Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Korea Institute of Science and Technology

45 pending office actions • 32 art units • 44 examiners • 0 of 45 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 86 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

45
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

20
Hard (44%)
22
Medium (49%)
3
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§101 + other6 (13%)
§103 only19 (42%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only3 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

27
Life Sciences
60% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
6
Business / Other
13% 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.

450 h
Manual time on pending OAs
90 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
158 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 2 65.0% +28.2%
ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 1 76.1% +11.8%
SINGH, ESVINDER 1 76.8% +24.0%
SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN 1 100.0% +0.0%
BARBER, KIMBERLY 1 73.4% +18.0%
MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1 100.0% +0.0%
KAKARLA, BHASKAR 1
GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1 28.8% +37.1%
HAILEY, PATRICIA L 1 88.1% +10.1%
GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON 1 46.2% +54.1%

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
18615762 METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS-POLYMER FIBER-BASED ADSORBENT FORMING A CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND RARE EARTH METAL RECOVERY METHOD HAILEY, PATRICIA L

Hard Cases (20)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18300285 OIL-SORBENT SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH 45d overdue
17485316 Monitoring Device, System, and Method for Unrestrained Neural Signal Analysis TU, AURELIE H 38d overdue
17874563 METHOD OF DETECTING ERP SIGNAL BASED ON HEART-RATE EVOKED POTENTIAL HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 5d overdue
18194274 ORGANIC CARBONATE-BASED HIGH FLASH POINT ELECTROLYTE AMPONSAH, OSEI K 28d
18551271 NOVEL PEPTIDE-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATE AND USE THEREOF REYNOLDS, FRED H 29d
18420013 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING DRUG ADDICTION, METHOD FOR SCREENING THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DRUG ADDICTION AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING DRUG ADDICTION DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 34d
17716220 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING GERIATRIC SYNDROMES USING FOOT CHARACTERISTICS AND BALANCE CHARACTERISTICS PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE 63d
18730928 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION, AMELIORATION OR TREATMENT OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE, COMPRISING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM ROSEBURIA SPP. OR BIFIDOBACTERIUM SPP. SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN

Interview Candidates (8)

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
19037677 SMALL ACTUATOR ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 15d overdue
18641747 TWO-DIMENSIONAL METAL CARBIDE, NITRIDE, AND CARBONITRIDE FILMS AND COMPOSITES FOR EMI SHIELDING NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 4d overdue
18979448 COOPERATIVE CONTROL METOD FOR MULTI-ROBOT AND DEVICE THEREOF SINGH, ESVINDER 30d
18730010 APATITE FOR FILLER AND FILLER COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME BARBER, KIMBERLY
18637842 FIBER COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN
18615762 METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS-POLYMER FIBER-BASED ADSORBENT FORMING A CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND RARE EARTH METAL RECOVERY METHOD HAILEY, PATRICIA L
18598746 USE OF MECP2 AS BIOMARKER FOR DEPRESSION DIAGNOSIS AND DEPRESSION TREATMENT TARGET GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON
18486319 CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1655 3
3791 3
1761 2
1658 2
1723 2
3618 1
3657 1
1622 1
1789 1
1636 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19037677 SMALL ACTUATOR ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2025
18979448 COOPERATIVE CONTROL METOD FOR MULTI-ROBOT AND DEVICE THEREOF SINGH, ESVINDER 3657 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Dec 12, 2024
18730928 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION, AMELIORATION OR TREATMENT OF NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE, COMPRISING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM ROSEBURIA SPP. OR BIFIDOBACTERIUM SPP. SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18730010 APATITE FOR FILLER AND FILLER COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME BARBER, KIMBERLY 1622 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18749263 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MUSCLE DISEASE COMPRISING ARALIA ELATA EXTRACT MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1655 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18741132 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING LABORATORY BASED ON MODULAR EXPERIMENT PROCESS KAKARLA, BHASKAR §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18641747 TWO-DIMENSIONAL METAL CARBIDE, NITRIDE, AND CARBONITRIDE FILMS AND COMPOSITES FOR EMI SHIELDING NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18637842 FIBER COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18615762 METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS-POLYMER FIBER-BASED ADSORBENT FORMING A CORE-SHELL STRUCTURE AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND RARE EARTH METAL RECOVERY METHOD HAILEY, PATRICIA L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18598746 USE OF MECP2 AS BIOMARKER FOR DEPRESSION DIAGNOSIS AND DEPRESSION TREATMENT TARGET GOMEZ RODRIGUEZ, JULIO WASHINGTON §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18441653 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING LIVER FIBROSIS INCLUDING SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT MELLER, MICHAEL V 1655 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 14, 2024
18420013 METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING DRUG ADDICTION, METHOD FOR SCREENING THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR DRUG ADDICTION AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING DRUG ADDICTION DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1636 §103§112Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18417456 METHOD OF PRODUCING COMPOSITE SOLID ELECTROLYTE HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18404121 COMPOSITION FOR AMELIORATING WRINKLES USING FERMENTED EXTRACT OF CANNABIS STEM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF WALKER, MARNITIA TRARESE 1655 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 04, 2024
18396120 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING XR-BASED UPPER LIMB MOTION CONTROL AND MOTION CONTROL ABILITY CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 26, 2023
18530106 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR ENHANCING IMMUNITY OR ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY INCLUDING EXTRACT OF PSEUDOLYSIMACHION NAKAIANUM (OHWI) T.YAMAZ AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18501974 IONOMER COMPRISING COMPOUND DERIVED FROM N,N-DIALLYLAMINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF VO, JIMMY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18493236 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ACTION TENDENCY CONSIDERING EMOTION AND MOOD ACCORDING TO EXTERNAL INFORMATION RECOGNITION AND METHOD THEREOF MESFIN, MATTHEWOS 2145 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18486319 CARBON NANOTUBE COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 13, 2023
18551271 NOVEL PEPTIDE-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATE AND USE THEREOF REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18470084 METHOD OF PRINTING NANOSTRUCTURE MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18232456 BEARING STEEL WITH IMPROVED INSULATION PERFORMANCE YANG, JIE 1734 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 10, 2023
18269255 NOVEL PEPTIDE CAPABLE OF INHIBITING TGF-ß SIGNALING AND USE THEREOF LEE, JIA-HAI 1658 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18328094 SOFT GRIPPER CAPABLE OF GRIPPING TARGETS HAVING VARIOUS DIAMETERS, AND ROBOT SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME LEE, GILBERT Y 3675 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18039071 EXOSOMES EXPRESSING RSVF AND USE THEREOF HAM, JIEUN 1643 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
18038453 BIOMARKERS FOR DIAGNOSING PROSTATE CANCER, COMBINATION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF ZEMAN, MARY K 1642 §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2023
18321248 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA ROSARIO, DENNIS 2676 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18036287 POROUS ARAMID NANOFIBER THIN FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME KRYLOVA, IRINA 1723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2023
18303650 INTELLIGENT ROBOT JUNG, JAEWOOK 3656 §112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18249379 MEDIUM COMPOSITION INCLUDING ETHANOL FOR PRODUCTION OF 2,3-BUTANEDIOL FROM SYNTHETIC GAS AND 2,3-BUTANEDIOL PRODUCTION METHOD USING SAME MOAZZAMI, NAGHMEH NINA 1652 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2023
18300285 OIL-SORBENT SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH 1735 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18194274 ORGANIC CARBONATE-BASED HIGH FLASH POINT ELECTROLYTE AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1752 §102§103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18006584 USE OF 2,3,5-SUBSTITUTED THIOPHENE COMPOUND FOR PREVENTING, ALLEVIATION, OR TREATING MASTOCYTOSIS CORNET, JEAN P 1628 §103Other Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jan 24, 2023
18156277 ANODIC ELECTRODE, WATER ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME SYLVESTER, KEVIN 1794 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18078328 DILUTION SOLUTION FOR MEASURING FREE STEROIDS IN BLOOD AND METHOD FOR MEASURING STEROID USING THE SAME KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2022
18049085 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARATION OF ALKYLENE CARBONATE USING POLYAMINE-HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T 1774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 24, 2022
17874563 METHOD OF DETECTING ERP SIGNAL BASED ON HEART-RATE EVOKED POTENTIAL HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17747354 SENSOR FOR DOPAMINE-SELECTIVE DETECTION AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR QIAN, SHIZHI 1700 §112 Non-Final OA Pending May 18, 2022
17716220 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING GERIATRIC SYNDROMES USING FOOT CHARACTERISTICS AND BALANCE CHARACTERISTICS PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE 3791 §101§112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Apr 08, 2022
17684300 ANODE-FREE ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY INCLUDING SOLID ELECTROLYTE HAVING HIGH ION CONDUCTIVITY AND SURFACE-ROUGHENED ANODE CURRENT COLLECTOR ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2022
17673965 MEMORY ARCHITECTURE AND KIOSK FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATION SERVICE USING THE SAME SMITH, LINDSEY B 3688 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2022
17537209 HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTRODE FOR WATER ELECTROLYSIS USING ELECTROSPRAY, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME, WATER ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA 1795 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2021
17525967 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING BNNT AND PURIFIED BNNT PEO, KARA M 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2021
17485316 Monitoring Device, System, and Method for Unrestrained Neural Signal Analysis TU, AURELIE H 3791 §101 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2021
17475346 TRANSPARENT THIN FILM HEATER WITH GOOD MOISTURE TOLERANCE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES COMPRISING A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE AND THE METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME WARD, THOMAS JOHN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2021

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