Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH has 1 pending office action in Chemistry & Materials. The matter is assigned to 1 examiner and 1 art unit.

SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN is the listed examiner and has 1 pending matter. Prosecution planning can focus on the single examiner relationship and the practices of the assigned art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only3 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
50% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE 1 43.1% +4.3%
NGUYEN, LAM S 1 78.9% +0.3%
STOFFA, WYATT A 1 79.3% +22.3%
CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM 1 62.1% +42.4%
WIEGAND, TYLER J 1 74.8% +13.8%
RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1 65.1% +56.3%

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
18225837 Quantum Devices with Left-Handed Ring Resonators STOFFA, WYATT A 27d
19126826 ORCHESTRATOR-BASED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE —
17761832 Electronic Structure Component for Logically Connecting Qubits WIEGAND, TYLER J —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18225837 Quantum Devices with Left-Handed Ring Resonators STOFFA, WYATT A 27d
17285539 CORYNEFORM BACTERIA FOR PROVISION OF MALONYL-COA RAMIREZ, DELIA M 30d
18024220 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COATING, AND COATING CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM —
17761832 Electronic Structure Component for Logically Connecting Qubits WIEGAND, TYLER J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3625 1
2853 1
2881 1
3761 1
2812 1
1652 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19126826 ORCHESTRATOR-BASED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME LOFTIS, JOHNNA RONEE 3625 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
18693726 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASCERTAINING SAMPLING POINTS OF A SIGNAL PULSE NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18225837 Quantum Devices with Left-Handed Ring Resonators STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18024220 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COATING, AND COATING CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM 3761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2023
17761832 Electronic Structure Component for Logically Connecting Qubits WIEGAND, TYLER J 2812 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2022
17285539 CORYNEFORM BACTERIA FOR PROVISION OF MALONYL-COA RAMIREZ, DELIA M 1652 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Apr 15, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH have?

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH applications?

Johnna Ronee Loftis has the most, with 1 of Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH's pending office actions.

What technology area are Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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