Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITÄT TÜBINGEN

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
1
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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (71%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
86% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% 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
UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1 58.9% +50.6%
LE, KHOA TAN 1 78.6% +37.5%
KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1 58.0% +16.2%
SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 1 75.0% +100.0%
BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1 70.7% +30.6%
SKELDING, ZACHARY S 1 59.7% +41.3%
XU, QING 1 50.7% +54.7%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17449723 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING LIVER DISEASES XU, QING 36d overdue
18405956 COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR AN ALLELE-SPECIFIC EDITING OF THE ELANE GENE UNDERDAHL, THANE E
18453993 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR A TARGETED GENE KNOCKOUT SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN
18164313 Peptides and Combinations of Peptides for Use in Immunotherapy Against an Infection by Sars-COV-2 (COVID-19) BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P
18052037 PEPTIDES AND COMBINATIONS OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS AND OTHER CANCERS SKELDING, ZACHARY S

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17449723 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING LIVER DISEASES XU, QING 36d overdue
18525208 SURGICAL DEVICE FOR CLAMPING IN TISSUE LE, KHOA TAN 72d
18405956 COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR AN ALLELE-SPECIFIC EDITING OF THE ELANE GENE UNDERDAHL, THANE E
18500468 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A PREDISPOSITION OF A LIVING BEING TO DEVELOP THROMBOCYTOPENIA KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN
18453993 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR A TARGETED GENE KNOCKOUT SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN
18164313 Peptides and Combinations of Peptides for Use in Immunotherapy Against an Infection by Sars-COV-2 (COVID-19) BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P
18052037 PEPTIDES AND COMBINATIONS OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS AND OTHER CANCERS SKELDING, ZACHARY S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1699 1
3771 1
1672 1
1636 1
1671 1
1644 1
1656 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18405956 COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR AN ALLELE-SPECIFIC EDITING OF THE ELANE GENE UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2024
18525208 SURGICAL DEVICE FOR CLAMPING IN TISSUE LE, KHOA TAN 3771 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18500468 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING A PREDISPOSITION OF A LIVING BEING TO DEVELOP THROMBOCYTOPENIA KINSEY WHITE, NICOLE ERIN 1672 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
18453993 METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR A TARGETED GENE KNOCKOUT SU-TOBON, QIWEN NMN 1636 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2023
18164313 Peptides and Combinations of Peptides for Use in Immunotherapy Against an Infection by Sars-COV-2 (COVID-19) BLUMEL, BENJAMIN P 1671 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2023
18052037 PEPTIDES AND COMBINATIONS OF PEPTIDES FOR USE IN IMMUNOTHERAPY AGAINST HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS AND OTHER CANCERS SKELDING, ZACHARY S 1644 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2022
17449723 COMPOUNDS AND METHODS FOR TREATING LIVER DISEASES XU, QING 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Oct 01, 2021

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