Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI 1 66.3% +25.3%
PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1 41.4% +36.7%
MANG, LAL C 1 76.2% +16.2%
ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA 1 53.4% +40.2%
LEE, WILLIAM Y 1 48.0% +33.8%

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18380751 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING URBAN GROUND STABILITY USING TRAFFIC NOISE MANG, LAL C 9d overdue
18257464 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CDI COMPRISING CLAY MINERAL COMPLEX, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA 8d
18425026 METHOD FOR RECYCLING WASTE LITHIUM ION BATTERY, METHOD FOR SMART RECYCLING WASTE LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND SYSTEM FOR SMART RECYCLING WASTE LITHIUM ION BATTERY COMPRISING PARTIAL MELT SEPARATION PROCESS FOR LITHIUM ALLOY COMPOUND FORMATION AND GRAPHITE SEPARATION TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI
18290355 HIGH VALUE-ADDED METHOD FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY FROM LITHIUM SLUDGE AND FLUORIDE SLUDGE PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18380751 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING URBAN GROUND STABILITY USING TRAFFIC NOISE MANG, LAL C 9d overdue
18257464 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CDI COMPRISING CLAY MINERAL COMPLEX, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA 8d
18425026 METHOD FOR RECYCLING WASTE LITHIUM ION BATTERY, METHOD FOR SMART RECYCLING WASTE LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND SYSTEM FOR SMART RECYCLING WASTE LITHIUM ION BATTERY COMPRISING PARTIAL MELT SEPARATION PROCESS FOR LITHIUM ALLOY COMPOUND FORMATION AND GRAPHITE SEPARATION TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI
18290355 HIGH VALUE-ADDED METHOD FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY FROM LITHIUM SLUDGE AND FLUORIDE SLUDGE PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY
17620577 CONTROLLED-RELEASE COMPOSITION FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION COMPRISING COMPLEX OF ALPHA ADRENERGIC BLOCKER COMPOUND AND CLAY MINERAL LEE, WILLIAM Y

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1738 1
2857 1
1612 1
1623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18425026 METHOD FOR RECYCLING WASTE LITHIUM ION BATTERY, METHOD FOR SMART RECYCLING WASTE LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND SYSTEM FOR SMART RECYCLING WASTE LITHIUM ION BATTERY COMPRISING PARTIAL MELT SEPARATION PROCESS FOR LITHIUM ALLOY COMPOUND FORMATION AND GRAPHITE SEPARATION TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18290355 HIGH VALUE-ADDED METHOD FOR RESOURCE RECOVERY FROM LITHIUM SLUDGE AND FLUORIDE SLUDGE PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2023
18380751 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING URBAN GROUND STABILITY USING TRAFFIC NOISE MANG, LAL C 2857 §101 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18257464 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CDI COMPRISING CLAY MINERAL COMPLEX, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME ABBAS, ABDULRAHMAN MUSTAFA 1612 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 8d Pending Jun 14, 2023
17620577 CONTROLLED-RELEASE COMPOSITION FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION COMPRISING COMPLEX OF ALPHA ADRENERGIC BLOCKER COMPOUND AND CLAY MINERAL LEE, WILLIAM Y 1623 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2021

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