Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 17, 2026

Western University

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
2
Information Tech
29% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% 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
SOROWAR, GOLAM 1 81.3% +17.9%
CHENG, CHI TANG P 1 81.1% +24.1%
BRETZ, COREY LANE 1 0.0% +0.0%
KHAN, MEHMOOD B 1 69.0% +22.5%
HOWARD, ZACHARY C 1 64.0% +37.9%
KEKIA, OMAR M 1 67.4% +22.2%
BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS 1 36.6% +3.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18612486 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE POWER AMPLIFIER PRE-DISTORTION SOROWAR, GOLAM —
18405181 METHODS AND MODULES FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE PROVISIONING IN LINK ADAPTATION CHENG, CHI TANG P —

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
18288813 METHODS FOR TREATMENT OF NEURON DEGENERATION BRETZ, COREY LANE —
18372419 METHODS AND SYSTEM OF COLLABORATIVE LINK ADAPTATION KHAN, MEHMOOD B —
17607849 SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY KEKIA, OMAR M —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18612486 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE POWER AMPLIFIER PRE-DISTORTION SOROWAR, GOLAM —
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 —
17607849 SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY KEKIA, OMAR M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2463 1
1658 1
2419 1
1674 1
1722 1
1726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18612486 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTIVE POWER AMPLIFIER PRE-DISTORTION SOROWAR, GOLAM — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024
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
17607849 SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, ELECTRODE, AND BATTERY KEKIA, OMAR M 1722 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 29, 2021
17422789 INORGANIC SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE HAVING HIGH AIR STABILITY, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS 1726 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 14, 2021

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