Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

11 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (45%)
4
Medium (36%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (36%)
§112 only2 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
36% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
3
Business / Other
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S 1 54.3% +17.8%
MICHAUD, ROBERT J 1 83.3% +12.1%
HOBSON, STEPHEN 1 65.4% +20.3%
RADKOWSKI, PETER 1 76.1% +8.7%
VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1 86.5% +1.5%
WONG, TINA MEI SENG 1 84.3% +14.3%
ORKIN, ALEXANDER J 1 65.5% +27.1%
CHIN, CHRISTOPHER L 1 80.9% +23.2%
KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1 28.9% +61.6%
SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1 65.7% +42.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18699142 METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A THERMOPLASTIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER VISCONTI, GERALDINA 15d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18864779 A HAPTIC SYSTEM MICHAUD, ROBERT J 10d overdue
18017891 ELECTRODE INTEGRATED MICROSIEVE ASSEMBLY KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 27d
18720489 SEALING METHOD FOR THE SEALING OF A METAL SLEEVE TO AN INORGANIC MEMBRANE, SEALED INORGANIC MEMBRANE, AND USE OF A SEALED INORGANIC MEMBRANE HOBSON, STEPHEN
18604344 ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR WONG, TINA MEI SENG
18683656 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE MONITORING OF AN ANALYTE OF INTEREST CHIN, CHRISTOPHER L

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18864779 A HAPTIC SYSTEM MICHAUD, ROBERT J 10d overdue
18686222 TRANSFER OF A PRETERM BABY FROM A NATURAL WOMB ORKIN, ALEXANDER J 12d
18011093 PLASMA ASSISTED DIRECT CO2 CAPTURE AND ACTIVATION SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 12d
18017891 ELECTRODE INTEGRATED MICROSIEVE ASSEMBLY KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 27d
18869901 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ISOLATED POROUS MATERIAL AND AN ISOLATED POROUS MATERIAL WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S
18720489 SEALING METHOD FOR THE SEALING OF A METAL SLEEVE TO AN INORGANIC MEMBRANE, SEALED INORGANIC MEMBRANE, AND USE OF A SEALED INORGANIC MEMBRANE HOBSON, STEPHEN
18604344 ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR WONG, TINA MEI SENG
18683656 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE MONITORING OF AN ANALYTE OF INTEREST CHIN, CHRISTOPHER L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2874 2
2622 1
1737 1
3771 1
1798 1
1776 1
1655 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18869901 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ISOLATED POROUS MATERIAL AND AN ISOLATED POROUS MATERIAL WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18864779 A HAPTIC SYSTEM MICHAUD, ROBERT J 2622 §102§103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2024
18720489 SEALING METHOD FOR THE SEALING OF A METAL SLEEVE TO AN INORGANIC MEMBRANE, SEALED INORGANIC MEMBRANE, AND USE OF A SEALED INORGANIC MEMBRANE HOBSON, STEPHEN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18658831 ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR RADKOWSKI, PETER 2874 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2024
18699142 METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF A THERMOPLASTIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18604344 ELECTRO-OPTICAL MODULATOR WONG, TINA MEI SENG 2874 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18686222 TRANSFER OF A PRETERM BABY FROM A NATURAL WOMB ORKIN, ALEXANDER J 3771 §112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Feb 23, 2024
18683656 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE MONITORING OF AN ANALYTE OF INTEREST CHIN, CHRISTOPHER L §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18017891 ELECTRODE INTEGRATED MICROSIEVE ASSEMBLY KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH 1798 §102§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18011093 PLASMA ASSISTED DIRECT CO2 CAPTURE AND ACTIVATION SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1776 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 16, 2022
18009096 METHODS FOR PRODUCING A (THREE DIMENSIONAL) NEURAL TISSUE MI, QIUWEN 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Dec 08, 2022

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