Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Tokyo Institute of Technology

16 pending office actions • 15 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

6
Hard (38%)
8
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only8 (50%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
56% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
2
Communications
12% of docket
3
Semiconductors
19% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
6% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STOFFA, WYATT A 1 79.5% +23.1%
HAILEY, PATRICIA L 1 88.1% +10.1%
ABDI, AMARA 1 82.8% -7.2%
VINEIS, FRANK J 1 39.9% +44.8%
SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1 72.0% +15.0%
BARRON, SEAN C 1 53.3% +30.6%
SMITH, CATHERINE P 1 16.1% +15.8%
ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1 45.4% +37.9%
KARIMY, TIMOR 1 82.2% +9.5%
YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 1 85.7% -8.7%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18687587 CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORBENT, METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK, AND COMPOUND HAILEY, PATRICIA L
18687710 ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM ABDI, AMARA
18470458 METHOD, STRUCTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR EXPANDING CHIP HEAT DISSIPATION AREA KARIMY, TIMOR
18450420 SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17639644 ARITHMETIC APPARATUS, ARITHMETIC METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 13d
18743697 QUANTUM COLLIMATION METHOD FOR ATOMIC BEAM, QUANTUM COLLIMATOR FOR ATOMIC BEAM, ATOMIC INTERFEROMETER, AND ATOMIC GYROSCOPE STOFFA, WYATT A
18574611 CELL DISSOCIATING AGENT AND CELL SEPARATION METHOD BARRON, SEAN C
18554683 TIAL ALLOY FOR FORGING, TIAL ALLOY MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TIAL ALLOY MATERIAL SMITH, CATHERINE P
18554308 CERAMIC MATERIAL, GREEN COMPACT, SINTERED COMPACT, AND ARTICLE ABU ALI, SHUANGYI
18355102 Thermal Sensor insitu monitoring of Magnetic Recording head KIM, MICHELLE JINJU
17857640 DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND/OR AMMONIA AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND/OR AMMONIA PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE

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
18577800 CONDUCTIVE NANO-THIN FILM AND DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATOR USING SAME VINEIS, FRANK J 31d overdue
18743697 QUANTUM COLLIMATION METHOD FOR ATOMIC BEAM, QUANTUM COLLIMATOR FOR ATOMIC BEAM, ATOMIC INTERFEROMETER, AND ATOMIC GYROSCOPE STOFFA, WYATT A
18687587 CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORBENT, METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK, AND COMPOUND HAILEY, PATRICIA L
18577158 PH-RESPONSIVE LIPID DERIVATIVE SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE
18574611 CELL DISSOCIATING AGENT AND CELL SEPARATION METHOD BARRON, SEAN C
18554683 TIAL ALLOY FOR FORGING, TIAL ALLOY MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TIAL ALLOY MATERIAL SMITH, CATHERINE P
18554308 CERAMIC MATERIAL, GREEN COMPACT, SINTERED COMPACT, AND ARTICLE ABU ALI, SHUANGYI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2881 1
2668 1
1781 1
1624 1
1653 1
1735 1
1731 1
2818 1
2893 1
2688 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18743697 QUANTUM COLLIMATION METHOD FOR ATOMIC BEAM, QUANTUM COLLIMATOR FOR ATOMIC BEAM, ATOMIC INTERFEROMETER, AND ATOMIC GYROSCOPE STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18687587 CARBON DIOXIDE ADSORBENT, METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK, AND COMPOUND HAILEY, PATRICIA L §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18687710 ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM ABDI, AMARA 2668 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2024
18577800 CONDUCTIVE NANO-THIN FILM AND DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATOR USING SAME VINEIS, FRANK J 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18577158 PH-RESPONSIVE LIPID DERIVATIVE SAMSELL, RILLA MARIE 1624 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18574611 CELL DISSOCIATING AGENT AND CELL SEPARATION METHOD BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2023
18554683 TIAL ALLOY FOR FORGING, TIAL ALLOY MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TIAL ALLOY MATERIAL SMITH, CATHERINE P 1735 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2023
18554308 CERAMIC MATERIAL, GREEN COMPACT, SINTERED COMPACT, AND ARTICLE ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18470458 METHOD, STRUCTURE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR EXPANDING CHIP HEAT DISSIPATION AREA KARIMY, TIMOR 2818 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2023
18450420 SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS YECHURI, SITARAMARAO S 2893 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18355102 Thermal Sensor insitu monitoring of Magnetic Recording head KIM, MICHELLE JINJU 2688 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2023
18268007 SOLID ELECTROLYTE FOR SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME SONG, KEVIN 1728 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 16, 2023
17917188 GENOME ENGINEERING METHOD AND GENOME ENGINEERING KIT SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Oct 05, 2022
17857640 DEVICE FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND/OR AMMONIA AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEN AND/OR AMMONIA PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 05, 2022
17639644 ARITHMETIC APPARATUS, ARITHMETIC METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS 2186 §101§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 02, 2022
17628881 METHOD FOR REDUCING TOXICITY OF ANTISENSE NUCLEIC ACIDS ALLEN, SARAH ELIZABETH 1637 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 20, 2022

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