Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Karlsruher Institut Für Technologie

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

5
Hard (71%)
1
Medium (14%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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
HE, QIANPING 1 66.8% +15.0%
TURNER, SONJI 1 73.7% +20.9%
HOPKINS, ROBERT A 1 84.5% +7.4%
YE, XINWEN 1 43.2% +44.2%
GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 1 48.3% +16.4%
HAUT, EVAN HARRISON 1 60.0% +0.0%
HENDRICKSON, STUART L 1 72.3% +8.3%

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
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
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
18769577 AIR FILTER AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED THEREWITH HOPKINS, ROBERT A
18569761 LABEL AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

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
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
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
18569761 LABEL AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1754 1
3637 1
2828 1
1736 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18772504 AIR FILTERING PROCESS AND HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM HE, QIANPING §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2024
18770901 AIR FILTERING DEVICE AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED THEREWITH TURNER, SONJI §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18769577 AIR FILTER AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER EQUIPPED THEREWITH HOPKINS, ROBERT A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 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
18569761 LABEL AND SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF ITEMS GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2023
18278185 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR INCREASING THE BEAM QUALITY AND STABILITY OF AN OPTICAL RESONATOR HAUT, EVAN HARRISON 2828 §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 §112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023

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