Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

31 pending office actions • 18 art units • 31 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (2)

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.

15
Hard (48%)
15
Medium (48%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other6 (19%)
§103 only10 (32%)
§102 only4 (13%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
29% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
7
Semiconductors
23% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
11
Business / Other
35% 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
BRUCE, FAROUK A 1 47.4% +37.4%
SHAMEEM, ASIF ISLAM 1 85.7% +16.7%
NGUYEN, TUAN DUC 1 82.7% +16.9%
BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO 1 89.3% +1.9%
NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG 1 90.8% +5.0%
LAU, JONATHAN S 1 63.9% -18.1%
ABUZEINEH, HANAN ISAM 1 56.0% +51.4%
YE, XINWEN 1 43.2% +44.2%
FRAZIER, BRADY W 1 78.4% +27.3%
ERDEM, FAZLI 1 85.3% +16.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19107129 MILLIMETRE-WAVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SHAMEEM, ASIF ISLAM
18988407 3D DRAM WITH CMOS-BETWEEN-ARRAY ARCHITECTURE NGUYEN, TUAN DUC
18654367 HIGH PERFORMANCE AND LOW POWER THREE-DIMENSIONAL STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG

Hard Cases (15)

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
17904432 MONITORING OF A PLANT CONDITION MANG, LAL C 97d overdue
18282138 PREECLAMPSIA DIAGNOSIS WILDER, CYNTHIA B 30d overdue
18567504 ISOQUINOLINE AND PYRIDINE BASED CXCR4 ANTAGONISTS GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 19d overdue
18526286 DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR SPATIAL SUBTRACTION OF ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION PATTERNS CHANG, HANWAY 8d overdue
18012798 PROGNOSIS OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLY-NEUROPATHY IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 4d overdue
18018120 ENGINEERED COMPOSITION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS HEINCER, LIAM J 20d
18545760 Stacked SRAM Cell with a Dual-Side Interconnect Structure ERDEM, FAZLI 83d
18972441 3D DRAM WITH BIT LINE SELECT AND PRE-CHARGE TRANSISTORS BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18545760 Stacked SRAM Cell with a Dual-Side Interconnect Structure ERDEM, FAZLI 83d
19150642 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL IMAGE GUIDANCE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE BRUCE, FAROUK A
19107129 MILLIMETRE-WAVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SHAMEEM, ASIF ISLAM
18988407 3D DRAM WITH CMOS-BETWEEN-ARRAY ARCHITECTURE NGUYEN, TUAN DUC
18692616 In Vitro Cell Co-Cultures of Neuronal Cells, Astrocytes, and Oligodendrocytes ABUZEINEH, HANAN ISAM
18293841 LIQUEFIER ASSEMBLY FOR EXTRUSION-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING YE, XINWEN
18395867 METHOD FOR USE IN RADAR PROCESSING FRAZIER, BRADY W

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2812 2
1626 2
3797 1
1754 1
3648 1
2877 1
1624 1
2649 1
2893 1
2878 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19150642 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL IMAGE GUIDANCE DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE BRUCE, FAROUK A 3797 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2025
19107129 MILLIMETRE-WAVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SHAMEEM, ASIF ISLAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2025
18988407 3D DRAM WITH CMOS-BETWEEN-ARRAY ARCHITECTURE NGUYEN, TUAN DUC §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18972441 3D DRAM WITH BIT LINE SELECT AND PRE-CHARGE TRANSISTORS BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18654367 HIGH PERFORMANCE AND LOW POWER THREE-DIMENSIONAL STATIC RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY AND METHOD OF FORMING SAME NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18699983 SHORT AMORPHOUS CELLULOSE POLYMERS LAU, JONATHAN S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2024
18692616 In Vitro Cell Co-Cultures of Neuronal Cells, Astrocytes, and Oligodendrocytes ABUZEINEH, HANAN ISAM §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18293841 LIQUEFIER ASSEMBLY FOR EXTRUSION-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING YE, XINWEN 1754 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 2024
18395867 METHOD FOR USE IN RADAR PROCESSING FRAZIER, BRADY W 3648 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 26, 2023
18545760 Stacked SRAM Cell with a Dual-Side Interconnect Structure ERDEM, FAZLI 2812 §102§103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18544947 DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR POLARIZATION DEPENDENT IMAGING AMARA, MOHAMED K 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18543933 Method for Forming a Semiconductor Device ROBERTSON, NOAH CHRISTOPHER 2812 §102 Final Rejection Pending Dec 18, 2023
18567504 ISOQUINOLINE AND PYRIDINE BASED CXCR4 ANTAGONISTS GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO 1624 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023
18531186 System and Method for Joint Communication and Radar Sensing DWYER, MATTHEW JAMES 2649 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023
18527152 CHALCOGEN-CONTAINING THRESHOLD SWITCH ROLAND, CHRISTOPHER M 2893 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18526286 DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR SPATIAL SUBTRACTION OF ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION PATTERNS CHANG, HANWAY 2878 §101§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18564505 MIXTURE OF MONOBRANCHED AND POLYBRANCHED FATTY ACIDS BONAPARTE, AMY C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18559034 Porous Electrode BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18282138 PREECLAMPSIA DIAGNOSIS WILDER, CYNTHIA B 1681 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 14, 2023
18335310 Bit Cell for Static Random Access Memory RAHMAN, MOIN M 2898 §102 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18035279 SOLID FORMULATION BAUER, BRIANNA LEE 1623 §103DP Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 03, 2023
18250798 ARYL DERIVATIVES FOR TREATING TRPM3 MEDIATED DISORDERS SHIM, DAVID M. 1626 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
18018120 ENGINEERED COMPOSITION OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 §102§103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jan 26, 2023
18012798 PROGNOSIS OF CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DEMYELINATING POLY-NEUROPATHY IVICH, FERNANDO NMN 1678 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
17906138 TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 12, 2022
17904432 MONITORING OF A PLANT CONDITION MANG, LAL C 2857 §101§112 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2022
17293982 COPPER, GOLD, OR SILVER POWDER FOR POWDER BED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SUCH POWDER SMITH, CATHERINE P 1735 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending May 14, 2021
18970204 System and Method for Performing Secure Key Exchange MCNALLY, MICHAEL S 2432 §103Other Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 05, 2024
18970119 3D DRAM WITH VERTICAL WORD LINES BRASWELL, DONALD H.B. §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18969177 3D DRAM with Vertical Bit Lines AGGER, ELIZABETH ROSE §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18936911 Machine Learning-based Tool to Characterize Individual Oxide Defects BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024

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