Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Billion & Armitage - Khalifa University

7 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1698 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

92.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1698
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1698
2.5
OAs to Allowance
n=1048
-0.48σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1048
839 days
Time to Allowance
n=1048
+3.0pp
Interview Lift
n=1698
16.8%
RCE Rate
n=1698
1.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1698

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.9%
§101 Overcome
n=31
81.3%
§102 Overcome
n=518
81.6%
§103 Overcome
n=659
84.1%
§112 Overcome
n=414

Specialization & Scale

H01R, B62M, B62D
Top CPC Subclasses
19%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1698
6
Practitioners
n=1698
283.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1698

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
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.

3
Hard (43%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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
SANZ, GABRIEL A 2 60.7% +38.0%
MILLER, JONATHAN 1 80.0% +18.7%
ROYCE, LIAM A 1 65.5% +21.8%
MCCAIG, BRIAN A 1 80.3% +13.4%
KOUSAR, SADIA 1 65.8% +10.0%
ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 1 51.2% +45.4%

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
18535607 IN-SITU PROTON FILTER CATALYSTS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL AMMONIA PRODUCTION MCCAIG, BRIAN A

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
18038557 EV CHARGERS AND EV CHARGING KOUSAR, SADIA 65d
19101020 FOLDABLE SOLAR DESALINATION DEVICE WITH NO LIQUID DISCHARGE MILLER, JONATHAN
18590525 WATER FILTRATION MEMBRANES AND SYSTEMS ROYCE, LIAM A

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17846609 LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE/ELEMENTAL SULFUR HYBRID COMPOSITE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SUPERCAPACITORS ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 2d overdue
18038557 EV CHARGERS AND EV CHARGING KOUSAR, SADIA 65d
19101020 FOLDABLE SOLAR DESALINATION DEVICE WITH NO LIQUID DISCHARGE MILLER, JONATHAN
18590525 WATER FILTRATION MEMBRANES AND SYSTEMS ROYCE, LIAM A
18394846 CONTACT LENS FOR TREATING COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME SANZ, GABRIEL A
18535607 IN-SITU PROTON FILTER CATALYSTS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL AMMONIA PRODUCTION MCCAIG, BRIAN A
18087397 GLASSES WITH LENS FOR TREATING COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME SANZ, GABRIEL A

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Khalifa University of Science and Technology 7

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17771
41001
28591
28721
17671

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19101020 FOLDABLE SOLAR DESALINATION DEVICE WITH NO LIQUID DISCHARGE Khalifa University Of Science And Technology MILLER, JONATHAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 04, 2025
18590525 WATER FILTRATION MEMBRANES AND SYSTEMS Khalifa University Of Science And Technology ROYCE, LIAM A 1777 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18394846 CONTACT LENS FOR TREATING COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Khalifa University Of Science And Technology SANZ, GABRIEL A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18535607 IN-SITU PROTON FILTER CATALYSTS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL AMMONIA PRODUCTION Khalifa University Of Science And Technology MCCAIG, BRIAN A 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18038557 EV CHARGERS AND EV CHARGING Khalifa University Of Science And Technology KOUSAR, SADIA 2859 §102§103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending May 24, 2023
18087397 GLASSES WITH LENS FOR TREATING COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Khalifa University Of Science And Technology SANZ, GABRIEL A 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2023
17846609 LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE/ELEMENTAL SULFUR HYBRID COMPOSITE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SUPERCAPACITORS Khalifa University Of Science And Technology ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2022

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