Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Korea Institute Of Materials Science

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

2
Hard (29%)
4
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VO, HAI 1 57.1% +72.3%
CHU, YONG LIANG 1 74.9% +3.0%
YANCHUS III, PAUL B 1 82.7% +13.5%
GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
HEVEY, JOHN A 1 61.3% +20.1%
ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1 76.3% +7.8%
DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1 53.5% +43.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18738289 QUARANTINE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING SPREAD OF AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES YANCHUS III, PAUL B

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18701081 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Mn-Bi-BASED RESIN MAGNET, AND Mn-Bi-BASED RESIN MAGNET MANUFACTURED THEREFROM GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN
17285349 MAGNESIA, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, HIGHLY THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MAGNESIA COMPOSITION, AND MAGNESIA CERAMIC USING SAME DIAZ, MATTHEW R

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18273718 FINE GRAINED PURE TITANIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR HEVEY, JOHN A 6d
18938434 HIGH HEAT-RESISTANT CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE POLYMER COMPOSITE AND HYBRID COMPOSITE INCLUDING THE SAME VO, HAI
18738289 QUARANTINE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING SPREAD OF AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES YANCHUS III, PAUL B
17285349 MAGNESIA, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, HIGHLY THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MAGNESIA COMPOSITION, AND MAGNESIA CERAMIC USING SAME DIAZ, MATTHEW R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1731 1
1735 1
1759 1
1761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18938434 HIGH HEAT-RESISTANT CARBON NANOSTRUCTURE POLYMER COMPOSITE AND HYBRID COMPOSITE INCLUDING THE SAME VO, HAI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18813873 CATALYST MODULE FOR REMOVING HARMFUL GAS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME FOR REMOVING HARMFUL GAS, HARMFUL SUBSTANCE REMOVING APPARATUS COMPRISING CATALYST MODULE FOR REMOVING RESIDUAL OZONE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND HARMFUL SUBSTANCE REMOVING SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME CHU, YONG LIANG 1731 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18738289 QUARANTINE AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR PREVENTING SPREAD OF AIRBORNE INFECTIOUS DISEASES YANCHUS III, PAUL B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18701081 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING Mn-Bi-BASED RESIN MAGNET, AND Mn-Bi-BASED RESIN MAGNET MANUFACTURED THEREFROM GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18273718 FINE GRAINED PURE TITANIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR HEVEY, JOHN A 1735 §102 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18035898 SUPER-HEAT-RESISTANT ALLOY ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending May 08, 2023
17285349 MAGNESIA, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, HIGHLY THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MAGNESIA COMPOSITION, AND MAGNESIA CERAMIC USING SAME DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1761 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2021

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