Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Université Brest Bretagne Occidentale

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Université Brest Bretagne Occidentale is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, which ensures that the current prosecution dialogue is concentrated with one individual. The portfolio is also limited to 1 distinct art unit, reducing the procedural complexity that often arises when matters are spread across different administrative divisions.

The busiest examiner for this portfolio is CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY, who is overseeing 1 pending office action. Because the total number of pending actions for the company is 1, this examiner is responsible for the entirety of the active workload. This singular focus allows the applicant to tailor their legal arguments specifically to the expectations and historical preferences of CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY. The alignment of 1 pending action with 1 examiner and 1 art unit creates a straightforward administrative path for the university. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific examination style of this examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

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

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 1 67.0% +12.9%

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17915371 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A NICKEL ZINC COBALT SPINEL FERRITE IN CERAMIC FORM CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1732 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17915371 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A NICKEL ZINC COBALT SPINEL FERRITE IN CERAMIC FORM CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 1732 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 28, 2022

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