Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
38 pending office actions • 13 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kolon Industries Inc. has 39 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 34 distinct examiners and 14 distinct art units. LOUISE JAMES IANNUCCI is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending actions. The 14 distinct art units show that the company's chemical and material innovations span a range of specialized technical classifications.
With 34 distinct examiners involved, the company interacts with a large and diverse group of reviewers. This distribution suggests that Kolon Industries Inc. maintains a broad research and development focus within the chemistry sector, requiring them to navigate many different USPTO units and examination styles. The presence of 39 pending office actions indicates a high volume of ongoing patent prosecution. Having 34 distinct examiners means that the company's patent strategy must be flexible enough to address many different examiner perspectives. The 14 distinct art units further emphasize the breadth of the company's technical reach across the chemistry domain.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (3%) |
| §103 only | 14 (37%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 18 (47%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES | 3 | — | — |
| WORRELL, KEVIN | 2 | 12.5% | -3.1% |
| WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A | 2 | 86.2% | -20.1% |
| JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON | 2 | 69.9% | +22.9% |
| LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | 1 | 57.4% | +43.0% |
| HUANG, CHENG YUAN | 1 | 39.0% | +22.8% |
| PREGLER, SHARON | 1 | 78.0% | +21.1% |
| TURNER, SONJI | 1 | 73.8% | +20.1% |
| CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | 1 | 26.9% | +8.2% |
| SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1 | 64.1% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18722810 | FURAN DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PREPARING FURAN DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, POLYESTER, AND MEHTOD FOR PREPARING POLYESTER | WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17997539 | RESIN CONTAINING UNSATURATED GROUP, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME | REDDY, KARUNA P | 10d overdue |
| 17771503 | SKIN COOLING FABRIC, POLYETHYLENE YARN THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYETHYLENE YARN | WORRELL, KEVIN | 4d overdue |
| 18291957 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CARTRIDGE AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE INCLUDING SAME | PREGLER, SHARON | — |
| 18578167 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER | TURNER, SONJI | — |
| 18720911 | POLYESTER NONWOVEN FABRIC WITH SUPPRESSED REDUCTION IN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES BY TUFTING PROCESS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND BACKING FABRIC FOR CARPET COMPRISING SAME | WORRELL, KEVIN | — |
| 18714720 | ECO-FRIENDLY FILTER WITH BIODEGRADABILITY | CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | — |
| 18709558 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING SAME | CREPEAU, JONATHAN | — |
| 18708674 | CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, CATALYST LAYER INCLUDING SAME, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL | VIGIL, WAYNE WALTER | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19105099 | OPTICAL FILM HAVING IMPROVED STIFFNESS AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | — |
| 18875855 | OPTICAL FILM HAVING IMPROVED CREEP DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | — |
| 18291957 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CARTRIDGE AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE INCLUDING SAME | PREGLER, SHARON | — |
| 18578167 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER | TURNER, SONJI | — |
| 18714121 | SHAPED CROSS-SECTIONAL POLYETHYLENE YARN AND FUNCTIONAL FABRIC INCLUDING THE SAME | SALVATORE, LYNDA | — |
| 18529398 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED PRODUCT INCLUDING THE SAME | JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON | — |
| 18521651 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE CONTAINING THE SAME | JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1789 | 4 |
| 1721 | 3 |
| 1725 | 2 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1793 | 1 |
| 1728 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19105099 | OPTICAL FILM HAVING IMPROVED STIFFNESS AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 18875855 | OPTICAL FILM HAVING IMPROVED CREEP DEFORMATION BEHAVIOR | HUANG, CHENG YUAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18291957 | HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE CARTRIDGE AND HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE MODULE INCLUDING SAME | PREGLER, SHARON | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18578167 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER | TURNER, SONJI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18720911 | POLYESTER NONWOVEN FABRIC WITH SUPPRESSED REDUCTION IN PHYSICAL PROPERTIES BY TUFTING PROCESS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND BACKING FABRIC FOR CARPET COMPRISING SAME | WORRELL, KEVIN | 1789 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 04, 2024 |
| 18722810 | FURAN DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PREPARING FURAN DICARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOUND, POLYESTER, AND MEHTOD FOR PREPARING POLYESTER | WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18714720 | ECO-FRIENDLY FILTER WITH BIODEGRADABILITY | CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18714121 | SHAPED CROSS-SECTIONAL POLYETHYLENE YARN AND FUNCTIONAL FABRIC INCLUDING THE SAME | SALVATORE, LYNDA | 1789 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18713521 | DOPE DYED POLYETHYLENE YARN AND FUNCTIONAL FABRIC INCLUDING THE SAME | VONCH, JEFFREY A | 1781 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18709558 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING SAME | CREPEAU, JONATHAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18709528 | OPTICAL FILM AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME | DU, SURBHI M | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18708674 | CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, CATALYST LAYER INCLUDING SAME, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL | VIGIL, WAYNE WALTER | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18699247 | FLUX CORED WIRE FOR TWIN WIRE ARC SPRAY | BABAA, NAEL N | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18689988 | POLYAMIDE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE FORMED FROM SAME | OLADAPO, TAIWO | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18291317 | CATALYST FOR PREPARING 1,3-CYCLOPENTANEDIOL, METHOD FOR PREPARING 1,3-CYCLOPENTANEDIOL BY USING SAME, AND 1,3-CYCLOPENTANEDIOL PREPARED THEREBY | WITHERSPOON, SIKARL A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18290917 | CATALYST FOR MAKING DICARBOXYL ACID AROMATIC HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING DICARBOXYL ACID AROMATIC HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18579909 | MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER CARTRIDGE AND FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER COMPRISING SAME | MARTIN, ANGELA J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18529398 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED PRODUCT INCLUDING THE SAME | JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON | — | §101§102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18521651 | POLYPROPYLENE RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED ARTICLE CONTAINING THE SAME | JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18562650 | COATING FILM, COATING COMPOSITION, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
| 18560376 | OPTICAL FILM HAVING EXCELLENT FOLDING PERFORMANCE AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | ZHANG, RUIYUN | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18559026 | PARA-ARAMID FIBER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | KARST, DAVID THOMAS | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18558736 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | 1793 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18558720 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER | LU, ZIHENG NMN | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18263945 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING BYPASS FLOW RATE | WALLS-MURRAY, JESSIE LOGAN | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18262551 | CORD INCLUDING BIO-BASED COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18260274 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME | IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES | 1721 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18260263 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME | IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18260257 | FUEL CELL MEMBRANE HUMIDIFIER AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME | IANNUCCI, LOUISE JAMES | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18257111 | Polyester-based Resin Composition | DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN | 1766 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18004469 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE AND MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING SAME | ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM | 1725 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 17997539 | RESIN CONTAINING UNSATURATED GROUP, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME | REDDY, KARUNA P | 1764 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2022 |
| 17997535 | RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND RUBBER COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17996931 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | HAMMOND, KRISHNA R | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2022 |
| 17996350 | MULTI-STRUCTURED FILM HAVING IMPROVED INTERFERENCE FRINGE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Oct 17, 2022 |
| 17783295 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING METAL POWDER | ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA | 1733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2022 |
| 17773605 | ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR TIRE CORD, TIRE CORD, AND TIRE | CHOI, PETER Y | 1786 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 31d overdue | Pending | Apr 30, 2022 |
| 17771503 | SKIN COOLING FABRIC, POLYETHYLENE YARN THEREFOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POLYETHYLENE YARN | WORRELL, KEVIN | 1789 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
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