Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Universidad De La Laguna

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Universidad De La Laguna has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners. Both of these matters are located within 1 distinct art unit, showing a high degree of technical concentration for the university's current pending matters.

VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN is the busiest examiner for the university, with 1 pending office action. This profile shows that while the university's current prosecution is limited to a single art unit, it is being handled by multiple examiners within that group. Since there are 2 actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution requires the university to address the specific preferences of two different individuals even though all of its current Chemistry & Materials applications are being reviewed within the same specialized art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

1
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
50% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN 1 84.0% +10.9%
PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1 45.9% +35.9%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18879845 QUINONE-DERIVED COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF AGAINST LEISHMANIA SPP VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18723378 GLASS CONTAINER COATED INTERNALLY WITH A METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 61d
18879845 QUINONE-DERIVED COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF AGAINST LEISHMANIA SPP VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1738 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18879845 QUINONE-DERIVED COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF AGAINST LEISHMANIA SPP VAJDA, KRISTIN ANN — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18723378 GLASS CONTAINER COATED INTERNALLY WITH A METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Jun 21, 2024

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