Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Western University has 6 pending office actions in Networking & Security. Each matter is assigned to a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, creating a fully distributed examination profile. No recurring examiner or art-unit assignment is identified, so the docket does not present a single obvious channel for coordinated substantive treatment.
OLSZEWSKI, JOHN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should use centralized deadline and document management while conducting separate technical and procedural reviews for each application. Portfolio-wide consistency can guide presentation, but each response should be grounded in its individual examiner and art-unit record.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| OLSZEWSKI, JOHN | 1 | 63.4% | +18.8% |
| CHENG, CHI TANG P | 1 | 81.2% | +23.8% |
| BRETZ, COREY LANE | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| KHAN, MEHMOOD B | 1 | 69.0% | +22.5% |
| HOWARD, ZACHARY C | 1 | 63.9% | +37.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18405181 | METHODS AND MODULES FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVISIONING IN LINK ADAPTATION | CHENG, CHI TANG P | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19119045 | ELECTROADHESION CONTROL OF ROTARY MOTION | OLSZEWSKI, JOHN | — |
| 18288813 | METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF NEURON DEGENERATION | BRETZ, COREY LANE | — |
| 18372419 | METHODS AND SYSTEM OF COLLABORATIVE LINK ADAPTATION | KHAN, MEHMOOD B | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19119045 | ELECTROADHESION CONTROL OF ROTARY MOTION | OLSZEWSKI, JOHN | — |
| 18405181 | METHODS AND MODULES FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVISIONING IN LINK ADAPTATION | CHENG, CHI TANG P | — |
| 18372419 | METHODS AND SYSTEM OF COLLABORATIVE LINK ADAPTATION | KHAN, MEHMOOD B | — |
| 18257719 | Methods and Systems for Quantifying Lipoprotein(A) Using Candidate References | HOWARD, ZACHARY C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3617 | 1 |
| 2463 | 1 |
| 1658 | 1 |
| 2419 | 1 |
| 1674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19119045 | ELECTROADHESION CONTROL OF ROTARY MOTION | OLSZEWSKI, JOHN | 3617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 18405181 | METHODS AND MODULES FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVISIONING IN LINK ADAPTATION | CHENG, CHI TANG P | 2463 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18288813 | METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF NEURON DEGENERATION | BRETZ, COREY LANE | 1658 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2023 |
| 18372419 | METHODS AND SYSTEM OF COLLABORATIVE LINK ADAPTATION | KHAN, MEHMOOD B | 2419 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18257719 | Methods and Systems for Quantifying Lipoprotein(A) Using Candidate References | HOWARD, ZACHARY C | 1674 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialWestern University has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
John Olszewski has the most, with 1 of Western University's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
