Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

17 pending office actions • 14 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. has 16 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 15 distinct examiners across 14 distinct art units, indicating broad dispersion and limited repetition in both examination personnel and technical classifications. A matter-level workflow with technical grouping should fit the available portfolio structure.

PRUITT, JUSTIN A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That small cluster permits targeted comparison of prosecution treatment, but it does not represent the overall docket. Counsel should maintain examiner-specific preparation while monitoring the separate art-unit assignments.

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

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

7
Hard (41%)
9
Medium (53%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only9 (53%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
12% of docket
2
Information Tech
12% of docket
3
Communications
18% of docket
1
Semiconductors
6% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PRUITT, JUSTIN A 2 62.0% +15.1%
HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 1 78.8% +12.7%
SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 1 58.6% +71.1%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 59.0% +23.2%
IRVIN, THOMAS W 1 77.5% +14.5%
BODNARK, MATTHEW JAMES 1 85.0% +23.1%
KIM, TAE JUN 1 63.9% +25.8%
ZHENG, LOIS L 1 67.6% +13.0%
SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 1 62.7% +37.1%
PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1 56.3% +15.0%

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
18964007 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF PIPE BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS BODNARK, MATTHEW JAMES —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18408342 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE, TURBINE BLADE, AND GAS TURBINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 58d overdue
19390689 TURBINE HAVING GUIDE BAFFLE AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING SAME HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH —
19357272 GAS TURBINE SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE —
18976641 VIBRATION REDUCTION DEVICE AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CABINET USING SAME IRVIN, THOMAS W —
18392027 ROTARY TYPE CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION APPARATUS PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE —
18518483 DEVICE FOR DETERMINING OPERATIONAL STATUS OF SENSOR AND METHOD THEREOF JACKSON, JORDAN L —
18482850 METHOD OF REMOVING FOREIGN SUBSTANCES FROM CRDM AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING SAME DAVIS, SHARON M —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18408342 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE, TURBINE BLADE, AND GAS TURBINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 58d overdue
18408763 FLOW BODY FOR A GAS TURBINE, GAS TURBINE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FLOW BODY FOR A GAS TURBINE, AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING A FLOW BODY OF A GAS TURBINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 6d
18677242 GAS TURBINE PLANT WITH AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION SYSTEM KIM, TAE JUN 27d
19390689 TURBINE HAVING GUIDE BAFFLE AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING SAME HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH —
19357272 GAS TURBINE SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE —
19048310 ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF VERTICAL HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR GARFT, CHRISTOPHER —
18976641 VIBRATION REDUCTION DEVICE AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CABINET USING SAME IRVIN, THOMAS W —
18964007 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF PIPE BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS BODNARK, MATTHEW JAMES —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3745 3
3741 1
4100 1
3616 1
2668 1
3799 1
2116 1
1795 1
2857 1
3646 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19390689 TURBINE HAVING GUIDE BAFFLE AND GAS TURBINE INCLUDING SAME HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2025
19357272 GAS TURBINE SEBASCO CHENG, STEPHANIE 3741 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2025
19048310 ENVIRONMENTAL FACILITY SUPPORTING STRUCTURE OF VERTICAL HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 4100 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 07, 2025
18976641 VIBRATION REDUCTION DEVICE AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANT CABINET USING SAME IRVIN, THOMAS W 3616 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18964007 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF PIPE BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS BODNARK, MATTHEW JAMES 2668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2024
18677242 GAS TURBINE PLANT WITH AMMONIA DECOMPOSITION SYSTEM KIM, TAE JUN 3799 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 29, 2024
18623029 SYSTEM FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM OF WASTE CATHODE MATERIAL ZHENG, LOIS L — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2024
18610365 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING EXHAUST EMISSIONS ON BASIS OF DATA ANALYSIS SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 2116 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18408763 FLOW BODY FOR A GAS TURBINE, GAS TURBINE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A FLOW BODY FOR A GAS TURBINE, AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING A FLOW BODY OF A GAS TURBINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18408342 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BLADE FOR A GAS TURBINE, TURBINE BLADE, AND GAS TURBINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103§112 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2024
18392027 ROTARY TYPE CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION APPARATUS PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2023
18518483 DEVICE FOR DETERMINING OPERATIONAL STATUS OF SENSOR AND METHOD THEREOF JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 23, 2023
18482850 METHOD OF REMOVING FOREIGN SUBSTANCES FROM CRDM AND DEVICE FOR EXECUTING SAME DAVIS, SHARON M 3646 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 07, 2023
18468710 ANNOTATION DEVICE AND ANNOTATION METHOD HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO 2661 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2023
18351569 COMBINED REFORMER KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 13, 2023
18331253 ULTRASONIC FLAW-DETECTION SYSTEM AND ULTRASONIC FLAW-DETECTION METHOD SHOEMAKER, ERIC JAMES 2664 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18068036 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTING OPTIMAL WATER TREATMENT MODEL FOR CHEMICAL DOSING OPTIMIZATION WONG, WILLIAM 2144 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 19, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. have?

DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 16 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD. applications?

Justin A Pruitt has the most, with 2 of DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are DOOSAN ENERBILITY CO., LTD.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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