Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Karlsruher Institut Für Technologie maintains 11 pending office actions concentrated in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio shows a high degree of examiner diversity, with 11 distinct examiners assigned to these 11 pending office actions. This distribution means that no single examiner has a broad view of the institute's current patenting strategy across its active matters.
The 11 pending office actions are spread across 8 distinct art units, suggesting a wide technical range within the chemistry sector that requires expertise across multiple examination groups. HE, QIANPING is identified as the busiest examiner but only manages 1 pending office action, reinforcing the decentralized nature of this docket. Practitioners must adapt to 11 different individual perspectives, as the lack of examiner concentration prevents the use of consolidated arguments across multiple applications. The distribution across 8 distinct art units compared to the 11 pending office actions may also lead to varying pendency rates and examination rigors depending on the specific unit's internal culture. Because there are 11 distinct examiners for 11 pending office actions, the outcome of the portfolio is not dependent on the discretion of a single individual.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (82%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| HE, QIANPING | 1 | 66.2% | +15.8% |
| TURNER, SONJI | 1 | 73.8% | +20.3% |
| PREGLER, SHARON | 1 | 78.0% | +21.1% |
| SHAO, PHILLIP Y | 1 | 75.4% | +23.5% |
| HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1 | 84.5% | +7.6% |
| SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | 1 | 27.7% | +47.5% |
| YE, XINWEN | 1 | 43.1% | +44.3% |
| MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1 | 73.3% | +15.2% |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 48.4% | +16.5% |
| HAUT, EVAN HARRISON | 1 | 57.1% | +0.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703452 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, SYSTEM COMPRISING A PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE, AND USE OF A PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION IN 3D-PRINTING | YE, XINWEN | 8d overdue |
| 18204448 | USE OF THERMALLY CO2- AND/OR H2O-TREATED SOOT PARTICLES FOR SEPARATING POLYHALOGENATED COMPOUNDS | HENDRICKSON, STUART L | 1d overdue |
| 18573606 | STRUCTURAL TEMPLATE FOR PRODUCING A STAMPING TOOL FOR STAMPING A THIN-FILM ELEMENT, USE OF A STRUCTURAL TEMPLATE, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A STRUCTURAL TEMPLATE | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 14d |
| 18772504 | AIR FILTERING PROCESS AND HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM | HE, QIANPING | — |
| 18770901 | AIR FILTERING DEVICE AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED THEREWITH | TURNER, SONJI | — |
| 18769584 | AIR FILTERING DEVICE FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER | SHAO, PHILLIP Y | — |
| 18769577 | AIR FILTER AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED THEREWITH | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | — |
| 18656781 | MICROTITER PLATE | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703452 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, SYSTEM COMPRISING A PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE, AND USE OF A PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION IN 3D-PRINTING | YE, XINWEN | 8d overdue |
| 18573606 | STRUCTURAL TEMPLATE FOR PRODUCING A STAMPING TOOL FOR STAMPING A THIN-FILM ELEMENT, USE OF A STRUCTURAL TEMPLATE, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A STRUCTURAL TEMPLATE | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 14d |
| 18772504 | AIR FILTERING PROCESS AND HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM | HE, QIANPING | — |
| 18770901 | AIR FILTERING DEVICE AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED THEREWITH | TURNER, SONJI | — |
| 18769580 | AIR FILTERING SYSTEM | PREGLER, SHARON | — |
| 18769584 | AIR FILTERING DEVICE FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER | SHAO, PHILLIP Y | — |
| 18656781 | MICROTITER PLATE | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | — |
| 18569761 | LABEL AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1776 | 4 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| 2828 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18772504 | AIR FILTERING PROCESS AND HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM | HE, QIANPING | 1776 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18770901 | AIR FILTERING DEVICE AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED THEREWITH | TURNER, SONJI | 1776 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18769580 | AIR FILTERING SYSTEM | PREGLER, SHARON | 1772 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18769584 | AIR FILTERING DEVICE FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER | SHAO, PHILLIP Y | 1776 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18769577 | AIR FILTER AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED THEREWITH | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1776 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18656781 | MICROTITER PLATE | SIMMONS, VALERIE MICHELLE | 1758 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18703452 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, SYSTEM COMPRISING A PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE, AND USE OF A PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION IN 3D-PRINTING | YE, XINWEN | 1754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18573606 | STRUCTURAL TEMPLATE FOR PRODUCING A STAMPING TOOL FOR STAMPING A THIN-FILM ELEMENT, USE OF A STRUCTURAL TEMPLATE, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A STRUCTURAL TEMPLATE | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1743 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18569761 | LABEL AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18278185 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR INCREASING THE BEAM QUALITY AND STABILITY OF AN OPTICAL RESONATOR | HAUT, EVAN HARRISON | 2828 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18204448 | USE OF THERMALLY CO2- AND/OR H2O-TREATED SOOT PARTICLES FOR SEPARATING POLYHALOGENATED COMPOUNDS | HENDRICKSON, STUART L | 1736 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKarlsruher Institut Für Technologie has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 11 examiners.
Qianping He has the most, with 1 of Karlsruher Institut Für Technologie's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
