Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology currently has 5 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, indicating a highly decentralized prosecution profile. This level of distribution suggests that the institute's research and development efforts in chemistry and materials are diverse, touching upon multiple specialized technical fields.
CHRISTINA CHERN is the busiest examiner for the institute, currently handling 1 pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is among the 5 pending office actions currently active. Because there are 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units involved, the institute must manage these separate examination processes simultaneously. This variety in examiners and art units means that the prosecution strategy cannot be uniform, as each of the 5 pending actions is subject to the specific interpretations and procedures of 5 distinct art units.
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 | 3 (60%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHERN, CHRISTINA | 1 | 39.1% | +41.5% |
| WALCK, BRIAN D | 1 | 58.9% | +26.7% |
| MURESAN, ANA Z | 1 | 75.0% | +31.2% |
| HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | 1 | 49.3% | +44.2% |
| HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 1 | 68.0% | +43.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18698776 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD FOR METAL POWDER | WALCK, BRIAN D | — |
| 18254127 | DISCHARGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISCHARGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISCHARGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR USED BATTERIES | HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18255829 | SELENIUM-BASED CATALYST SYSTEM FOR PREPARING CARBONATE DERIVATIVE, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CARBONATE DERIVATIVE BY USING SAME | MURESAN, ANA Z | 35d |
| 18715734 | BIPV-APPLICABLE HIGH-POWER SHINGLED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | CHERN, CHRISTINA | — |
| 18698776 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD FOR METAL POWDER | WALCK, BRIAN D | — |
| 18254127 | DISCHARGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISCHARGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISCHARGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR USED BATTERIES | HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | — |
| 17536358 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING PAD HAVING PATTERN SUBSTRATE | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1722 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1692 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18715734 | BIPV-APPLICABLE HIGH-POWER SHINGLED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 1722 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18698776 | HEAT TREATMENT METHOD FOR METAL POWDER | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18255829 | SELENIUM-BASED CATALYST SYSTEM FOR PREPARING CARBONATE DERIVATIVE, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CARBONATE DERIVATIVE BY USING SAME | MURESAN, ANA Z | 1692 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18254127 | DISCHARGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISCHARGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISCHARGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR USED BATTERIES | HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | 2859 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 17536358 | CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING PAD HAVING PATTERN SUBSTRATE | HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialKorea Institute of Industrial Technology has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Christina Chern has the most, with 1 of Korea Institute of Industrial Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
