Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Technische Universität München

17 pending office actions • 14 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due later (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.

10
Hard (59%)
6
Medium (35%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (24%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (59%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 1 73.4% +20.4%
WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT 1 73.1% -1.6%
GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1 35.2% +42.1%
ORDUNA, TAMARA 1
DODDS, SCOTT 1 68.4% +35.4%
LANKFORD JR, LEON B 1 69.9% +31.3%
MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1 100.0% +0.0%
RONEY, CELESTE A 1 62.8% +17.7%
SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1 50.0% +33.6%
KIM, YUNSOO 1 65.8% +34.8%

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
18546311 DUAL MODE RADIOTRACER AND THERAPEUTICS MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 28d

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18269359 COATED MEMBRANE FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYLVESTER, KEVIN 23d overdue
17627854 HOST-INDEPENDENT EXPRESSION OF BACTERIOPHAGES WANG, RUIXUE 19d overdue
18682872 FLUID VESSEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A FLUID VESSEL DODDS, SCOTT 16d overdue
18832700 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING AN OBJECT GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 15d
17995694 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, SYSTEM AND VENTILATOR, FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS ON A VENTILATOR KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH 61d
18833309 MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING OBJECTS IN LAYERS WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT
18252861 NETWORK STATE MODELLING ALHIJA, SAIF A
18031759 METHANATION WITH TURBOCHARGER LEUNG, JENNIFER A

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18862947 MODULAR ROBOTIC SYSTEM BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 31d overdue
18269359 COATED MEMBRANE FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYLVESTER, KEVIN 23d overdue
18682872 FLUID VESSEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A FLUID VESSEL DODDS, SCOTT 16d overdue
18832700 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING AN OBJECT GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 15d
18291943 DETECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS, CELLULAR BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS AND CELL AGGREGATES USING QUANTITATIVE PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY LANKFORD JR, LEON B
18276802 CXCR4-LIGANDS FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC USE AND PRECURSORS THEREOF RONEY, CELESTE A
18269088 CONDITIONAL CELL CONNECTORS KIM, YUNSOO

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1612 2
3658 1
1745 1
1754 1
1746 1
1657 1
1794 1
1641 1
1774 1
1631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18862947 MODULAR ROBOTIC SYSTEM BUKSA, CHRISTOPHER ALLEN 3658 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2024
18833309 MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING OBJECTS IN LAYERS WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT 1745 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2024
18832700 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURING AN OBJECT GROUX, JENNIFER LILA 1754 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18690856 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A COATED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND COATED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL ORDUNA, TAMARA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2024
18682872 FLUID VESSEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR A FLUID VESSEL DODDS, SCOTT 1746 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18291943 DETECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS, CELLULAR BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS AND CELL AGGREGATES USING QUANTITATIVE PHASE-CONTRAST MICROSCOPY LANKFORD JR, LEON B 1657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 25, 2024
18546311 DUAL MODE RADIOTRACER AND THERAPEUTICS MOSHER, ERIC PARKER 1612 §112Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18276802 CXCR4-LIGANDS FOR DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC USE AND PRECURSORS THEREOF RONEY, CELESTE A 1612 §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18269359 COATED MEMBRANE FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1794 §102§103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18269088 CONDITIONAL CELL CONNECTORS KIM, YUNSOO 1641 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18252861 NETWORK STATE MODELLING ALHIJA, SAIF A §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2023
18031759 METHANATION WITH TURBOCHARGER LEUNG, JENNIFER A 1774 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 13, 2023
18029516 BIOORTHOGONAL REPORTER GENE SYSTEM BATES, KEENAN ALEXANDER 1631 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2023
17928511 METHOD AND FLOW CELL FOR SEPARATING BIOMOLECULES FROM LIQUID MEDIUM GIERE, REBECCA M 1677 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2022
17995694 METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, SYSTEM AND VENTILATOR, FOR DETERMINING PATIENT-SPECIFIC RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS ON A VENTILATOR KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH 3785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Oct 06, 2022
17770764 Theragnostic Endoprosthetic Spacer DUDDEN, TERESA MARIE 3774 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2022
17627854 HOST-INDEPENDENT EXPRESSION OF BACTERIOPHAGES WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §103§112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2022

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