Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

UPNANO GMBH

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

UPNANO GMBH has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 2 examiners and 2 art units.

LEE, EDMUND H is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. The data shows no shared examiner or art-unit concentration, so each matter can be managed independently.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (50%)
§102 only1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
50% of docket
1
Information Tech
50% 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.

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
LEE, EDMUND H 1 69.6% +17.4%
VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 1 74.5% +5.0%

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
18997972 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LITHOGRAPHY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT LEE, EDMUND H —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1744 1
2118 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18997972 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LITHOGRAPHY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL COMPONENT LEE, EDMUND H 1744 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18277279 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A LITHOGRAPHY-BASED ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING DEVICE VELEZ-LOPEZ, MARIO M 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 15, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does UPNANO GMBH have?

UPNANO GMBH has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most UPNANO GMBH applications?

Edmund H Lee has the most, with 1 of UPNANO GMBH's pending office actions.

What technology area are UPNANO GMBH's patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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