Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Billion & Armitage - Khalifa University

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

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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 (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
8
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
§102 only2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SPIES, BRADLEY R 1 73.8% +20.9%
PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1 78.8% +11.5%
NGUYEN, HA S 1 57.6% -21.9%
KOUSAR, SADIA 1 64.7% +10.3%
HUANG, RYAN 1 51.8% +32.2%
GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1 11.8% -17.4%
ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 1 48.6% +43.6%
JONES, LOGAN P 1 42.8% +31.4%

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
17798455 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY OF SEPARATION PROCESSES GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 23d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17433473 Top-Surface-Cooled, Directly Irradiated Liquid Receiver For Concentrated Solar Power JONES, LOGAN P 100d overdue
17846609 LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE/ELEMENTAL SULFUR HYBRID COMPOSITE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SUPERCAPACITORS ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 2d overdue
18381753 MEMBRANE-BASED-SELF-ASSEMBLED, CHARGED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE/GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOHYBRIDS SPIES, BRADLEY R 20d
18195124 3D HIERARCHICAL NANOPOROUS GRAPHENE MEMBRANE FOR OIL/WATER SEPARATION HUANG, RYAN 42d
18243310 Green Synthesis of Salicylaldehydate-Metal-Organic Frameworks and Applications Thereof PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 53d
18038557 EV CHARGERS AND EV CHARGING KOUSAR, SADIA 65d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Khalifa University of Science and Technology 8

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17773
16921
17661
28591
17671
37621

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18381753 MEMBRANE-BASED-SELF-ASSEMBLED, CHARGED MULTI-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE/GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOHYBRIDS Khalifa University Of Science And Technology SPIES, BRADLEY R 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18243310 Green Synthesis of Salicylaldehydate-Metal-Organic Frameworks and Applications Thereof Khalifa University Of Science And Technology PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §102 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Sep 07, 2023
18269414 ELEMENTAL SULFUR-ACRYLIC EMULSION Khalifa University Of Science And Technology NGUYEN, HA S 1766 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18038557 EV CHARGERS AND EV CHARGING Khalifa University Of Science And Technology KOUSAR, SADIA 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending May 24, 2023
18195124 3D HIERARCHICAL NANOPOROUS GRAPHENE MEMBRANE FOR OIL/WATER SEPARATION Khalifa University Of Science And Technology HUANG, RYAN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending May 09, 2023
17798455 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY OF SEPARATION PROCESSES Khalifa University Of Science And Technology GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022
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
17433473 Top-Surface-Cooled, Directly Irradiated Liquid Receiver For Concentrated Solar Power Khalifa University Of Science And Technology JONES, LOGAN P 3762 §103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2021

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