Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
13 pending office actions • 10 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Institute Of Materials Science has 12 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters span 11 examiners and 10 art units, showing broad distribution across examination groups.
WU, JENNY R is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. The remaining matters are handled through other examiner assignments, so portfolio management should not rely on a single examiner strategy.
The workload favors centralized deadline control and a structured process for identifying recurring technical issues. Counsel should coordinate common claim positions where appropriate, while tailoring each response to the relevant art unit, examiner, and prosecution history.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (15%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (15%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WU, JENNY R | 2 | 63.6% | +15.9% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 1 | 25.9% | +21.6% |
| VO, HAI | 1 | 57.1% | +72.5% |
| SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | 1 | 37.1% | +49.7% |
| YANCHUS III, PAUL B | 1 | 82.5% | +13.9% |
| RICKMAN, HOLLY C | 1 | 70.9% | +22.6% |
| GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1 | 83.3% | +0.0% |
| WALCK, BRIAN D | 1 | 58.9% | +26.7% |
| ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 1 | 69.7% | +36.5% |
| HU, ANN M | 1 | 67.8% | +21.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18290362 | MEMBER FOR MAGNETIC COOLING AND AMR BED COMPRISING SAME | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 61d |
| 18717554 | LOW-DIELECTRIC-CONSTANT POLYMER SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | RICKMAN, HOLLY C | 82d |
| 18992426 | CARTRIDGE-REPLACEABLE MAGNETIC COOLING SYSTEM | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| 18938434 | HIGH HEAT-RESISTANT CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE POLYMER COMPOSITE AND HYBRID COMPOSITE INCLUDING THE SAME | VO, HAI | — |
| 18738177 | AIR PURIFIER WITH FUNCTION OF INACTIVATING COLLECTED PATHOGENS IN FILTER PORTION | SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | — |
| 18738289 | QUARANTINE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING SPREAD OF AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES | YANCHUS III, PAUL B | — |
| 18701081 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Mn-Bi-BASED RESIN MAGNET, AND Mn-Bi-BASED RESIN MAGNET MANUFACTURED THEREFROM | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | — |
| 18700907 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Mn-Bi BASED SINTERED MAGNET, AND Mn-Bi BASED SINTERED MAGNET MANUFACTURED THEREFROM | WALCK, BRIAN D | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18270640 | COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPLEX HYDROGEL AND KIT FOR PREPARING ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPLEX HYDROGEL COMPRISING SAME | HU, ANN M | 15d |
| 18290362 | MEMBER FOR MAGNETIC COOLING AND AMR BED COMPRISING SAME | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 61d |
| 18717554 | LOW-DIELECTRIC-CONSTANT POLYMER SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | RICKMAN, HOLLY C | 82d |
| 18992426 | CARTRIDGE-REPLACEABLE MAGNETIC COOLING SYSTEM | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| 18938434 | HIGH HEAT-RESISTANT CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE POLYMER COMPOSITE AND HYBRID COMPOSITE INCLUDING THE SAME | VO, HAI | — |
| 18725472 | HIGH-STRENGTH, HIGH-FORMABILITY TITANIUM ALLOY USING MOLYBDENUM AND FERROCHROME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | WU, JENNY R | — |
| 18725512 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH-STRENGTH TITANIUM ALLOY BY USING FERROCHROME, AND HIGH-STRENGTH TITANIUM ALLOY | WU, JENNY R | — |
| 18738177 | AIR PURIFIER WITH FUNCTION OF INACTIVATING COLLECTED PATHOGENS IN FILTER PORTION | SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 2 |
| 1733 | 2 |
| 1759 | 2 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 3774 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18992426 | CARTRIDGE-REPLACEABLE MAGNETIC COOLING SYSTEM | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18938434 | HIGH HEAT-RESISTANT CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE POLYMER COMPOSITE AND HYBRID COMPOSITE INCLUDING THE SAME | VO, HAI | 1788 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18725472 | HIGH-STRENGTH, HIGH-FORMABILITY TITANIUM ALLOY USING MOLYBDENUM AND FERROCHROME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18725512 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HIGH-STRENGTH TITANIUM ALLOY BY USING FERROCHROME, AND HIGH-STRENGTH TITANIUM ALLOY | WU, JENNY R | 1733 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18738177 | AIR PURIFIER WITH FUNCTION OF INACTIVATING COLLECTED PATHOGENS IN FILTER PORTION | SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE | 1799 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18738289 | QUARANTINE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING SPREAD OF AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES | YANCHUS III, PAUL B | 2115 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18717554 | LOW-DIELECTRIC-CONSTANT POLYMER SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | RICKMAN, HOLLY C | 1785 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 82d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18701081 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Mn-Bi-BASED RESIN MAGNET, AND Mn-Bi-BASED RESIN MAGNET MANUFACTURED THEREFROM | GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1759 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18700907 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Mn-Bi BASED SINTERED MAGNET, AND Mn-Bi BASED SINTERED MAGNET MANUFACTURED THEREFROM | WALCK, BRIAN D | 1738 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18290362 | MEMBER FOR MAGNETIC COOLING AND AMR BED COMPRISING SAME | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18270640 | COMPOSITION FOR PREPARING ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPLEX HYDROGEL AND KIT FOR PREPARING ORGANIC-INORGANIC COMPLEX HYDROGEL COMPRISING SAME | HU, ANN M | 3774 | §102 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18035898 | SUPER-HEAT-RESISTANT ALLOY | ROE, JESSEE RANDALL | 1759 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | May 08, 2023 |
| 17637607 | WATER ELECTROLYSIS ELECTRODE CONTAINING CATALYST HAVING THREE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSHEET STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND WATER ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | SYLVESTER, KEVIN | 1794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 93d overdue | Pending | Feb 23, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKorea Institute Of Materials Science has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 12 examiners.
Jenny R Wu has the most, with 2 of Korea Institute Of Materials Science's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
