Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 08, 2026

Lehigh University

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN 1 4.5% +25.0%
DESAI, ANISH P 1 44.8% +7.5%
SMITH, CATHERINE P 1 16.1% +15.8%
STOFFA, WYATT A 1 79.5% +23.1%
GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1 23.4% -9.0%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18711232 MEDIUM TO HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME SMITH, CATHERINE P 79d overdue
18880107 SYSTEM, SOFTWARE AND METHODS OF USING SOFTWARE FOR TREATING AND MODELING HEART DISEASE SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN
18514613 Nano-Mechanical Infrared Spectroscopy System and Method Using Gated Peak Force IR STOFFA, WYATT A
17867750 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHOD FOR FILTRATION GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18711232 MEDIUM TO HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME SMITH, CATHERINE P 79d overdue
18880107 SYSTEM, SOFTWARE AND METHODS OF USING SOFTWARE FOR TREATING AND MODELING HEART DISEASE SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN
18514613 Nano-Mechanical Infrared Spectroscopy System and Method Using Gated Peak Force IR STOFFA, WYATT A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1788 1
1735 1
2881 1
1777 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18880107 SYSTEM, SOFTWARE AND METHODS OF USING SOFTWARE FOR TREATING AND MODELING HEART DISEASE SCHMITT, BENJAMIN ALLYN §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
18714148 DYNAMIC COVALENT ADHESIVES: MOISTURE-ACTIVATED INSTANTANEOUS ADHESION DESAI, ANISH P 1788 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18711232 MEDIUM TO HIGH ENTROPY ALLOYS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME SMITH, CATHERINE P 1735 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18514613 Nano-Mechanical Infrared Spectroscopy System and Method Using Gated Peak Force IR STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
17867750 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHOD FOR FILTRATION GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2022

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