Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Inho Song

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Inho Song maintains a patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. There is currently 1 pending office action associated with these filings. This level of activity suggests a highly focused approach to securing intellectual property rights in this specific field rather than managing a large volume of concurrent applications.

The prosecution is handled by 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates that the portfolio's current legal challenges are concentrated in one technical area of the patent office. Such a narrow focus allows for a specialized prosecution strategy tailored to the requirements of that 1 distinct art unit, which can lead to more consistent results.

QIAN, SHIZHI is the busiest examiner for this portfolio. This examiner is responsible for the 1 pending office action currently in the pipeline. The progress of the portfolio is therefore directly linked to the review and feedback provided by this single examiner, making their individual examination history a vital resource for the practitioner.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
QIAN, SHIZHI 1 61.8% +47.9%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18573377 PALLADIUM-HYDROGEN PH ELECTRODE QIAN, SHIZHI 146d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18573377 PALLADIUM-HYDROGEN PH ELECTRODE QIAN, SHIZHI 146d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1795 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18573377 PALLADIUM-HYDROGEN PH ELECTRODE QIAN, SHIZHI 1795 §102§103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023

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