Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Frontier Microscopy US Inc.

Technology area: Communications

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Frontier Microscopy US Inc. is managing 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This single matter is being examined within 1 distinct art unit. The current prosecution activity is limited to this single case, reflecting a very specific focus for the company's immediate patenting needs. This concentration in a distinct art unit indicates that the company's active filing is categorized within a specific technical group.

The portfolio involves a distinct examiner, CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN, who is responsible for the busiest examiner pending action. This examiner handles the entire pending workload for the company. With only a single examiner and art unit involved, the prosecution process is currently centralized. The distinct art unit and distinct examiner assigned to the pending office action indicate that the company's current communications-related filing is being reviewed in a very specific administrative context.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
1
Communications
100% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN 1 88.2% +14.4%

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
18706943 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND COUNTING BIOLOGICAL SPECIES CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18706943 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND COUNTING BIOLOGICAL SPECIES CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18706943 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND COUNTING BIOLOGICAL SPECIES CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN 2669 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Frontier Microscopy US Inc. have?

Frontier Microscopy US Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Frontier Microscopy US Inc. applications?

Daniel Cheoljin Chang has the most, with 1 of Frontier Microscopy US Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Frontier Microscopy US Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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