Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Gachon University Of Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation maintains a portfolio with 3 pending office actions. These actions are distributed across the technology area of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The prosecution effort involves 3 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending action is currently being handled by a different official at the patent office.
The university's filings are spread across 2 distinct art units, showing departmental diversity in its Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering applications. MALDONADO, STEVEN is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action.
This distribution of 3 pending actions among 3 distinct examiners suggests a lack of examiner concentration. Practitioners can expect to interact with multiple individuals across the 2 distinct art units involved. The workload is split among the examiners, as MALDONADO, STEVEN holds 1 busiest examiner pending action at this time.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALDONADO, STEVEN | 1 | 26.9% | +42.9% |
| KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI | 1 | 45.7% | +19.3% |
| CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | 1 | 23.9% | +45.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052776 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING-BASED ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD TREATMENT SYSTEM | MALDONADO, STEVEN | — |
| 18979865 | NIR-responsive stem cell-derived inflammation attenuating complex and use thereof | KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI | — |
| 17674233 | Method of enhancing mobility of stem cells to inflammatory lesion | CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052776 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING-BASED ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD TREATMENT SYSTEM | MALDONADO, STEVEN | — |
| 18979865 | NIR-responsive stem cell-derived inflammation attenuating complex and use thereof | KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI | — |
| 17674233 | Method of enhancing mobility of stem cells to inflammatory lesion | CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| 1634 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19052776 | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING-BASED ALTERNATING MAGNETIC FIELD TREATMENT SYSTEM | MALDONADO, STEVEN | 3797 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18979865 | NIR-responsive stem cell-derived inflammation attenuating complex and use thereof | KWON, JOHN SEUNGJAI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 17674233 | Method of enhancing mobility of stem cells to inflammatory lesion | CONNORS, ALEXANDRA F | 1634 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 17, 2022 |
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