Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

21 pending office actions • 15 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

21
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (4)

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.

10
Hard (48%)
8
Medium (38%)
3
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (24%)
§103 only8 (38%)
§112 only3 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (24%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
5% of docket
3
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
19% of docket
6
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.

210 h
Manual time on pending OAs
42 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
74 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH 1 81.5% +8.6%
POLLOCK, GREGORY A 1 11.1% +12.7%
MELLOTT, JAMES M 1 50.9% +45.3%
MANGIALASCHI, TRACY 1 75.3% +27.3%
COBB, MICHAEL J 1 76.5% +37.5%
SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO 1 100.0% +0.0%
GOLDBERG, IVAN R 1 35.4% +35.6%
LEE, CHI HO A 1 92.1% +4.6%
RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1 73.6% +26.4%
AYAD, TAMIR 1 42.0% +48.4%

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
18815921 System and Method for Multi-Frequency Band Indoor Channel State Information-Based Physical Layer Authentication LEE, CHI HO A

Hard Cases (10)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18165620 METHOD OF PRODUCING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE USING MICROORGANISM OF THE GENUS DESEMZIA MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 118d overdue
17852191 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION METHOD DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 42d overdue
18358646 APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNALS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF SULTANA, NADIRA 11d overdue
18386265 DATA AUGMENTATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTION RECOGNITION THROUGH SELF-SUPERVISED LEARNING BASED ON OBJECT KUDO, KEN 12d
18293420 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH
19080664 TRANSACTION APPARATUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR THE TRANSACTION APPARATUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY POLLOCK, GREGORY A
19007462 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGHLY ACTIVE OXYGEN EVOLUTION ELECTRODE FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS MELLOTT, JAMES M
18982956 INTEGRATED TRAJECTORY ESTIMATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON GENERATIVE MODEL SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18954358 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING AND DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD LINKING RIDE-SHARING SERVICE AND VEHICLE-TO-GRID GOLDBERG, IVAN R 12d
19080664 TRANSACTION APPARATUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR THE TRANSACTION APPARATUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY POLLOCK, GREGORY A
19007462 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGHLY ACTIVE OXYGEN EVOLUTION ELECTRODE FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS MELLOTT, JAMES M
19003749 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING JIGSAW IMAGE-BASED DEEP LEARNING MODEL, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION OBJECT USING THE SAME MANGIALASCHI, TRACY
19002445 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING RADIANCE FIELD USING ADAPTIVE MAPPING FUNCTION COBB, MICHAEL J
18767374 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SYNGAS FERMENTATION PRODUCTS USING HIGHLY ACTIVE MICROORGANISMS RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM
18437231 PEROVSKITE PHOTOACTIVE COMPOSITE LAYER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL COMPRISING THE SAME AYAD, TAMIR

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3691 1
1759 1
2668 1
3619 1
1726 1
2671 1
1621 1
2653 1
1727 1
3791 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18293420 UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FORMATION CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR RICH, JOSEPHINE ELIZABETH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2025
19080664 TRANSACTION APPARATUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR THE TRANSACTION APPARATUS OF CRYPTOCURRENCY POLLOCK, GREGORY A 3691 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
19007462 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HIGHLY ACTIVE OXYGEN EVOLUTION ELECTRODE FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 2024
19003749 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING JIGSAW IMAGE-BASED DEEP LEARNING MODEL, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION OBJECT USING THE SAME MANGIALASCHI, TRACY 2668 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
19002445 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING RADIANCE FIELD USING ADAPTIVE MAPPING FUNCTION COBB, MICHAEL J §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
18982956 INTEGRATED TRAJECTORY ESTIMATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON GENERATIVE MODEL SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18954358 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING AND DISCHARGING APPARATUS AND METHOD LINKING RIDE-SHARING SERVICE AND VEHICLE-TO-GRID GOLDBERG, IVAN R 3619 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 20, 2024
18815921 System and Method for Multi-Frequency Band Indoor Channel State Information-Based Physical Layer Authentication LEE, CHI HO A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 27, 2024
18767374 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SYNGAS FERMENTATION PRODUCTS USING HIGHLY ACTIVE MICROORGANISMS RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18437231 PEROVSKITE PHOTOACTIVE COMPOSITE LAYER, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL COMPRISING THE SAME AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2024
18540575 ZEOLITE FOR CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME TAYLOR, JORDAN W §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2023
18386265 DATA AUGMENTATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTION RECOGNITION THROUGH SELF-SUPERVISED LEARNING BASED ON OBJECT KUDO, KEN 2671 §103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 02, 2023
18239728 PHENANTHROLINE-BASED COMPOUND, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME AND PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELL COMPRISING THE SAME CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §112 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18358646 APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING AUDIO SIGNALS AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF SULTANA, NADIRA 2653 §102§103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2023
18215815 ELECTROLYTE FOR AQUEOUS ZINC-BROMINE BATTERY CONTAINING BROMINE COMPLEXING AGENT AND METAL ION ADDITIVE, AND AQUEOUS ZINC-BROMINE NON-FLOW BATTERY CONTAINING SAME KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL 1727 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18180635 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING IN VIVO COMPONENT AND IMPEDANCE MEASURING APPARATUS JANG, CHRISTIAN Y 3791 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 08, 2023
18165620 METHOD OF PRODUCING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE USING MICROORGANISM OF THE GENUS DESEMZIA MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 1656 §101§112 Final Rejection 118d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
17993922 METHOD FOR SCREENING MARKERS FOR PREDICTING PROGNOSIS OF RENAL CELL CARCINOMA USING TRANSCRIPTOMIC ANALYSIS DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL 1629 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Nov 24, 2022
17852191 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION SYSTEM AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SIMULATION METHOD DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 2188 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2022
17423939 DETECTION OF CEREBROSPINAL FLUID RAMADAN, OMAR 1678 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 19, 2021
17317788 PATCH-TYPE WEARABLE DEVICE TALTY, MARIA CHRISTINA 3797 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 2021

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