Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Institute of Energy Research has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 7 examiners across 6 art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with some recurrence at the art-unit level.
DERUSSO, JOHN J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has a larger reported share, so counsel should not rely on a single examiner playbook. Coordinated docket control and art-unit-specific analysis are useful for maintaining consistency across the seven pending matters.
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 | 1 (12%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1 | 80.5% | +14.0% |
| THROWER, LARRY W | 1 | 65.9% | +12.6% |
| CHENG, VIVIAN S | 1 | — | — |
| FANG, MICHAEL | 1 | — | — |
| BERNS, DANIEL J | 1 | 73.0% | +33.7% |
| HAILEY, PATRICIA L | 1 | 88.2% | +10.0% |
| KNOX, KALERIA | 1 | 68.3% | +25.0% |
| LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD | 1 | 77.7% | +23.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18700915 | HIGH-DENSITY HEAT STORAGE MOLDED BODY HAVING POROUS STRUCTURE STABLE IN HEAT STORAGE AND RELEASE CYCLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 18775766 | WASTE PLASTIC GASIFICATION DEVICE AND WASTE PLASTIC GASIFICATION METHOD | THROWER, LARRY W | — |
| 18763711 | ALKALI METAL THERMAL-TO-ELECTRIC CONVERTER HAVING LARGE EFFECTIVE IONIZATION AREA | CHENG, VIVIAN S | — |
| 18440700 | REDOX FLOW BATTERY INCLUDING STACKED FRAMES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | FANG, MICHAEL | — |
| 18529269 | CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE USING THE SAME | BERNS, DANIEL J | — |
| 18519903 | SINGLE ATOM CATALYST FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE CONVERSION AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME | HAILEY, PATRICIA L | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18700915 | HIGH-DENSITY HEAT STORAGE MOLDED BODY HAVING POROUS STRUCTURE STABLE IN HEAT STORAGE AND RELEASE CYCLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | DERUSSO, JOHN J | — |
| 18775766 | WASTE PLASTIC GASIFICATION DEVICE AND WASTE PLASTIC GASIFICATION METHOD | THROWER, LARRY W | — |
| 18529269 | CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE USING THE SAME | BERNS, DANIEL J | — |
| 18519903 | SINGLE ATOM CATALYST FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE CONVERSION AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME | HAILEY, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18367149 | ARC RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NETWORK | KNOX, KALERIA | — |
| 18104926 | COMPOSITE CATALYST FOR CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT REGENERATION | LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1732 | 2 |
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18700915 | HIGH-DENSITY HEAT STORAGE MOLDED BODY HAVING POROUS STRUCTURE STABLE IN HEAT STORAGE AND RELEASE CYCLE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | DERUSSO, JOHN J | 1744 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18775766 | WASTE PLASTIC GASIFICATION DEVICE AND WASTE PLASTIC GASIFICATION METHOD | THROWER, LARRY W | 1754 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18763711 | ALKALI METAL THERMAL-TO-ELECTRIC CONVERTER HAVING LARGE EFFECTIVE IONIZATION AREA | CHENG, VIVIAN S | 1781 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18440700 | REDOX FLOW BATTERY INCLUDING STACKED FRAMES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | FANG, MICHAEL | 1784 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18529269 | CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING CARBON DIOXIDE USING THE SAME | BERNS, DANIEL J | 1736 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18519903 | SINGLE ATOM CATALYST FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CARBON DIOXIDE CONVERSION AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME | HAILEY, PATRICIA L | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18367149 | ARC RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NETWORK | KNOX, KALERIA | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18104926 | COMPOSITE CATALYST FOR CARBON DIOXIDE ABSORBENT REGENERATION | LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD | 1732 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKorea Institute of Energy Research has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.
John J Derusso has the most, with 1 of Korea Institute of Energy Research's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
