Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 13, 2026

QINETIQ Limited

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
25% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
3
Business / Other
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K 1 74.4% +16.4%
VETERE, ROBERT A 1 61.1% +12.9%
HARRIS, MARY GRACE 1 68.7% +31.5%
SCHULER, JACOB JEROME 1
CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 1 53.1% +41.4%
DAHER, KIRA B 1 39.0% +51.7%
NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 1 63.6% -5.2%
BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1 44.4% +53.8%

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
19126420 HIGH ASSURANCE DATA VERIFICATION OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K
18580287 Detection System and Method HARRIS, MARY GRACE
18566462 A Method of Printing a Component in an Electrochemical Cell SCHULER, JACOB JEROME
18550867 Device and Materials CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue 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
18550867 Device and Materials CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL
17630818 Materials and Methods BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1762 2
2495 1
3752 1
3785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18566462 A Method of Printing a Component in an Electrochemical Cell SCHULER, JACOB JEROME §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18550867 Device and Materials CERNOCH, STEVEN MICHAEL 3752 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18044337 A Respirator System DAHER, KIRA B 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 07, 2023
17630894 Materials and Methods NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 1762 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 27, 2022
17630818 Materials and Methods BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2022

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