Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet Zu Kiel

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 2 75.7% +17.9%
AMAR, MARC J 1 75.1% +37.8%
PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 1 55.2% +35.6%
CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 1 74.0% +26.5%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18220666 FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL, MEMS COMPONENT COMPRISING A FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL, MEMS DEVICE COMPRISING A FIRST MEMS COMPONENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING A MEMS COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A CMOS-COMPATIBLE MEMS COMPONENT CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 6d
18288698 COMPOSITE POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING AN ALUMINUM POLYMER ANCHORING LAYER, AND ETCHING METHOD LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 21d
18866510 MICROWAVE-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE PLASMA THRUSTER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD, AND USE AMAR, MARC J —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18288477 COMPOSITE STRUCTURE MADE OF TITANIUM AND/OR A TITANIUM ALLOY AND/OR NITI AND A POLYMER, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 30d overdue
18277636 AUXETIC WEB STRUCTURE OR FIELD STRUCTURE, AND USE PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 11d overdue
18220666 FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL, MEMS COMPONENT COMPRISING A FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL, MEMS DEVICE COMPRISING A FIRST MEMS COMPONENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING A MEMS COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A CMOS-COMPATIBLE MEMS COMPONENT CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 6d
18288698 COMPOSITE POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING AN ALUMINUM POLYMER ANCHORING LAYER, AND ETCHING METHOD LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 21d
18866510 MICROWAVE-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE PLASMA THRUSTER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD, AND USE AMAR, MARC J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1784 2
3741 1
3799 1
3729 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18866510 MICROWAVE-CYCLOTRON-RESONANCE PLASMA THRUSTER AND ASSOCIATED OPERATING METHOD, AND USE AMAR, MARC J 3741 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18288698 COMPOSITE POLYMER STRUCTURE HAVING AN ALUMINUM POLYMER ANCHORING LAYER, AND ETCHING METHOD LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1784 §103§112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 27, 2023
18288477 COMPOSITE STRUCTURE MADE OF TITANIUM AND/OR A TITANIUM ALLOY AND/OR NITI AND A POLYMER, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ETCHING METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME LA VILLA, MICHAEL EUGENE 1784 §112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18277636 AUXETIC WEB STRUCTURE OR FIELD STRUCTURE, AND USE PELLEGRINO, BRIAN E 3799 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18220666 FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL, MEMS COMPONENT COMPRISING A FERROELECTRIC MATERIAL, MEMS DEVICE COMPRISING A FIRST MEMS COMPONENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING A MEMS COMPONENT, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A CMOS-COMPATIBLE MEMS COMPONENT CARLEY, JEFFREY T. 3729 §102§103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 11, 2023

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