Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
QINETIQ Limited currently has 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units, showing a range of technical focus within the company's mechanical filings. The prosecution is being handled by 6 distinct examiners, which means that every one of the 6 pending office actions is currently under review by a different official.
OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K is listed as the busiest examiner, though this individual is only responsible for 1 pending office action. This lack of concentration among the 6 distinct examiners indicates that QINETIQ Limited must manage six different examination styles and interpretations. Despite being spread across 3 distinct art units, the variety of examiners assigned to the 6 pending office actions suggests a decentralized approach to the company's current patent prosecution efforts.
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.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K | 1 | 73.6% | +14.6% |
| VETERE, ROBERT A | 1 | 61.4% | +12.9% |
| HARRIS, MARY GRACE | 1 | 69.5% | +29.0% |
| CONLEY, OI K | 1 | 69.9% | +7.3% |
| DAHER, KIRA B | 1 | 41.6% | +54.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18265929 | Method of Printing and Articles | CONLEY, OI K | 70d |
| 19126420 | HIGH ASSURANCE DATA VERIFICATION | OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K | — |
| 18580287 | Detection System and Method | HARRIS, MARY GRACE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044337 | A Respirator System | DAHER, KIRA B | 40d |
| 19126420 | HIGH ASSURANCE DATA VERIFICATION | OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K | — |
| 18727895 | A COMPOSITION FOR JOINING AND/OR TREATING MATERIALS | VETERE, ROBERT A | — |
| 18580287 | Detection System and Method | HARRIS, MARY GRACE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2495 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19126420 | HIGH ASSURANCE DATA VERIFICATION | OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K | 2495 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 18727895 | A COMPOSITION FOR JOINING AND/OR TREATING MATERIALS | VETERE, ROBERT A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2024 |
| 18580287 | Detection System and Method | HARRIS, MARY GRACE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18265929 | Method of Printing and Articles | CONLEY, OI K | 1752 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18044337 | A Respirator System | DAHER, KIRA B | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
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