Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Aerospace Research Institute is managing 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The concentration of 4 actions into only 2 art units indicates that the pending applications are technically related and fall within a narrow range of classifications.
BONZELL, PHILIP J is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Although the actions are concentrated in 2 art units, the involvement of 4 distinct examiners suggests that each application is being reviewed independently within those units. This provides the institute with 4 different sets of examiner feedback, even while the subject matter remains focused on specific transportation and mechanical systems.
The presence of 4 pending office actions across 2 art units suggests a strategy of filing multiple related applications. By engaging 4 distinct examiners, the institute can explore different facets of its technology through various examination lenses. This approach balances the benefits of technical concentration in 2 art units with the diverse perspectives offered by 4 different examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BONZELL, PHILIP J | 1 | 78.6% | +12.3% |
| FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE | 1 | 85.1% | +1.1% |
| MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 1 | 65.9% | +24.0% |
| MAPAR, BIJAN | 1 | 67.7% | +27.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18924739 | RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE DETECTORS | FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567856 | FIBER WINDING DEVICE | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18951988 | AIRCRAFT WITH MULTI-POWER SOURCE ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM | BONZELL, PHILIP J | — |
| 18567856 | FIBER WINDING DEVICE | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | — |
| 18523758 | SPACE DIGITAL TWIN DEVICE AND METHOD | MAPAR, BIJAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18951988 | AIRCRAFT WITH MULTI-POWER SOURCE ELECTRIC PROPULSION SYSTEM | BONZELL, PHILIP J | 3642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18924739 | RESISTANCE TEMPERATURE DETECTORS | FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18567856 | FIBER WINDING DEVICE | MELIKA, ERMIA EMAD | 3654 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18523758 | SPACE DIGITAL TWIN DEVICE AND METHOD | MAPAR, BIJAN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKorea Aerospace Research Institute has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Philip J Bonzell has the most, with 1 of Korea Aerospace Research Institute's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
