PIGMENTS VIA INCORPORATION INTO METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS) | SANDERSON, LEE E | 3991 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18606024 | Thermal Neutron Transmutation Doped Gallium Oxide Semiconductor | DAVIS, SHARON M | 2892 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18603349 | Photosynapse Devices and Related Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) | JAHAN, BILKIS | 2817 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18599563 | Deep Eutectic Solvent Stabilized Enzyme-Based Electrochemical Assay Probes for Use in the Field | BOWERS, ERIN M | 1653 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18413506 | DELAY PROCESS TO PROVIDE TIMED CHEMISTRY TO LATERAL-FLOW IMMUNOASSAYS | GABEL, GAILENE | 1678 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18403796 | Rechargeable Benthic Microbial Fuel Cell | FANG, MICHAEL | 1784 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18403674 | Reconfigurable Software-Defined Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer for Diagnostics and Sensing | SANDHU, AMRITBIR K | 2634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18381360 | Temporal Convolution-Readout for Random Recurrent Neural Networks | VAUGHN, RYAN C | 4100 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18374796 | Fluorescence Turn-On Detection of Nitric Oxide Free Radical Using a Simple Semiconducting Nanocrystal (QD) and Ferric Dithiocarbamate Complex | BERA, HENA RAKESHKUMAR | 1798 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18240088 | Pyrolysis of 2D Coordination Polymer Precursors for the Formation of ORR Active Solid Acid Fuel Cell Electrode Catalysts | CHAU, LINDA N | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialUnited States Department of the Navy has 56 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 48 art units and 54 examiners.
Golam Sorowar has the most, with 2 of United States Department of the Navy's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
