Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Intelligent Material Solutions Inc.

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
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.

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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

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

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KHAN, MOEEN 1 69.3% +60.3%
KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 1 13.5% +33.3%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17269108 MULTIPLEX DEVICE UTILIZING LINEAR ARRAY WITH SLANTED TEST LINES ON A LATERAL FLOW STRIP OR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 63d

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18224188 SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION UTILIZING A NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) FROM PHYSICAL ACCESS DEVICE TO ACCESS REMOTE SERVER KHAN, MOEEN 80d overdue
17269108 MULTIPLEX DEVICE UTILIZING LINEAR ARRAY WITH SLANTED TEST LINES ON A LATERAL FLOW STRIP OR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 63d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2436 1
1677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18224188 SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION UTILIZING A NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) FROM PHYSICAL ACCESS DEVICE TO ACCESS REMOTE SERVER KHAN, MOEEN 2436 §103 Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
17269108 MULTIPLEX DEVICE UTILIZING LINEAR ARRAY WITH SLANTED TEST LINES ON A LATERAL FLOW STRIP OR MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE KIRWIN, STEFANIE JOHANNA 1677 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Feb 17, 2021

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