Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 30, 2026

Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
67% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 1 77.4% +23.0%
CAI, WENWEN 1 59.6% +19.9%
WILKERSON, JORDAN PATRICK 1
YOUNG, NATASHA E 1 83.0% +9.2%
BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 1 73.5% +32.6%
JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1 57.1% +51.5%

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
18285999 METHOD OF PREPARING PHTHALONITRILE-BASED COMPOUND YOUNG, NATASHA E

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18526222 LATEX COMPOSITION FOR DIP-FORMING, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND DIP-FORMED ARTICLE FORMED BY THE SAME CAI, WENWEN
18510957 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING ANODE OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY WILKERSON, JORDAN PATRICK
18155383 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY, SLURRY COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY JONES, OLIVIA ANN

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
18700019 CATALYST FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOTUBES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOTUBES LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD
18526222 LATEX COMPOSITION FOR DIP-FORMING, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND DIP-FORMED ARTICLE FORMED BY THE SAME CAI, WENWEN
18461521 SILOXANE COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF BHUSHAN, KUMAR R
18155383 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY, SLURRY COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY JONES, OLIVIA ANN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1714 1
1623 1
1766 1
1789 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18700019 CATALYST FOR MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOTUBES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CARBON NANOTUBES LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 1714 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2024
18526222 LATEX COMPOSITION FOR DIP-FORMING, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND DIP-FORMED ARTICLE FORMED BY THE SAME CAI, WENWEN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18510957 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING ANODE OF LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY WILKERSON, JORDAN PATRICK §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18285999 METHOD OF PREPARING PHTHALONITRILE-BASED COMPOUND YOUNG, NATASHA E 1623 DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18461521 SILOXANE COMPOUND, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF BHUSHAN, KUMAR R 1766 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18155383 BINDER COMPOSITION FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY, SLURRY COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2023

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