Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Technische Universität Wien

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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
YE, XINWEN 1 43.2% +44.2%
STOFFA, WYATT A 1 79.5% +23.1%
COOLEY, CHARLES E 1 79.1% +15.0%
MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H 1 73.4% +14.9%
KAHN, RACHEL 1 27.4% +16.2%
LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1 57.7% +59.0%

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
17603082 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR MEASURING CELL IMPEDANCE AND TRANSEPITHELIAL ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 105d overdue
18012465 PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYIMIDES KAHN, RACHEL 2d overdue
18877677 CYANATE ESTERS AS MONOMERS IN POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITIONS YE, XINWEN
18571387 LIQUID-LIQUID CENTRIFUGAL EXTRACTOR COOLEY, CHARLES E

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
17603082 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR MEASURING CELL IMPEDANCE AND TRANSEPITHELIAL ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 105d overdue
18012465 PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYIMIDES KAHN, RACHEL 2d overdue
18877677 CYANATE ESTERS AS MONOMERS IN POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITIONS YE, XINWEN
18698733 APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING A SOLID SAMPLE MATERIAL STOFFA, WYATT A
18571387 LIQUID-LIQUID CENTRIFUGAL EXTRACTOR COOLEY, CHARLES E
18570045 GENERATIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1754 1
1743 1
1766 1
1796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18877677 CYANATE ESTERS AS MONOMERS IN POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITIONS YE, XINWEN 1754 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18698733 APPARATUS FOR ACCOMMODATING A SOLID SAMPLE MATERIAL STOFFA, WYATT A §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2024
18571387 LIQUID-LIQUID CENTRIFUGAL EXTRACTOR COOLEY, CHARLES E §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18570045 GENERATIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS FOR PRODUCING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H 1743 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18012465 PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYIMIDES KAHN, RACHEL 1766 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
17603082 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR MEASURING CELL IMPEDANCE AND TRANSEPITHELIAL ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 §103§112 Final Rejection 105d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2021

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