Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lumen Patent Firm

33 pending office actions • 7 clients • 32 examiners • 26 art units • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
22
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

22
Overdue
2
Due this week
6
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (22)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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%)
31
Medium (94%)
1
Easy (3%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only28 (85%)
§102 only3 (9%)
§112 only1 (3%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
24% of docket
2
Information Tech
6% of docket
3
Communications
9% of docket
6
Semiconductors
18% of docket
14
Mechanical / Eng
42% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HARANDI, SIAMAK 2 90.7% +7.5%
FIX, THOMAS S 1 71.3% +15.3%
HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 1 67.2% +28.1%
TON, TRI T 1 86.4% +11.0%
CHANG, TOM Y 1 53.4% +20.2%
MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT 1 66.3% +20.2%
PATEL, PARESH H 1 79.4% -1.3%
GANESAN, SUBA 1 73.7% +14.0%
MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. 1 65.4% +51.9%
NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA 1

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18749313 Apparatus for sensitive fluorescence optical measurement of biological parameters in freely behaving animals TON, TRI T 30d overdue
18420104 Accelerated Simultaneous Multislice Imaging via Linear Phase Modulated Extended Field of View (SMILE) HARANDI, SIAMAK 6d
18597385 Diagnostic image translation using a deep neural network with both imaging parameters and diagnostic images as input HARANDI, SIAMAK 14d

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
18287290 Apparatus for Treating Water using a Plasma Source that is Protected from Water MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. 52d overdue
18749313 Apparatus for sensitive fluorescence optical measurement of biological parameters in freely behaving animals TON, TRI T 30d overdue
18519930 Medical Device using Bioabsorbable Material GANESAN, SUBA 30d overdue
18908097 Method to achieve 24/7 carbon-free electrified fleet operations HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 26d overdue
19108480 M ultiple Actuator Control on a Soft Everting Robot FIX, THOMAS S 16d overdue
18703002 Metasurface optofluidics for reflective displays integrated on transparent substrate MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT 1d overdue
18664023 Use of high-level requirements and system modeling tools to automatically validate/generate security configurations for distributed communications systems CHANG, TOM Y 62d

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37746
26622
37912
36181
36621
28771
24551
28711
28581
17731

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19108480 M ultiple Actuator Control on a Soft Everting Robot The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University FIX, THOMAS S 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2025
18908097 Method to achieve 24/7 carbon-free electrified fleet operations The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2024
18749313 Apparatus for sensitive fluorescence optical measurement of biological parameters in freely behaving animals The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University TON, TRI T 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18664023 Use of high-level requirements and system modeling tools to automatically validate/generate security configurations for distributed communications systems Real-Time Innovations, Inc. CHANG, TOM Y 2455 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending May 14, 2024
18703002 Metasurface optofluidics for reflective displays integrated on transparent substrate The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University MEDICH, ANGELA MARGOT 2871 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2024
18634655 Roller Tap Down Technique for Probe Arrays Formfactor, Inc. PATEL, PARESH H 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18597385 Diagnostic image translation using a deep neural network with both imaging parameters and diagnostic images as input The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Office Of The General Counsel HARANDI, SIAMAK 2662 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18420104 Accelerated Simultaneous Multislice Imaging via Linear Phase Modulated Extended Field of View (SMILE) The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University HARANDI, SIAMAK 2662 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18519930 Medical Device using Bioabsorbable Material Xeltis, B.V GANESAN, SUBA 3774 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18287290 Apparatus for Treating Water using a Plasma Source that is Protected from Water The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University MILLER-CRUZ, EKANDRA S. 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18280802 Kink Resistance Tubular Graft Implants Xeltis AG NERENBERG, RENEE FLORENCIA 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18275677 Wearable Collector for Noninvasive Sampling of Exhaled Breath Biomarkers, Pathogens or Viral Loads The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Office Of The General Counsel, BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2023
18227826 Underwater adhesive from dynamic polymers The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18274283 Nanoencapsulation of Jania rubens seaweeds' antioxidants for food applications The American University In Cairo BEKKER, KELLY JO 1792 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18222935 Scalable Cryptographic Key Regeneration and Redistribution to Secure Publish-Subscribe Systems Real-Time Innovations, Inc. HENNING, MATTHEW T 2491 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18213626 Colorful Low-Emissivity Paints for Space Heating and Cooling Energy Efficiency The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18266066 Integrated housing and passive cooling for an acoustic camera Sorama Holding B.V. DIAZ, SABRINA 2693 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2023
18265326 Reinforced Heart Valve Leaflets Xeltis, B.V. SNOW, BRUCE EDWARD 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18200280 Fully open-air combustion deposition and rapid plasma treatment of metal oxides The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending May 22, 2023
18129680 High Spatial Resolution Neuromodulation The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Office Of The General Counsel TRAN, JULIE THI 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18025955 Graft Device for Endogenous Tissue Restoration in Between Two Tubular Structures Xeltis AG LOPEZ, LESLIE ANN 3774 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2023
18044192 PHYTOPHOTONIC APPROACH TO ENHANCED PHOTOSYNTHESIS Carnegie Institution Of Washington CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH 2875 §102 Final Rejection 41d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18022201 Label-free, real-time, whole-cell response monitoring with liquid Raman spectroscopy The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Feb 20, 2023
18022234 Materials for Tumor Inoculation in Murine Mouse Models and Uses Thereof The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Feb 20, 2023
18020710 THERAPEUTIC DEVICE UTILIZING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH OSCILLATING POLARIZATION STATE The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Office Of The General Counsel TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3700 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Feb 10, 2023
17998246 THREE-PHASE CATALYTIC SYSTEMS The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University ZHANG, JIALAN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
17958102 Thermal management techniques for high power integrated circuits operating in dry cryogenic environments Formfactor, Inc. BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17801883 Spherical Dexterous Hand for Object Grasping and Within-Hand Manipulation The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University CHIN, PAUL T 3651 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2022
17784753 Multi-layered Electrospun Heart Valve Leaflets Xeltis AG WOZNICKI, JACQUELINE 3774 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17629709 Chip-integrated Titanium:Sapphire Laser The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University Office Of The General Counsel HARVEY, MINSUN OH 2828 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jan 24, 2022
17582677 Automatic monitoring of fluid injection procedures using a sensing catheter The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2022
17437230 Electrospun polymer assemblies for medical implant applications Xeltis AG WHITE, KIA XIONG 3774 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 08, 2021
16648049 Conductive Polymer Implant, combining electrical and chemical stimulation to improve neural recovery The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University PATEL, NIKETA I 3792 §103 Final Rejection 189d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2020

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