Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 23, 2026

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

25 pending office actions • 15 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

19
Hard (76%)
4
Medium (16%)
2
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other4 (16%)
§103 only2 (8%)
§102 only2 (8%)
§112 only2 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
36% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
24% of docket
8
Business / Other
32% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO 1 76.5% +15.7%
IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE 1 86.6% +9.6%
NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI 1 51.7% +11.2%
PAK, SUNG H 1 87.8% +11.4%
KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 1 84.4% +23.8%
BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN 1 49.9% +54.5%
MUI, CHRISTINE T 1 78.3% +19.9%
HAN, KYU HYUNG 1 43.8% +36.7%
WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE 1 83.8% +12.4%
SHAMEEM, GOLAM M 1 86.7% +16.0%

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
18787412 MICROSECOND MELTING AND REVITRIFICATION OF CRYO SAMPLES WITH A CORRELATIVE LIGHT ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SETUP IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE —

Hard Cases (19)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18269114 A METHOD WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 11d overdue
18271503 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING MYOGENESIS PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 4d overdue
18273542 THERMALLY DRAWN SENSOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF SINES, BRIAN J 3d overdue
18023309 COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) POWER SYSTEM WITH C02 EMISSIONS CAPTURE AND STORAGE PETTITT, JOHN F 26d
18253884 MEMBRANE-LESS ELECTROLYZER WITH POROUS WALLS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT AND PURE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES 82d
18965728 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NEUROMODULATION, ESPECIALLY NEUROSTIMULATION ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO —
18721566 FERROELECTRIC DEVICE OR STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERROELECTRIC DEVICES OR STRUCTURES PAK, SUNG H —
18713037 SINGLE-PARTICLE INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY PARTICLE SIZING AND COUNTING METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE DATA CARRIER KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18726255 DEVICE AND SYSTEM AS HUMAN INTERACTIVE SURFACE NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI 118d overdue
18965728 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NEUROMODULATION, ESPECIALLY NEUROSTIMULATION ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO —
18721566 FERROELECTRIC DEVICE OR STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERROELECTRIC DEVICES OR STRUCTURES PAK, SUNG H —
18713037 SINGLE-PARTICLE INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY PARTICLE SIZING AND COUNTING METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE DATA CARRIER KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE —
18708959 A WEARABLE TO ASSESS KNEE JOINT INTEGRITY USING NON-CONTACT ACOUSTIC SENSORS BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN —
18708216 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR SAMPLE ENCAPSULATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF MUI, CHRISTINE T —
18632704 SIMPLIFICATION OF SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK MODELS HAN, KYU HYUNG —
18691308 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE CELL PHENOTYPICAL PROFILING AND DETERMINISTIC NANOLITER-DROPLET ENCAPSULATION AND DETERMINISTIC DROPLET CONSORTIA ASSEMBLIES WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 2
1686 2
3656 1
2124 1
1621 1
2659 1
1796 1
1631 1
3761 1
1794 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18965728 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING NEUROMODULATION, ESPECIALLY NEUROSTIMULATION ALTER MORSCHAUSER, ALYSSA MARGO — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18787412 MICROSECOND MELTING AND REVITRIFICATION OF CRYO SAMPLES WITH A CORRELATIVE LIGHT ELECTRON MICROSCOPY SETUP IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18726255 DEVICE AND SYSTEM AS HUMAN INTERACTIVE SURFACE NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI 3656 §102 Non-Final OA 118d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2024
18721566 FERROELECTRIC DEVICE OR STRUCTURE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING FERROELECTRIC DEVICES OR STRUCTURES PAK, SUNG H — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18713037 SINGLE-PARTICLE INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY PARTICLE SIZING AND COUNTING METHOD, SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE DATA CARRIER KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2024
18708959 A WEARABLE TO ASSESS KNEE JOINT INTEGRITY USING NON-CONTACT ACOUSTIC SENSORS BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 09, 2024
18708216 MICROFLUIDIC DEVICE FOR SAMPLE ENCAPSULATION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF MUI, CHRISTINE T — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18632704 SIMPLIFICATION OF SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK MODELS HAN, KYU HYUNG 2124 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18691308 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SINGLE CELL PHENOTYPICAL PROFILING AND DETERMINISTIC NANOLITER-DROPLET ENCAPSULATION AND DETERMINISTIC DROPLET CONSORTIA ASSEMBLIES WASHINGTON, BRITNEY NICOLE — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18573519 TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE-INDUCED MITOHORMESIS MEDIATES DISEASE TOLERANCE AGAINST VIRAL INFECTIONS SHAMEEM, GOLAM M 1621 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18539328 NEURAL NETWORK HAVING ACCURACY-LATENCY BALANCE CHEEMA, NOOR FATIMA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2023
18539326 APPROXIMATION-FREE NEURAL NETWORK MAPPING RHO, YONG DOO — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2023
18374625 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING TEXT INTO A SEQUENCE OF CHARACTERS INCLUDING GRAPHICAL SYMBOLS HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 2659 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18273542 THERMALLY DRAWN SENSOR DEVICE AND A METHOD OF FABRICATION THEREOF SINES, BRIAN J 1796 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2023
18271503 PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR PROMOTING MYOGENESIS PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2023
18268559 LASER ENGRAVING DEVICE FOR MULTIPLE LASER BEAMS USING A DATA LINK FOR ADJUSTING THE FOCUSING POSITION NGUYEN, HUNG D 3761 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2023
18253884 MEMBRANE-LESS ELECTROLYZER WITH POROUS WALLS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT AND PURE HYDROGEN PRODUCTION CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES 1794 §102§103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending May 22, 2023
18023309 COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS (CNG) POWER SYSTEM WITH C02 EMISSIONS CAPTURE AND STORAGE PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Feb 24, 2023
17777976 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCATING CELLS GENERATING AN ELECTRICAL ANOMALY IN A SUBJECT'S BODY PART VANNI, GEORGE STEVEN 1686 §101 Final Rejection — Pending May 18, 2022
17770172 SYNTHESIS OF BRANCHING MORPHOLOGIES SABOUR, GHAZAL 1686 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2022
17762325 TREATMENT AND PREVENTION OF AGING RELATED-DISEASE AND/OR AGING BY THE INHIBITION OF SPHINGOLIPIDS RAHMANI, NILOOFAR 1691 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Mar 21, 2022
17642274 Device and Method for Pre-Term Birth Risk Assessment PATEL, OM 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022
17620128 Ultraflexible Flow Directed Device And System NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO 3783 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2021
18269114 A METHOD WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL 1742 §103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
17554927 Methods of treating amyloid-beta peptide diseases BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2021

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