Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hongik University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation has 1 pending office action within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio's active prosecution is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a singular technical focus for the university's current chemical patent applications. This centralized activity suggests a specific research output is currently under USPTO review. Practitioners should note that this structure allows for a highly focused response to the examiner's findings.
The busiest examiner for the foundation is GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN, who is handling 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner involved in the portfolio, the university's immediate prosecution success depends on the review of this single individual. This streamlined presence in the Chemistry & Materials sector simplifies the management of the foundation's pending intellectual property. The 1 distinct art unit reflects the specialized technical niche of the university's current filing. Because the foundation is only managing 1 pending office action, it can dedicate its full attention to the specific requirements of this examiner and art unit.
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%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1 | 47.7% | +27.0% |
| JAGAN, MIRELLYS | 1 | 83.0% | +5.7% |
| GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18452161 | I-III-VI BASED QUANTUM DOTS AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18917330 | Apparatus for Diagnosing State of Battery Cell and Method Thereof | JAGAN, MIRELLYS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19349960 | SELECTIVE DEPOSITION METHOD OF THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | ROLLAND, ALEX A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1715 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19349960 | SELECTIVE DEPOSITION METHOD OF THIN FILM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1715 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2025 |
| 18917330 | Apparatus for Diagnosing State of Battery Cell and Method Thereof | JAGAN, MIRELLYS | 2855 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18452161 | I-III-VI BASED QUANTUM DOTS AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHongik University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Alex A Rolland has the most, with 1 of Hongik University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
