Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lehigh University currently has 2 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 2 actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. STOFFA, WYATT A is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. This 1:1 ratio between pending actions and examiners suggests a diversified prosecution across different technical sub-specialties or art units.
The 2 pending office actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the university is pursuing multiple technical paths within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the university must manage two separate prosecution timelines. STOFFA, WYATT A handles 1 pending office action, which is the same volume as the other examiner. This lack of concentration across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units means that the outcome of each of the 2 pending office actions is independent of the other.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STOFFA, WYATT A | 1 | 79.3% | +22.3% |
| REUTHER, ARRIE L | 1 | 70.2% | +12.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18514613 | Nano-Mechanical Infrared Spectroscopy System and Method Using Gated Peak Force IR | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18133826 | Ultra-Low Wear Magnetic Polymer Composite | REUTHER, ARRIE L | 33d |
| 18514613 | Nano-Mechanical Infrared Spectroscopy System and Method Using Gated Peak Force IR | STOFFA, WYATT A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18514613 | Nano-Mechanical Infrared Spectroscopy System and Method Using Gated Peak Force IR | STOFFA, WYATT A | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18133826 | Ultra-Low Wear Magnetic Polymer Composite | REUTHER, ARRIE L | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLehigh University has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Wyatt A Stoffa has the most, with 1 of Lehigh University's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
