Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute currently manages 8 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 5 distinct art units, indicating a focused but multi-disciplinary examination environment. Practitioners should note that the 8 distinct examiners assigned to these cases suggest a lack of examiner concentration, requiring diverse advocacy strategies for each application to address individual examiner preferences.
Jonathan L Sample is identified as the busiest examiner for this entity, though he currently handles only 1 pending office action. This low concentration of 1 pending case with the busiest examiner reinforces the observation that the portfolio is widely dispersed. The distribution across 5 distinct art units suggests that while the core technology is semiconductors, the specific applications of the institute's research may trigger varied examination standards across the USPTO. This fragmentation necessitates a highly individualized approach to each file in the current inventory.
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 | 4 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 1 | 82.8% | +11.9% |
| AVILA, STEPHEN P | 1 | 80.3% | +10.3% |
| WANG, JING | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | 1 | 23.8% | +30.0% |
| OTT, PATRICK S | 1 | 67.9% | +23.2% |
| LEE, SHUN K | 1 | 42.2% | +16.3% |
| MUNOZ, ANDRES F | 1 | 76.3% | +17.5% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19309816 | THE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A ROTATING CYLINDER USING MULTIPLE BEVELED WHEELS | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | — |
| 18987881 | MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SEAWATER PROPULSION THRUSTER | AVILA, STEPHEN P | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 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 | — |
| 18576153 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF ZIRCONIUM ALLOY CLADDING TUBES | OTT, PATRICK S | — |
| 18198024 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GaN_BASED POWER DEVICE AND GaN_BASED POWER DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY | MUNOZ, ANDRES F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19309816 | THE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A ROTATING CYLINDER USING MULTIPLE BEVELED WHEELS | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | — |
| 18987881 | MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SEAWATER PROPULSION THRUSTER | AVILA, STEPHEN P | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18198024 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GaN_BASED POWER DEVICE AND GaN_BASED POWER DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY | MUNOZ, ANDRES F | — |
| 17857585 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | LING, FOR K. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3657 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 2884 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19309816 | THE CONTROL DEVICE FOR A ROTATING CYLINDER USING MULTIPLE BEVELED WHEELS | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 18987881 | MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SEAWATER PROPULSION THRUSTER | AVILA, STEPHEN P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18945760 | PROMPT GAMMA NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS APPARATUS | WANG, JING | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18857233 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO REMOVE TRITIUM FROM HIGH VOLUMETRIC WASTEWATERS | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 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 |
| 18198024 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GaN_BASED POWER DEVICE AND GaN_BASED POWER DEVICE MANUFACTURED THEREBY | MUNOZ, ANDRES F | 2818 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 17857585 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | LING, FOR K. | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2022 |
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