Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Korea Institute Of Materials Science

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

Deadline Fire Line

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.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

6
Hard (50%)
6
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (17%)
§102 only2 (17%)
Double-patenting + other2 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
6
Business / Other
50% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WU, JENNY R 2 63.5% +16.0%
PETTITT, JOHN F 1 26.0% +21.8%
VO, HAI 1 57.1% +72.4%
SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE 1 35.6% +52.0%
YANCHUS III, PAUL B 1 82.6% +13.6%
GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1 75.0% +0.0%
ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M 1 69.0% +37.4%
HEVEY, JOHN A 1 61.6% +19.9%
HU, ANN M 1 67.8% +21.6%
ROE, JESSEE RANDALL 1 76.4% +7.8%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18290362 MEMBER FOR MAGNETIC COOLING AND AMR BED COMPRISING SAME ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M 61d
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 —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18273718 FINE GRAINED PURE TITANIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR HEVEY, JOHN A 6d
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
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 —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 2
1735 1
3774 1
1759 1
1794 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 — §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 — §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 — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18738177 AIR PURIFIER WITH FUNCTION OF INACTIVATING COLLECTED PATHOGENS IN FILTER PORTION SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE — §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 — §102§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
18290362 MEMBER FOR MAGNETIC COOLING AND AMR BED COMPRISING SAME ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18273718 FINE GRAINED PURE TITANIUM AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR HEVEY, JOHN A 1735 §102 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jul 21, 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 Non-Final OA 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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