Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Technische Universität Wien has 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 5 pending office actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. YE, XINWEN is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. This indicates that the workload is balanced across the 5 distinct examiners.
The 5 pending office actions are each assigned to a different examiner, as there are 5 distinct examiners in the portfolio. These actions are located within 4 distinct art units, showing a broad technical spread in the Chemistry & Materials field. YE, XINWEN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, matching the workload of the other four examiners.
The 5 pending office actions are more than the 4 distinct art units, indicating some overlap in technical classifications. Practitioners should note that the 5 distinct examiners provide a wide range of perspectives for the Chemistry & Materials portfolio. This structure ensures that no single examiner dominates the current prosecution pipeline for the university.
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.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| YE, XINWEN | 1 | 43.4% | +44.0% |
| STOFFA, WYATT A | 1 | 79.4% | +22.8% |
| LI, LARRY | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| KAHN, RACHEL | 1 | 27.9% | +17.4% |
| PAIK, SANG YEOP | 1 | 65.5% | +16.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567274 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERFERENCE VARIABLE COMPENSATION DURING THE POSITIONING OF A SAMPLE SUPPORT | LI, LARRY | 19d overdue |
| 18012465 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYIMIDES | KAHN, RACHEL | 2d overdue |
| 18877677 | CYANATE ESTERS AS MONOMERS IN POLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITIONS | YE, XINWEN | — |
| 17754551 | METHOD FOR BUILD-UP WELDING OF MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF POWDER OR WIRE ONTO A WORKPIECE | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 17754551 | METHOD FOR BUILD-UP WELDING OF MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF POWDER OR WIRE ONTO A WORKPIECE | PAIK, SANG YEOP | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1754 | 1 |
| 2881 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18567274 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INTERFERENCE VARIABLE COMPENSATION DURING THE POSITIONING OF A SAMPLE SUPPORT | LI, LARRY | 2881 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18012465 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING POLYIMIDES | KAHN, RACHEL | 1766 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 17754551 | METHOD FOR BUILD-UP WELDING OF MATERIAL IN THE FORM OF POWDER OR WIRE ONTO A WORKPIECE | PAIK, SANG YEOP | 3700 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2022 |
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