Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 08, 2026

Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation Dankook University

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 1 of 7 (14%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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 (43%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only4 (57%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
43% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REMALY, MARK DONALD 1 70.3% +16.0%
YIMER, GETENTE A 1 88.1% +8.4%
AHMED, SHEEBA 1 80.8% +14.3%
SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 1 26.6% +14.4%
LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 1 51.1% +14.9%
WEI, ZHONGQING 1 58.7% +16.5%
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 54.3% +13.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18685693 COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING NODE CONNECTED THERETO YIMER, GETENTE A
18641738 BIOMIMETIC POLYMER MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH METALLIC FEEL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AHMED, SHEEBA

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
16949188 POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS EMPLOYING A SQUARAINE DONOR ADDITIVE GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 28d
19077174 METHOD FOR GENERATING ULTRASOUND IMAGE AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS REMALY, MARK DONALD
18497366 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVING CONTINUOUS ACTION UNIQUENESS USING CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASH SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16949188 POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS EMPLOYING A SQUARAINE DONOR ADDITIVE GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 28d
19077174 METHOD FOR GENERATING ULTRASOUND IMAGE AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS REMALY, MARK DONALD
18641738 BIOMIMETIC POLYMER MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH METALLIC FEEL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AHMED, SHEEBA
18497366 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVING CONTINUOUS ACTION UNIQUENESS USING CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASH SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN
18381784 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SAFETY MAP SERVICE LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ
18229587 SEPARATOR FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE-SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY WEI, ZHONGQING

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3797 1
2181 1
1787 1
3697 1
3663 1
1727 1
1721 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19077174 METHOD FOR GENERATING ULTRASOUND IMAGE AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING APPARATUS REMALY, MARK DONALD 3797 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
18685693 COMMUNICATION NETWORK, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING NODE CONNECTED THERETO YIMER, GETENTE A 2181 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2025
18641738 BIOMIMETIC POLYMER MULTILAYER STRUCTURE WITH METALLIC FEEL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AHMED, SHEEBA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18497366 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVING CONTINUOUS ACTION UNIQUENESS USING CRYPTOGRAPHIC HASH SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN 3697 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 30, 2023
18381784 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SAFETY MAP SERVICE LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 3663 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18229587 SEPARATOR FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE-SEPARATOR ASSEMBLY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY WEI, ZHONGQING 1727 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2023
16949188 POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS EMPLOYING A SQUARAINE DONOR ADDITIVE GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d AI Ready Oct 19, 2020

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