Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources currently has 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These active matters are distributed across 3 distinct art units, indicating that the institute's research and development efforts span several specialized sub-fields within the chemistry sector. The involvement of 4 distinct examiners suggests that each pending action is being reviewed by a different individual, which may lead to varied prosecution experiences across the 4 pending office actions.
The busiest examiner identified for this portfolio is DUNLAP, JONATHAN M, who is currently handling 1 pending office action. With 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, the workload is perfectly distributed, meaning no single examiner has a disproportionate influence over the portfolio's immediate outcomes. However, the concentration within 3 distinct art units suggests that while the examiners differ, the technological focus remains relatively consistent. This structure requires the applicant to maintain technical consistency across the 3 distinct art units while adapting to the individual styles of the 4 distinct examiners involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNLAP, JONATHAN M | 1 | 76.2% | +17.0% |
| PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1 | 45.9% | +35.9% |
| MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
| FIORITO, JAMES A | 1 | 71.6% | +27.9% |
| ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 1 | 52.4% | +34.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18595662 | LOADED-TYPE SURVEYING SENSOR USING CNT OR CONDUCTIVE POLYMER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DUNLAP, JONATHAN M | — |
| 18555648 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM-CONCENTRATED SOLUTION WITH HIGH RECOVERY RATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM COMPOUND USING SAME | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18257464 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CDI COMPRISING CLAY MINERAL COMPLEX, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 8d |
| 18595662 | LOADED-TYPE SURVEYING SENSOR USING CNT OR CONDUCTIVE POLYMER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DUNLAP, JONATHAN M | — |
| 18574420 | METHOD FOR PARTIALLY REDUCING VANADIUM PENTOXIDE USING AMMONIA SOLUTION, AND VANADIUM DIOXIDE POWDER PREPARED THEREBY | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | — |
| 18555648 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM-CONCENTRATED SOLUTION WITH HIGH RECOVERY RATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM COMPOUND USING SAME | FIORITO, JAMES A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1713 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1731 | 1 |
| 1612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18595662 | LOADED-TYPE SURVEYING SENSOR USING CNT OR CONDUCTIVE POLYMER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DUNLAP, JONATHAN M | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18574420 | METHOD FOR PARTIALLY REDUCING VANADIUM PENTOXIDE USING AMMONIA SOLUTION, AND VANADIUM DIOXIDE POWDER PREPARED THEREBY | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18501942 | HYDROMETALLURGICAL METHOD FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM-CONTAINING MINERAL AND LITHIUM AQUEOUS SOLUTION RECOVERED THEREFROM | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18555648 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM-CONCENTRATED SOLUTION WITH HIGH RECOVERY RATE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM COMPOUND USING SAME | FIORITO, JAMES A | 1731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18257464 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CDI COMPRISING CLAY MINERAL COMPLEX, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA | 1612 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
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