Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has 9 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 9 distinct examiners across 8 distinct art units, showing a widely distributed docket with limited repetition in art-unit assignment.
WILLIAMS, PATRICK C is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Portfolio counsel should emphasize individual case review and maintain a central record of claim terminology, disclosures, and response positions. The technology-area label supports broad subject-matter coordination, but the assignment figures do not show whether the cases share technical themes or similar office-action grounds.
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 (11%) |
| §103 only | 3 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (44%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS, PATRICK C | 1 | 80.7% | +25.2% |
| WANG, JING | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | 1 | 23.4% | +30.3% |
| SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL | 1 | 77.8% | -2.5% |
| OTT, PATRICK S | 1 | 68.0% | +23.7% |
| LEE, SHUN K | 1 | 42.6% | +16.4% |
| ESONU, VICTOR CHIGOZIRIM | 1 | 14.3% | +0.0% |
| TRAN, TAN N | 1 | 86.9% | +9.9% |
| LING, FOR K. | 1 | 53.7% | +18.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19191713 | PRESSURIZER VALVE DEVICE AND REACTOR FACILITY INCLUDING THE SAME | WILLIAMS, PATRICK C | — |
| 18196216 | Method for forming ohmic contact of GaN-based electronic device, and ohmic contact of GaN-based electronic device, manufactured thereby | TRAN, TAN N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18945760 | PROMPT GAMMA NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS APPARATUS | WANG, JING | — |
| 18857233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO REMOVE TRITIUM FROM HIGH VOLUMETRIC WASTEWATERS | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | — |
| 18682621 | RECYCLING METHOD OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES AND DEVICE USING THE SAME | SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL | — |
| 18576153 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF ZIRCONIUM ALLOY CLADDING TUBES | OTT, PATRICK S | — |
| 18490034 | Apparatus and Method for Diganosis and Prediction of Severe Accidents in Nuclear Power Plant using Artificial Intelligence and Storage Medium Storing Instructions to Performing Method for Digonosis and Prediction of Severe Accidents in Nuclear Power Plant | ESONU, VICTOR CHIGOZIRIM | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19191713 | PRESSURIZER VALVE DEVICE AND REACTOR FACILITY INCLUDING THE SAME | WILLIAMS, PATRICK C | — |
| 18857233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO REMOVE TRITIUM FROM HIGH VOLUMETRIC WASTEWATERS | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | — |
| 18576153 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF ZIRCONIUM ALLOY CLADDING TUBES | OTT, PATRICK S | — |
| 18575627 | RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | LEE, SHUN K | — |
| 17857585 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | LING, FOR K. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2881 | 1 |
| 1779 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| 2812 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19191713 | PRESSURIZER VALVE DEVICE AND REACTOR FACILITY INCLUDING THE SAME | WILLIAMS, PATRICK C | — | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 18945760 | PROMPT GAMMA NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS APPARATUS | WANG, JING | 2881 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18857233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO REMOVE TRITIUM FROM HIGH VOLUMETRIC WASTEWATERS | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | 1779 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18682621 | RECYCLING METHOD OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY BATTERIES AND DEVICE USING THE SAME | SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL | 1736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18576153 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF ZIRCONIUM ALLOY CLADDING TUBES | OTT, PATRICK S | 1794 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18575627 | RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | LEE, SHUN K | 2884 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18490034 | Apparatus and Method for Diganosis and Prediction of Severe Accidents in Nuclear Power Plant using Artificial Intelligence and Storage Medium Storing Instructions to Performing Method for Digonosis and Prediction of Severe Accidents in Nuclear Power Plant | ESONU, VICTOR CHIGOZIRIM | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18196216 | Method for forming ohmic contact of GaN-based electronic device, and ohmic contact of GaN-based electronic device, manufactured thereby | TRAN, TAN N | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 17857585 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | LING, FOR K. | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKorea Atomic Energy Research Institute has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 9 examiners.
Patrick C Williams has the most, with 1 of Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
