Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
55 pending office actions • 32 art units • 53 examiners • 0 of 55 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 93 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Institute of Science and Technology manages 56 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 32 distinct art units, reflecting a broad range of chemical and material science research. With 54 distinct examiners involved in these 56 cases, the company faces an extremely high level of examiner variety, as almost every pending action is being reviewed by a unique individual.
MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This examiner's workload represents a small portion of the 56 total pending actions, but they are the most frequent point of contact for the institution. The fact that 54 distinct examiners are active across the portfolio means that the institution must adapt to many different examination styles and preferences within the 32 art units.
The presence of 32 distinct art units for 56 pending office actions suggests that the institution's research is multi-faceted within Chemistry & Materials. Because the work is spread among 54 distinct examiners, the prosecution team must manage a wide range of feedback and requirements. With 3 actions assigned to MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE, the remaining actions are distributed among other examiners, highlighting the need for a highly individualized approach to each pending matter.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 20 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. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 8 (15%) |
| §103 only | 24 (44%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (31%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE | 3 | 80.0% | -100.0% |
| LI, JOHN DENNY | 1 | 63.2% | +48.4% |
| NGUYEN, TRI V | 1 | 67.6% | +57.2% |
| ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA | 1 | 76.0% | +11.9% |
| SINGH, ESVINDER | 1 | 77.4% | +22.7% |
| ISMAIL, OMAR S | 1 | 91.2% | +10.0% |
| BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | 1 | 83.8% | +11.8% |
| SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| SONG, JIANFENG | 1 | 56.3% | +33.2% |
| JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | 1 | 46.9% | +81.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18435415 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MUSCULAR DISEASE CONTAINING PONCIRI FRUCTUS EXTRACT | MOREAU, NASHARA LOUISE | 28d |
| 18943602 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE FOR QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION BASED ON CHIP | ISMAIL, OMAR S | — |
| 18781520 | METAMATERIAL SENSING PLATFORM BASED ON NANODISK STRUCTURE | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18300285 | OIL-SORBENT | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 45d overdue |
| 18321248 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA | ROSARIO, DENNIS | 30d overdue |
| 17874563 | METHOD OF DETECTING ERP SIGNAL BASED ON HEART-RATE EVOKED POTENTIAL | HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER | 5d 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 |
| 18365770 | CORONAVIRUS MUTATION DETERMINATION DEVICE COMPRISING METAMATERIAL ARRAY AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE IRRADIATION UNIT | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 26d |
| 18194274 | ORGANIC CARBONATE-BASED HIGH FLASH POINT ELECTROLYTE | AMPONSAH, OSEI K | 28d |
| 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 19184765 | MXene SURFACE-MODIFIED WITH METAL ALKOXIDE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | NGUYEN, TRI V | 28d |
| 18979448 | COOPERATIVE CONTROL METOD FOR MULTI-ROBOT AND DEVICE THEREOF | SINGH, ESVINDER | 30d |
| 19447569 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING VO2 OF USER USING WIRELESS SIGNAL AROUND USER | LI, JOHN DENNY | — |
| 18943602 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE FOR QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION BASED ON CHIP | ISMAIL, OMAR S | — |
| 18781520 | METAMATERIAL SENSING PLATFORM BASED ON NANODISK STRUCTURE | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — |
| 18730491 | HETEROARYL DERIVATIVE AND USES THEREOF | JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1655 | 5 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 1796 | 2 |
| 1795 | 2 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 1613 | 1 |
| 1622 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19447569 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING VO2 OF USER USING WIRELESS SIGNAL AROUND USER | LI, JOHN DENNY | 3798 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2026 |
| 19184765 | MXene SURFACE-MODIFIED WITH METAL ALKOXIDE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | NGUYEN, TRI V | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | 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 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18943602 | TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICE FOR QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION BASED ON CHIP | ISMAIL, OMAR S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18781520 | METAMATERIAL SENSING PLATFORM BASED ON NANODISK STRUCTURE | BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 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 |
| 18730898 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING, AMELIORATING, OR TREATING INFLAMMATORY DISEASES COMPRISING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES DERIVED FROM ROSEBURIA SPP. OR BIFIDOBACTERIUM SPP. | SONG, JIANFENG | 1613 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18730491 | HETEROARYL DERIVATIVE AND USES THEREOF | JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 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 |
| 18739029 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST USING ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION | LI, JUN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18680217 | SILICON-BASED ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY ANODE MATERIAL USING THE SAME | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18656135 | GRIPPER WITH VARIABLE LOOP AND ITS CONTROL METHOD | QURESHI, REHMAN AHMED | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18649910 | PAN FIBER-BASED GOLD ADSORPTION MATERIAL AND ITS MANUFACTURING METHOD AND GOLD RECOVERY METHOD USING THE SAME | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18649418 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BREAST BIOPSY | JANG, ELINA SOHYUN | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 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 |
| 18642165 | BIFACIAL THIN FILM SOLAR CELL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME | CHERN, CHRISTINA | 1722 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18585134 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING SLEEP STATE OF COMMUNITY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING METHOD | LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18441653 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING LIVER FIBROSIS INCLUDING SANGUISORBA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT | MELLER, MICHAEL V | 1655 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 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 |
| 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 |
| 18408448 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL MXENE SURFACE-MODIFIED WITH METAL-ORGANIC NETWORK, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND MXENE ORGANIC INK CONTAINING THE SAME | DIGGS, TANISHA | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 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 |
| 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 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18535153 | CATHODE COMPOSITE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL COMPRISING THE SAME | DOMONE, CHRISTOPHER P | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18501974 | IONOMER COMPRISING COMPOUND DERIVED FROM N,N-DIALLYLAMINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | VO, JIMMY | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18379709 | CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION SYSTEM FOR 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID AND CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION METHOD FOR 2,5-FURANDICARBOXYLIC ACID | FORRY, COLTON BUSA | 1727 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18478904 | METHOD FOR PREPARING SOLVENT-FREE 3D BIOLOGICAL BILAYER MEMBRANE STRUCTURE IN PHYSIOLOGICAL SOLUTION AND 3D BIOLOGICAL BILAYER MEMBRANE STRUCTURE USING THE SAME | PYLA, EVELYN Y | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18470084 | METHOD OF PRINTING NANOSTRUCTURE | MACHNESS, ARIELLA | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18367414 | Sulfide-based solid electrolyte including boron and method of manufacturing THE same | MARTIN, MATTHEW T | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18236475 | PHOTOCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PREPARATION PROCESS PERFORMED BY COMBINING PHOTOAUTOXIDATION AND PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS | TAI, XIUYU | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18232456 | BEARING STEEL WITH IMPROVED INSULATION PERFORMANCE | YANG, JIE | 1734 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18365770 | CORONAVIRUS MUTATION DETERMINATION DEVICE COMPRISING METAMATERIAL ARRAY AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE IRRADIATION UNIT | LYLE, SOPHIA YUAN | 1796 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
| 18225218 | PROTONIC CERAMIC FUEL CELLS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18207267 | MAGNESIUM ELECTRODE, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, MAGNESIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | PILLAY, DEVINA | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jun 08, 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 |
| 18038454 | GRAPHENE-BASED BIOSENSOR AND DETECTION METHOD USING SAME | YU, TIAN NMN | 1681 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
| 18321248 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA | ROSARIO, DENNIS | 2676 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18302588 | ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR FOR SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION OF DOPAMINE AND SEROTONIN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 47d | Pending | Apr 18, 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 | Final Rejection | 83d | Pending | Jan 24, 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 |
| 17990333 | MULTI-LAYERED OXIDE BASED FLASH MEMORY DEVICE USED FOR NEUROMORPHIC COMPUTING SYSTEM | PURVIS, SUE A | 2800 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 17319653 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH EXTENDED DEPTH OF FOCUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J | 2872 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2021 |
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