Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

31 pending office actions • 19 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)

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.

10
Hard (32%)
18
Medium (58%)
2
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (6%)
§101 + other3 (10%)
§103 only14 (45%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Double-patenting + other2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (16%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
32% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
8
Communications
26% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
8
Business / Other
26% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M 2 83.9% +9.9%
WU, YANNA 1 81.0% +34.2%
CASCHERA, ANTONIO A 1 87.3% +8.0%
LETT, THOMAS J 1 83.8% -35.4%
DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY 1 80.4% +18.5%
BAYAT, ALI 1 92.3% +6.0%
AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN 1 77.3% +23.3%
HE, YINGCHUN 1 82.0% +14.7%
HOANG, PHI 1 81.8% +16.7%
CREARY, LATRELL ANTHONY 1 76.9% +37.5%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18975777 GENERALIZED POSE AND MOTION GENERATION CASCHERA, ANTONIO A
18936207 NEURAL MOTION RIG FOR INTERACTIVE MOTION AUTHORING LETT, THOMAS J
18920557 LOSSY IMAGE COMPRESSION WITH DIFFUSION MODELS DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY
18900554 TEMPORALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M
18900556 SPATIALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M
18642219 VISUAL DUBBING OF AN AUDIOVISUAL SEQUENCE HOANG, PHI

Hard Cases (10)

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
18010504 Process and Reactor for Heating at Least One Fluid by Magnetic Induction TRAN, TIFFANY T 155d overdue
17800392 SIMULTANEOUS DISTILLATION AND ALLOYING ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 37d overdue
18252194 EXPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A NETWORK IN A CELL AND CELL COMPRISING THE EXPRESSION SYSTEM NICOL, ALEXANDER W 5d overdue
17439374 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CLASSIFY ANTIBODIES ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 9d
18039068 IMPLANTABLE SENSOR WALKER, OLIVIA 15d
18729355 MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE COMPRISING A SAMPLE SPINNING APPARATUS WENDEROTH, FREDERICK 16d
19066944 ELIMINATION OF OVER-SATURATION EFFECTS OF GENERATIVE MODELS WU, YANNA
18908715 FACE SWAPPING WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED GEOMETRY REFINING BAYAT, ALI

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18421429 DATA-DRIVEN PHYSICS-BASED FACIAL ANIMATION RETARGETING CREARY, LATRELL ANTHONY 5d
18751043 CONTROLLABLE 3D STYLE TRANSFER FOR RADIANCE FIELDS HE, YINGCHUN 14d
19066944 ELIMINATION OF OVER-SATURATION EFFECTS OF GENERATIVE MODELS WU, YANNA
18920557 LOSSY IMAGE COMPRESSION WITH DIFFUSION MODELS DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY
18906639 FACE MICRO DETAIL RECOVERY VIA PATCH SCANNING, INTERPOLATION, AND STYLE TRANSFER AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN
18642219 VISUAL DUBBING OF AN AUDIOVISUAL SEQUENCE HOANG, PHI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2611 2
2613 2
2619 2
1765 2
2615 1
2664 1
2481 1
2852 1
1613 1
3796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19066944 ELIMINATION OF OVER-SATURATION EFFECTS OF GENERATIVE MODELS WU, YANNA 2615 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
18975777 GENERALIZED POSE AND MOTION GENERATION CASCHERA, ANTONIO A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18936207 NEURAL MOTION RIG FOR INTERACTIVE MOTION AUTHORING LETT, THOMAS J 2611 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18920557 LOSSY IMAGE COMPRESSION WITH DIFFUSION MODELS DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18908715 FACE SWAPPING WITH NEURAL NETWORK-BASED GEOMETRY REFINING BAYAT, ALI §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2024
18906639 FACE MICRO DETAIL RECOVERY VIA PATCH SCANNING, INTERPOLATION, AND STYLE TRANSFER AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN 2611 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 04, 2024
18900554 TEMPORALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18900556 SPATIALLY CORRELATED NOISE WARPING FOR DIFFUSION MODELS BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2024
18751043 CONTROLLABLE 3D STYLE TRANSFER FOR RADIANCE FIELDS HE, YINGCHUN 2613 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18642219 VISUAL DUBBING OF AN AUDIOVISUAL SEQUENCE HOANG, PHI 2619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18421429 DATA-DRIVEN PHYSICS-BASED FACIAL ANIMATION RETARGETING CREARY, LATRELL ANTHONY 2613 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jan 24, 2024
18473947 ARTISTICALLY CONTROLLABLE STEREO CONVERSION WELLS, HEATH E 2664 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18049262 MACHINE LEARNING BASED VIDEO COMPRESSION HESS, MICHAEL J 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2022
17669053 SHAPE AND APPEARANCE RECONSTRUCTION WITH DEEP GEOMETRIC REFINEMENT NGUYEN, ANH TUAN V 2619 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2022
18996534 ASSAY DEVICE FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSING OF A SAMPLE FLUID NOGUEROLA, ALEXANDER STEPHAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18851443 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE 6D POSE OF A CAMERA USED TO ACQUIRE AN IMAGE OF A SCENE USING A POINT CLOUD OF THE SCENE AND FEATURES HAUK, EMILY ROSE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18839924 AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING A RESISTIVE SWITCHING SECTION ENABLING PHOTON EMISSION MCCUTCHEON, COLIN RUSSELL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18729355 MAGNETIC RESONANCE DEVICE COMPRISING A SAMPLE SPINNING APPARATUS WENDEROTH, FREDERICK 2852 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jul 16, 2024
18272705 PATCH COMPRISING SENSING COMPONENTS BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE 1613 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2023
18039068 IMPLANTABLE SENSOR WALKER, OLIVIA 3796 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 26, 2023
18037967 Fabrication Method of an Elastomer Breath Topographical Structure COONEY, JOHN M 1765 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2023
18252194 EXPRESSION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A NETWORK IN A CELL AND CELL COMPRISING THE EXPRESSION SYSTEM NICOL, ALEXANDER W 1634 §101§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18023144 POWERPLAND FOR SEASONAL ENERGY STORAGE LEUNG, JENNIFER A 1795 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2023
18014615 USE OF A THERMOSET SHAPE MEMORY MATERIAL IN A THREAD-LIKE VARIABLE STIFFNESS DEVICE AND THREAD-LIKE VARIABLE STIFFNESS DEVICE BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
18010504 Process and Reactor for Heating at Least One Fluid by Magnetic Induction TRAN, TIFFANY T 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 155d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2022
17922211 BI- OR MULTICOMPONENT FIBRES FOR LARGE COMPOSITE PARTS TATESURE, VINCENT 1786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 28, 2022
17918462 Computer-Based Simulation Methods for Boiling Water Reactors (BWR) KIL, JINNEY 3646 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 12, 2022
17800392 SIMULTANEOUS DISTILLATION AND ALLOYING ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 1733 §102§103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2022
17760381 NANOPARTICLES ENCAPSULATING SMALL MOLECULES DABKOWSKI, ERINNE R 1654 §112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2022
17767619 NON-INVASIVE METHOD FOR DETECTION OF ENZYME ACTIVITY IN VIVO, SUBSTRATES AND A DEVICE THEREFORE GORDON, MELENIE LEE 1651 §102 Final Rejection Pending Apr 08, 2022
17439374 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CLASSIFY ANTIBODIES ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL 1687 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Sep 14, 2021

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