Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology is currently managing 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, with CHERN, CHRISTINA identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending action. This distribution shows that every active matter is being reviewed by a different examiner.
The 5 pending office actions are spread across 4 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's work in Chemistry & Materials is being evaluated by several different administrative groups within the patent office. With 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units involved, the prosecution of these 5 pending actions involves a diverse set of perspectives and departmental standards, rather than being concentrated under a single reviewer or unit.
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% | +41.3% |
| WALCK, BRIAN D | 1 | 58.7% | +26.9% |
| MURESAN, ANA Z | 1 | 75.0% | +31.3% |
| HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J | 1 | 49.5% | +43.8% |
| HAWKINS, JASON KHALIL | 1 | 67.5% | +44.3% |
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 |
| 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 | — | §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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