Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation has 5 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 5 examiners and 5 art units, with each action occupying a separate examiner and technical setting.

MESSMORE, JONATHAN R is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. The docket contains no repeated examiner assignment, so counsel should manage responses at the individual application level. The complete separation across art units further limits opportunities for a common technical or procedural response strategy.

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

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (60%)
§103 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MESSMORE, JONATHAN R 1 77.3% +9.9%
HOLDER, ANNER N 1 79.1% +13.3%
JIANG, ZAIHAN 1 83.8% +23.6%
KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL 1 82.1% +25.0%
CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 1 56.2% +27.3%

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
18858317 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DATA THROUGH SIDELINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL —

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18095420 METHOD AND APPARATUS ENCODING/DECODING A NEURAL NETWORK FEATURE MAP CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 19d
19474678 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM MESSMORE, JONATHAN R —
19161682 METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM JIANG, ZAIHAN —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18095420 METHOD AND APPARATUS ENCODING/DECODING A NEURAL NETWORK FEATURE MAP CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 19d
19343363 PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE USING REFERENCE BLOCK HOLDER, ANNER N —
19161682 METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM JIANG, ZAIHAN —
18858317 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DATA THROUGH SIDELINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2482 1
2484 1
2488 1
2464 1
2144 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19474678 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM MESSMORE, JONATHAN R 2482 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2025
19343363 PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE USING REFERENCE BLOCK HOLDER, ANNER N 2484 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2025
19161682 METHOD FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM JIANG, ZAIHAN 2488 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 02, 2025
18858317 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING DATA THROUGH SIDELINK IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM KIDANE, MEHERET WOLDEGEBREAL 2464 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18095420 METHOD AND APPARATUS ENCODING/DECODING A NEURAL NETWORK FEATURE MAP CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 2144 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jan 10, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation have?

Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation applications?

Jonathan R Messmore has the most, with 1 of Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Hanbat National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation's patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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