Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Technische Universität Berlin

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1 51.7% +36.5%
MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1 71.8% +16.5%
KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1 64.5% +9.9%
SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1 66.1% +50.7%
BERKELEY, EMILY R 1 76.0% +28.0%
SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL 1 0.0% +0.0%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18683654 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN SITU DEBINDING AND SINTERING OF FILAMENT OR PASTE EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED METAL OR CERAMIC PARTS POLLOCK, AUSTIN M
18276240 PROCESS FOR MODIFYING AN AROMATIC POLYETHER BACKBONE AND A MODIFIED POLYETHER OBTAINED BY THIS PROCESS KARST, DAVID THOMAS
17800101 APPLICATION OF PUNICALAGIN/ELLAGIC ACID TO IMPROVE OXIDATIVE AND COLLOIDAL STABILITY OF BEVERAGES (ESP. BEER) SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18026773 FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR QUANTIFICATION OF FREE COPPER BERKELEY, EMILY R 147d overdue
18683654 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN SITU DEBINDING AND SINTERING OF FILAMENT OR PASTE EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED METAL OR CERAMIC PARTS POLLOCK, AUSTIN M
18562076 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MESOPOROUS TRANSITION-METAL CARBIDE LAYERS WITH DEFINED NANOSTRUCTURING, AND USE OF SAID TRANSITION-METAL CARBIDE LAYERS IN ELECTROCATALYSIS MCCRACKEN, DANIEL
18196538 MIR-375- AND MIR-1-REGULATED COXSACKIEVIRUS B3 HAS NO PANCREAS AND HEART TOXICITY BUT STRONG ANTITUMOR EFFICIENCY IN COLORECTAL CARCINOMAS SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1738 1
1736 1
1767 1
1633 1
1796 1
1793 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18683654 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN SITU DEBINDING AND SINTERING OF FILAMENT OR PASTE EXTRUSION ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED METAL OR CERAMIC PARTS POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 14, 2024
18562076 METHOD FOR PRODUCING MESOPOROUS TRANSITION-METAL CARBIDE LAYERS WITH DEFINED NANOSTRUCTURING, AND USE OF SAID TRANSITION-METAL CARBIDE LAYERS IN ELECTROCATALYSIS MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1736 §102 Final Rejection Pending Nov 17, 2023
18276240 PROCESS FOR MODIFYING AN AROMATIC POLYETHER BACKBONE AND A MODIFIED POLYETHER OBTAINED BY THIS PROCESS KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2023
18196538 MIR-375- AND MIR-1-REGULATED COXSACKIEVIRUS B3 HAS NO PANCREAS AND HEART TOXICITY BUT STRONG ANTITUMOR EFFICIENCY IN COLORECTAL CARCINOMAS SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 12, 2023
18026773 FLUORESCENT PROBES FOR QUANTIFICATION OF FREE COPPER BERKELEY, EMILY R 1796 §103 Final Rejection 147d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2023
17800101 APPLICATION OF PUNICALAGIN/ELLAGIC ACID TO IMPROVE OXIDATIVE AND COLLOIDAL STABILITY OF BEVERAGES (ESP. BEER) SHELLHAMMER, JAMES PAUL 1793 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2022

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