Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

École De Technologie Supérieure

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

École De Technologie Supérieure is currently managing 1 pending office action. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The data shows 0 distinct art units, which may indicate a unique administrative status or a specific stage in the filing process where a departmental assignment is not yet recorded. The busiest examiner, ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN, is responsible for 1 pending office action, which constitutes the entirety of the current workload.

Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution strategy is currently centralized. The count of 0 art units suggests that the prosecution is highly specialized or currently in a transitional phase. Practitioners should monitor how this 1 pending action progresses under the guidance of this examiner to understand the current patenting trajectory. The outcome of this matter will define the immediate success at the patent office. The concentration of the portfolio under 1 examiner means that the examiner's individual tendencies will be the primary factor in the prosecution results, requiring a focused approach to this specific official's requirements.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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
ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN 1 77.7% +8.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18475557 BACKING LAYER OF ULTRASONIC PROBE ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18475557 BACKING LAYER OF ULTRASONIC PROBE ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2023

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