Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Korea Institute Of Science And Technology

42 pending office actions • 38 art units • 41 examiners • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 84 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

42
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 42 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
1
Due this week
10
Due this month
10
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. 42 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (10)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.

1
Hard (2%)
34
Medium (81%)
5
Easy (12%)
2
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only31 (74%)
§102 only3 (7%)
§112 only5 (12%)
No statute on record2 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

29
Life Sciences
69% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
3
Semiconductors
7% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

420 h
Manual time on pending OAs
84 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
147 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 2 100.0% +0.0%
NGUYEN, TRI V 1 67.6% +57.8%
ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 1 76.1% +11.6%
SINGH, ESVINDER 1 76.1% +23.1%
SONG, JIANFENG 1 56.1% +33.5%
CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1 62.1% +25.4%
NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1 65.1% +28.1%
CHERN, CHRISTINA 1 38.5% +41.4%
MORALES, JON ERIC C 1 85.6% +9.1%
GROSS, JASON PATRICK 1 60.0% +48.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18697219 PATTERNED OPTICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD MORALES, JON ERIC C 31d overdue
18540186 Composition for the prevention, improvement or treatment of allergic diseases comprising an extract of Cassia mimosoides L. as an active ingredient MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 26d
18435415 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MUSCULAR DISEASE CONTAINING PONCIRI FRUCTUS EXTRACT MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 28d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17485316 Monitoring Device, System, and Method for Unrestrained Neural Signal Analysis TU, AURELIE H 38d overdue

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
18730898 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING, AMELIORATING, OR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISEASES COMPRISING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM ROSEBURIA SPP. OR BIFIDOBACTERIUM SPP. SONG, JIANFENG 4d overdue
18641747 TWO-DIMENSIONAL METAL CARBIDE, NITRIDE, AND CARBONITRIDE FILMS AND COMPOSITES FOR EMI SHIELDING NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 4d overdue
19184765 MXene SURFACE-MODIFIED WITH METAL ALKOXIDE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF NGUYEN, TRI V 28d
18422685 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DEMENSIONAL NAVIGATION OF MEDICAL TOOL GROSS, JASON PATRICK 29d
18979448 COOPERATIVE CONTROL METOD FOR MULTI-ROBOT AND DEVICE THEREOF SINGH, ESVINDER 30d
18658586 METHOD FOR POLYMERIZING AND UPGRADING BIOMASS PYROLYSIS OIL CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 50d
18642165 BIFACIAL THIN FILM SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME CHERN, CHRISTINA 56d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 3
3796 2
1655 2
1764 1
3618 1
3657 1
1613 1
1772 1
1761 1
1722 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19184765 MXene SURFACE-MODIFIED WITH METAL ALKOXIDE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF NGUYEN, TRI V 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 21, 2025
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 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 12, 2024
18730898 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING, AMELIORATING, OR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISEASES COMPRISING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM ROSEBURIA SPP. OR BIFIDOBACTERIUM SPP. SONG, JIANFENG 1613 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18658586 METHOD FOR POLYMERIZING AND UPGRADING BIOMASS PYROLYSIS OIL CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending May 08, 2024
18641747 TWO-DIMENSIONAL METAL CARBIDE, NITRIDE, AND CARBONITRIDE FILMS AND COMPOSITES FOR EMI SHIELDING NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18642165 BIFACIAL THIN FILM SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME CHERN, CHRISTINA 1722 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Apr 22, 2024
18697219 PATTERNED OPTICAL STIMULATION DEVICE AND METHOD MORALES, JON ERIC C 3796 §102 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18435415 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MUSCULAR DISEASE CONTAINING PONCIRI FRUCTUS EXTRACT MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1655 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18422685 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-DEMENSIONAL NAVIGATION OF MEDICAL TOOL GROSS, JASON PATRICK 3797 §112 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jan 25, 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 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18540186 Composition for the prevention, improvement or treatment of allergic diseases comprising an extract of Cassia mimosoides L. as an active ingredient MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE 1655 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18551271 NOVEL PEPTIDE-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE CONJUGATE AND USE THEREOF REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18470084 METHOD OF PRINTING NANOSTRUCTURE MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1743 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Sep 19, 2023
18468625 METHOD OF DEPOSITING TRANSITION METAL SINGLE-ATOM CATALYST HAILEY, PATRICIA L 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18458009 MICROPLASTIC RECOVERY MATERIAL AND MICROPLASTIC RECOVERY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME MCGANN, BERNADETTE KAREN 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18365770 CORONAVIRUS MUTATION DETERMINATION DEVICE COMPRISING METAMATERIAL ARRAY AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE IRRADIATION UNIT LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN 1796 Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 04, 2023
18225218 PROTONIC CERAMIC FUEL CELLS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 24, 2023
18207267 MAGNESIUM ELECTRODE, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, MAGNESIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18330751 ACOUSTIC TWEEZER AKANBI, ISIAKA O 2877 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18324552 SINGLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID APTAMERS SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO CRONOBACTER AND KIT FOR DETECTING CRONOBACTER USING THE SAME GREENE, CAROLYN LEE 1681 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending May 26, 2023
18322996 SECURITY CODE INCLUDING METAMATERIALS MIYOSHI, JESSE Y 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending May 24, 2023
18321248 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA ROSARIO, DENNIS 2676 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18304199 ROBOT PRESSING MECHANISM, NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB SAMPLING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND NASOPHARYNGEAL SWAB SAMPLING METHOD USING THE SAME MERRIAM, AARON ROGERS 3791 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18303650 INTELLIGENT ROBOT JUNG, JAEWOOK 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18302588 ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF DOPAMINE AND SEROTONIN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18300285 OIL-SORBENT SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH 1735 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2023
18194274 ORGANIC CARBONATE-BASED HIGH FLASH POINT ELECTROLYTE AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1752 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18006584 USE OF 2,3,5-SUBSTITUTED THIOPHENE COMPOUND FOR PREVENTING, ALLEVIATION, OR TREATING MASTOCYTOSIS CORNET, JEAN P 1628 §103 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
17972875 PREPARATION METHOD FOR ANIMAL MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND ANIMAL MODEL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE PREPARED BY THE SAME MCCORMICK, CATHERINE LYNN 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17956980 NANOTUBE DISPERSION, NANOTUBE FILM USING THE NANOTUBE DISPERSION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF LIU, ZHEN 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17874563 METHOD OF DETECTING ERP SIGNAL BASED ON HEART-RATE EVOKED POTENTIAL HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17874631 DEHYDROGENATION REACTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF LEUNG, JENNIFER A 1774 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17794314 PYRIDO[3,4-D]PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC PHARMACEUTIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME HSU, GRACE CHING 1627 §112 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2022
17840633 METAL-PHOSPHORIZED CATALYST FOR PRODUCING 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID USING THE SAME COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §102 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 15, 2022
17778979 NEAR-EYE DISPLAY DEVICE NGUYEN, LAUREN 2871 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending May 23, 2022
17716220 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING GERIATRIC SYNDROMES USING FOOT CHARACTERISTICS AND BALANCE CHARACTERISTICS PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE 3791 §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
17579163 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING FILM COMPRISING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SHIELDING LAYER WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2022
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

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