Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Korea Institute of Energy Research is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among a matching number of distinct examiners, which indicates that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual at the patent office. The prosecution activity spans 4 distinct art units, suggesting a range of technical focus within the chemistry field.
DERUSSO, JOHN J is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because there are 6 distinct examiners for the matters, the workload is evenly spread across the examining staff. The involvement of 4 distinct art units shows that the company's patent applications are being scrutinized by multiple specialized groups rather than a single department.
For patent practitioners, the distribution across 4 distinct art units means that prosecution strategies should account for the specific requirements of different units. The presence of multiple examiners ensures that no single examiner has a disproportionate impact on the portfolio's overall progress. These matters represent the total active administrative burden for the institute in this sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (100%) |
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 | 80.4% | +14.0% |
| THROWER, LARRY W | 1 | 65.9% | +12.6% |
| FANG, MICHAEL | 1 | — | — |
| BERNS, DANIEL J | 1 | 73.1% | +34.1% |
| HAILEY, PATRICIA L | 1 | 88.1% | +10.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 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 4 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1744 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1732 | 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 |
| 18440700 | REDOX FLOW BATTERY INCLUDING STACKED FRAMES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | FANG, MICHAEL | — | §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 | — | §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 |
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