Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kep Innovation Center SA

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

Analysis

Kep Innovation Center SA currently has 1 pending office action under review. This action is being handled by a distinct examiner, ZHANG, MICHAEL N, who is also identified as the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. The data indicates that there are 0 distinct art units associated with this portfolio, which is the recorded state for this pending matter.

Because the company has a pending office action, its entire current U.S. patent prosecution strategy is directed to the feedback from ZHANG, MICHAEL N. There are no other examiners to provide a comparative baseline for the company's experience. Practitioners should focus exclusively on the specific requirements and office actions issued by this examiner to advance the portfolio. The absence of 0 distinct art units suggests a need for monitoring of the case's classification as it moves through the system. This 1 pending office action is the only active matter currently tracked for the company.

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

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.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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
ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1 54.5% +22.5%

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
18854273 FUNCTIONAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE COMPOSITES ZHANG, MICHAEL N —

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
18854273 FUNCTIONAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE COMPOSITES ZHANG, MICHAEL N —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18854273 FUNCTIONAL HALIDE PEROVSKITE COMPOSITES ZHANG, MICHAEL N — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Kep Innovation Center SA have?

Kep Innovation Center SA has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 0 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Kep Innovation Center SA applications?

Michael N Zhang has the most, with 1 of Kep Innovation Center SA's pending office actions.

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