Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Foundation of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation

14 pending office actions • 11 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

5
Hard (36%)
9
Medium (64%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only9 (64%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
29% of docket
5
Information Tech
36% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
4
Business / Other
29% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FOLLMAN, BRODIE J 1 73.5% +10.4%
BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM 1
DINKE, BITEW A 1 72.7% +12.2%
KAMRAN, MEHRAN 1 89.9% +14.2%
TSAI, JAMES T 1 62.5% +56.9%
LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 1 57.8% +22.9%
KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1 52.4% +0.5%
VU, TAYLOR P 1 72.7% +13.6%
BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH 1 48.0% +22.1%
WANG, CHAO 1 81.1% +85.7%

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
18210396 EBPF-BASED HOT PATCH ENGINE DEVICE FOR PROTECTING KERNEL VULNERABILITIES, SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING THE SAME WANG, CHAO

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18432381 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING KUBERNETES CLUSTER RESOURCES IN A MULTI-CLOUD ENVIRONMENT KAMRAN, MEHRAN
18543568 METHOD FOR CHANGING GAME PARAMETER LIDDLE, JAY TRENT
18495372 HIGH-PURITY MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NANOCELLULOSE WITH ULTRA-HIGHLY GRAFTED BIOPOLYMER KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY
18550865 SECURITY DESIGN FLAW DETECTION METHOD BASED ON UNIT TEST CASE, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME VU, TAYLOR P
18452172 CONDUCTIVE ELECTROLYTE LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL-SUPPORTED SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19250845 ACTION CONTAMINATION ATTACK SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING MODEL AND ACTION CONTAMINATION ATTACK METHOD OF THE SAME FOLLMAN, BRODIE J
18738877 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME DINKE, BITEW A
18432381 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING KUBERNETES CLUSTER RESOURCES IN A MULTI-CLOUD ENVIRONMENT KAMRAN, MEHRAN
18404273 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SCREENING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL CANDIDATES FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES TSAI, JAMES T
18543568 METHOD FOR CHANGING GAME PARAMETER LIDDLE, JAY TRENT
18550865 SECURITY DESIGN FLAW DETECTION METHOD BASED ON UNIT TEST CASE, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME VU, TAYLOR P
18452172 CONDUCTIVE ELECTROLYTE LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL-SUPPORTED SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH
18210396 EBPF-BASED HOT PATCH ENGINE DEVICE FOR PROTECTING KERNEL VULNERABILITIES, SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING THE SAME WANG, CHAO

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2434 1
4100 1
3715 1
1693 1
2437 1
1728 1
2439 1
2495 1
2492 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19250845 ACTION CONTAMINATION ATTACK SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING MODEL AND ACTION CONTAMINATION ATTACK METHOD OF THE SAME FOLLMAN, BRODIE J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2025
18716519 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADVERSARIAL FEATURE SELECTION CONSIDERING ATTACK FUNCTION OF VEHICLE CAN BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM 2434 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2024
18738877 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME DINKE, BITEW A §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18432381 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING KUBERNETES CLUSTER RESOURCES IN A MULTI-CLOUD ENVIRONMENT KAMRAN, MEHRAN 4100 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18404273 APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR SCREENING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL CANDIDATES FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES TSAI, JAMES T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18543568 METHOD FOR CHANGING GAME PARAMETER LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 3715 §101DP Final Rejection Pending Dec 18, 2023
18495372 HIGH-PURITY MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NANOCELLULOSE WITH ULTRA-HIGHLY GRAFTED BIOPOLYMER KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
18550865 SECURITY DESIGN FLAW DETECTION METHOD BASED ON UNIT TEST CASE, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME VU, TAYLOR P 2437 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2023
18452172 CONDUCTIVE ELECTROLYTE LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING METAL-SUPPORTED SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH 1728 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18210396 EBPF-BASED HOT PATCH ENGINE DEVICE FOR PROTECTING KERNEL VULNERABILITIES, SYSTEM AND METHOD INCLUDING THE SAME WANG, CHAO 2439 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 15, 2023
18135593 DYNAMIC SECURITY POLICY ENFORCEMENT METHOD FOR CONTAINER SYSTEM, RECORDING MEDIUM AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE SAME AVERY, BRIAN WILLIAM 2495 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2023
18020904 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MALICIOUS CODES BASED ON ADJACENCY MATRIX CHOLLETI, RAGHAVENDER NMN 2492 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 10, 2023
18014056 ARTIFICIAL SKIN HAVING STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES BY AGE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2022
17960849 SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION SANFORD, DIANA PATRICIA 1687 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 06, 2022

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