Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation currently manages 4 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These active cases are handled by 4 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. This exact match between the number of pending actions, examiners, and art units indicates that every single application is being reviewed by a different person in a different department.

FRITH, SEAN A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because there are 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, no individual examiner holds more than one case. This total lack of examiner overlap requires a prosecution strategy tailored to 4 different individual perspectives.

The 4 distinct art units involved show that the university has a broad reach within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector, touching many different specialized groups. With 4 pending office actions spread so thinly across examiners and art units, practitioners cannot rely on building a rapport with a single primary examiner or department for this portfolio.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FRITH, SEAN A 1 62.5% +26.6%
KARACSONY, ROBERT 1 77.1% +15.4%
LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT 1 82.8% +13.9%
LAU, JASON 1 54.1% +15.9%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18397445 LED DEVICE AND INK COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT —

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19253807 ILLUMINANCE MEASURING APPARATUS, BIO-ILLUMINANCE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND BIO-ILLUMINANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING THE SAME FRITH, SEAN A —
18495385 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD USING BIOCHAR OVEN LAU, JASON —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19253807 ILLUMINANCE MEASURING APPARATUS, BIO-ILLUMINANCE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND BIO-ILLUMINANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING THE SAME FRITH, SEAN A —
18961924 ANTENNA FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ULTRA-WIDE BAND SIGNAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE ANTENNA KARACSONY, ROBERT —
18397445 LED DEVICE AND INK COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT —
18495385 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD USING BIOCHAR OVEN LAU, JASON —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3798 1
2845 1
2818 1
1732 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19253807 ILLUMINANCE MEASURING APPARATUS, BIO-ILLUMINANCE MEASURING SYSTEM, AND BIO-ILLUMINANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD USING THE SAME FRITH, SEAN A 3798 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2025
18961924 ANTENNA FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ULTRA-WIDE BAND SIGNAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE ANTENNA KARACSONY, ROBERT 2845 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18397445 LED DEVICE AND INK COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT 2818 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 27, 2023
18495385 HYDROGEN PRODUCTION SYSTEM AND HYDROGEN PRODUCTION METHOD USING BIOCHAR OVEN LAU, JASON 1732 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation have?

Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation applications?

Sean A Frith has the most, with 1 of Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Kookmin University Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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