Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

46 pending office actions • 33 art units • 43 examiners • 0 of 46 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

46
Total Pending OAs
35
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

22
Hard (48%)
19
Medium (41%)
5
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other6 (13%)
§103 only16 (35%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only4 (9%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other2 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)16 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
33% of docket
6
Information Tech
13% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
7
Semiconductors
15% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
9
Business / Other
20% 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.

460 h
Manual time on pending OAs
92 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
161 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TAUFIQ, FARAH N 2 62.0% +25.2%
PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 2 77.7% +12.9%
SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2 56.4% +18.7%
PROCTOR, CACHET I 1 77.0% +5.9%
KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 1 70.0% +54.2%
JAIN, ANKUR 1 74.8% +5.8%
SEABE, JUSTIN D 1 71.8% +24.5%
CHOI, SEUNG HO 1 100.0% +0.0%
CLARK, RYAN T 1 50.4% +18.2%
GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES 1 79.6% +25.3%

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
18967952 SELECTIVE SECONDARY PHASE-SHIFTING CONTROL FOR RESONANT CONVERTERS CHOI, SEUNG HO

Hard Cases (22)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18313523 METHODS FOR REMOVING DEICING SALT IONS FROM WATER RUNOFF PATEL, PRANAV N 171d overdue
18255665 METHODS FOR EXTRACTING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM RARE EARTH ELEMENT SOURCES MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN 45d overdue
19086230 HELMET SYSTEM AND KIT KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 6d
19100420 MULTI-ROW PROPELLER (MRP) WITH CO-ROTATING BLADES SEABE, JUSTIN D 8d
18044688 INHIBITORS OF SPINSTER HOMOLOG 2 (SPNS2) FOR USE IN THERAPY CHEN, PO-CHIH 23d
18726264 MULTI-DEVICE POWER CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION CHAN, DANNY 35d
18538792 HETEROGENEOUS TERMINATION STRUCTURES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAWKINS, IHSAN TAIWO 83d
18853880 AUTOMATED GRADING AND ASSESSMENT OF COINS GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19086230 HELMET SYSTEM AND KIT KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 6d
19100420 MULTI-ROW PROPELLER (MRP) WITH CO-ROTATING BLADES SEABE, JUSTIN D 8d
19171885 CONTINUOUS CARBON FIBER CO-EXTRUSION TOOL FOR MULTI-AXIS MATERIAL EXTRUSION TAUFIQ, FARAH N
18930252 METHODS OF REDUCING ADVERSE EFFECTS OF NON-THERMAL ABLATION CLARK, RYAN T
18853880 AUTOMATED GRADING AND ASSESSMENT OF COINS GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES
18767746 BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER DISRUPTION USING REVERSIBLE OR IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F
18563255 INTEGRATED THERMAL CONTROL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND COATING TAUFIQ, FARAH N
18348605 IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS USING ELECTROPORATION PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3794 3
2837 2
2857 2
1715 1
1743 1
3797 1
2633 1
3745 1
2135 1
2497 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19258600 PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLE LAYERS WITH CONTROLLED ORIENTATION PROCTOR, CACHET I 1715 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2025
19171885 CONTINUOUS CARBON FIBER CO-EXTRUSION TOOL FOR MULTI-AXIS MATERIAL EXTRUSION TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1743 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 07, 2025
19086230 HELMET SYSTEM AND KIT KIM, KAITLYN EUNJI 3797 §103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 21, 2025
19100414 ELECTRICALLY SMALL NON-LTI ANTENNA MODULATION SCHEMA JAIN, ANKUR 2633 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2025
19100420 MULTI-ROW PROPELLER (MRP) WITH CO-ROTATING BLADES SEABE, JUSTIN D 3745 §102§103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jan 31, 2025
18967952 SELECTIVE SECONDARY PHASE-SHIFTING CONTROL FOR RESONANT CONVERTERS CHOI, SEUNG HO §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18930252 METHODS OF REDUCING ADVERSE EFFECTS OF NON-THERMAL ABLATION CLARK, RYAN T DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18853880 AUTOMATED GRADING AND ASSESSMENT OF COINS GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18901218 DEMAND-ADAPTIVE MEMORY COMPRESSION IN HARDWARE WADDY JR, EDWARD 2135 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2024
18850941 TASK-DRIVEN PRIVACY-PRESERVING DATA-SHARING FOR DATA SHARING ECOSYSTEMS RASHID, HARUNUR 2497 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2024
18799049 LEARNING RADIO SIGNALS USING RADIO SIGNAL TRANSFORMERS SOROWAR, GOLAM §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18767746 BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER DISRUPTION USING REVERSIBLE OR IRREVERSIBLE ELECTROPORATION PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 §112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18726264 MULTI-DEVICE POWER CONSUMPTION OPTIMIZATION CHAN, DANNY 2175 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18708683 GENERATING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES FOR TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION SAKAMOTO, COLIN T §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18695210 CASCADE DEGRADATION AND UPCYCLING OF POLYSTYRENE WASTE TO HIGH VALUE CHEMICALS HUSON, MONICA ANNE §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18692153 INCREASING FLOTATION RECOVERY AND THROUGHPUT MACKEY, PATRICK HEWEY 3653 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18601199 REAL-TIME CONTROL OF LASER POWER FOR LASER POWDER BED FUSION XU, PETER §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18681416 RECHARGEABLE SOLID STATE LITHIUM BATTERIES WORKING OVER A WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE BULLOCK, IN SUK C §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18428563 SELF-REINFORCING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SELF-REINFORCING THERMOPLASTIC COMPOSITE MATERIALS SALVATORE, LYNDA 1789 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2024
18573665 NANOFIBER NETWORKS AS MEMBRANE MIMICS FOR IN VITRO APPLICATIONS BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18538792 HETEROGENEOUS TERMINATION STRUCTURES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAWKINS, IHSAN TAIWO 2899 §102§103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Dec 13, 2023
18563255 INTEGRATED THERMAL CONTROL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND COATING TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18563246 DATA DRIVEN SMART NON-PNEUMATIC TIRES PANDE, ASHUTOSH 3668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18514620 NOVEL PROCESS AND FLOTATION CHEMISTRY FOR VALUABLE METAL RECOVERY FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATION (MSWI) ASH PULLEN, NIKOLAS TAKUYA 1733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18559525 SOLID-INFUSED SURFACES, ARTICLES INCORPORATING SOLID-INFUSED SURFACES, METHODS OF MAKING, AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF LAN, YAN 1782 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18486883 HETEROGENEOUS SUPERJUNCTION DEVICES PHAM, LONG 2897 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18478331 VISUALIZATION OF AI METHODS AND DATA EXPLORATION ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED 2148 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18549440 TESTING AND EDUCATION MICROREACTOR KIL, JINNEY 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18280452 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR CALIBRATED LABEL-FREE SURFACE-ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY FABIAN JR, ROBERTO 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18238254 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING COMPUTE FUNCTIONS LEE, ADAM 2198 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18362222 INTEGRATED TRANSFORMER-INDUCTOR AND EMI SHIELD HOSSAIN, KAZI S 2837 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2023
18348605 IMMUNOTHERAPEUTIC METHODS USING ELECTROPORATION PEFFLEY, MICHAEL F 3794 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2023
18255665 METHODS FOR EXTRACTING RARE EARTH ELEMENTS FROM RARE EARTH ELEMENT SOURCES MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN 1738 §102§103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18328372 INTEGRATED TRANSFORMERS FOR HIGH CURRENT CONVERTERS LIAN, MANG TIN BIK 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18313523 METHODS FOR REMOVING DEICING SALT IONS FROM WATER RUNOFF PATEL, PRANAV N 1777 §102§103 Non-Final OA 171d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18298082 SOYBEANS HAVING LOW TRYPSIN INHIBITOR EXPRESSION OR ACTIVITY SPEED, DEQUANTARIUS JAVON 1663 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Apr 10, 2023
18030250 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF TREATING A PI3K MEDIATED DISEASE D' AMBROSIO, THEA 1654 §112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18044688 INHIBITORS OF SPINSTER HOMOLOG 2 (SPNS2) FOR USE IN THERAPY CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 23d Pending Mar 09, 2023
18181048 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH OPTIMIZATION-BASED POLICY ROHD, BENJAMIN MATTHEW 2147 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 09, 2023
18172127 SNOW SPORT HELMET EVALUATION SYSTEM SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2023
18172109 RUGBY HEADGEAR EVALUATION SYSTEM AND METHOD SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2023
17924963 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING IMMUNE RESPONSES AGAINST CLASS I FUSION PROTEIN VIRUSES SINGH, SATYENDRA K 1657 §103§112DP Final Rejection Pending Nov 11, 2022
17766485 MULTILAYER AND BOUQUET FIBER-BASED NEURAL PROBES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USES THEREOF PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN 3794 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 04, 2022
17623578 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR HIGH-ENERGY BATTERY CATHODES AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1752 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2021
17419274 CHEMICALLY PROGRAMMED NEUTROPHILS AND USES THEREOF BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2021
18628213 NANOPOROUS ALLOYS WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 140d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024

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