Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

DONG WOON ANATECH CO., LTD.

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

DONG WOON ANATECH CO., LTD. is currently handling 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technology is being reviewed by two different specialized groups at the USPTO. This distribution means that the company cannot rely on a single set of examiner behaviors or art unit norms.

The busiest examiner, MACCAGNO, PIERRE L, is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This accounts for one of the 2 pending office actions currently active. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, the company must manage two separate prosecution paths within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. This distribution requires the company to be prepared for different examiner styles and art unit standards for their 2 pending office actions, as they are being processed by different individuals in different specialized units.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

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
1
Semiconductors
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 1 23.8% +30.0%
RICKEL, ALEX PARK 1 70.9% +14.6%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18550440 BLOOD GLUCOSE PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MACCAGNO, PIERRE L —
18336356 ZOOM LENS ACTUATOR CONTROL DEVICE AND ZOOM CAMERA USING SAME RICKEL, ALEX PARK —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18550440 BLOOD GLUCOSE PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MACCAGNO, PIERRE L —
18336356 ZOOM LENS ACTUATOR CONTROL DEVICE AND ZOOM CAMERA USING SAME RICKEL, ALEX PARK —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3687 1
2872 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18550440 BLOOD GLUCOSE PREDICTION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MACCAGNO, PIERRE L 3687 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2023
18336356 ZOOM LENS ACTUATOR CONTROL DEVICE AND ZOOM CAMERA USING SAME RICKEL, ALEX PARK 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 16, 2023

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