Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Université Grenoble Alpes

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

UNIVERSITE GRENOBLE ALPES has 3 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. WONG, ERIC K, is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action.

Each recorded matter has a separate examiner and art-unit assignment. Counsel should manage the matters independently while looking for technical consistency within the shared technology area. The profile does not identify a recurring examiner or art-unit path.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

3
Hard (43%)
3
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
57% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CRAWFORD, JASON 1 84.9% +9.3%
MUI, CHRISTINE T 1 78.4% +19.8%
WIEGAND, TYLER J 1 74.8% +13.8%
ARROYO, TERESA M 1 72.0% +23.2%
EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE 1 71.4% +15.9%
YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 1 81.2% -2.5%
LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1 69.6% +9.9%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18852454 Logic device and logic computation architecture CRAWFORD, JASON —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18560988 METHOD FOR PREPARING A MICROELECTRONIC COMPONENT COMPRISING A LAYER WITH A BASIS OF A III-V MATERIAL YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 51d overdue
17776842 ENERGY PRODUCTION AND/OR STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING A RESERVOIR LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 16d overdue
18727911 METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS BY MEANS OF SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE IMAGING MUI, CHRISTINE T —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18727911 METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS BY MEANS OF SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE IMAGING MUI, CHRISTINE T —
18294849 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR MEMORY, LOGIC DEVICE OR NEUROMORPHIC DEVICE WIEGAND, TYLER J —
18294439 ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH NON-VOLATILE WRITING BY ELECTRICAL CONTROL AND WITH READING BY HALL EFFECT ARROYO, TERESA M —
18517453 NANOCRYSTAL PARTICLES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 1
2812 1
2893 1
1734 1
2899 1
1724 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18852454 Logic device and logic computation architecture CRAWFORD, JASON 2845 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 05, 2025
18727911 METHOD FOR DETECTING BIOLOGICAL OBJECTS BY MEANS OF SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE IMAGING MUI, CHRISTINE T — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18294849 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM, IN PARTICULAR MEMORY, LOGIC DEVICE OR NEUROMORPHIC DEVICE WIEGAND, TYLER J 2812 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18294439 ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH NON-VOLATILE WRITING BY ELECTRICAL CONTROL AND WITH READING BY HALL EFFECT ARROYO, TERESA M 2893 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18517453 NANOCRYSTAL PARTICLES AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF EDMONDSON, LYNNE RENEE 1734 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2023
18560988 METHOD FOR PREPARING A MICROELECTRONIC COMPONENT COMPRISING A LAYER WITH A BASIS OF A III-V MATERIAL YEUNG LOPEZ, FEIFEI 2899 §103§112 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
17776842 ENERGY PRODUCTION AND/OR STORAGE DEVICE COMPRISING A RESERVOIR LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1724 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 13, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Université Grenoble Alpes have?

Université Grenoble Alpes has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Université Grenoble Alpes applications?

Jason Crawford has the most, with 1 of Université Grenoble Alpes's pending office actions.

What technology area are Université Grenoble Alpes's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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