Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Korea National University Of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications

16 pending office actions • 14 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Korea National University Of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation has 15 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The docket spans 15 distinct examiners and 13 distinct art units, showing broad examiner exposure with some concentration among technical groups.

KHAN, OMER S is the listed busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. No examiner accounts for more than the identified individual assignment, so centralized prosecution should focus on consistent portfolio controls rather than one examiner relationship. The 13-art-unit distribution calls for careful classification-based tracking, since claim amendments and prior-art arguments may need to reflect different technical examination environments.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)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 (38%)
10
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (62%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
12
Information Tech
75% of docket
4
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KHAN, OMER S 1 55.5% +40.4%
PARK, CHONGSUH 1 59.8% +18.2%
SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL 1 36.4% +21.4%
NGUYEN, BAO G 1 73.8% +4.0%
MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR 1 81.1% +16.6%
ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S 1 85.6% +7.7%
HUA, QUAN M 1 72.4% +21.2%
ELLIOTT, JORDAN MCKENZIE 1 50.0% +7.6%
LE, BRIAN T 1 79.8% +29.1%
ACOLATSE, KODZOVI 1 83.9% +20.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18618793 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SYNCHRONIZATION INFORMATION FOR NSTR OPERATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTI-LINKS ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S —
18272772 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS ACOLATSE, KODZOVI —

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
18855195 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION IN DENSE ENVIRONMENT PARK, CHONGSUH —
18783642 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL —
18621905 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REVERSE TRANSMISSION OF RAPID DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR —
18515418 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING POSITIONING ERRORS OF SENSED OBJECTS IN REAL TIME IN INFRASTRUCTURE SENSORS ELLIOTT, JORDAN MCKENZIE —
18513997 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POWER SAVING OPERATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS LE, BRIAN T —
18012179 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING FRAME IN MULTI-LINK-SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, THE HY —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18987279 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING OBJECTS FOR SENSOR-SHARING SERVICE KHAN, OMER S —
18855195 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION IN DENSE ENVIRONMENT PARK, CHONGSUH —
18783642 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL —
18621905 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REVERSE TRANSMISSION OF RAPID DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR —
18397783 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EMLSR OPERATION IN WIRELESS LAN HUA, QUAN M —
18513997 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POWER SAVING OPERATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS LE, BRIAN T —
18272772 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS ACOLATSE, KODZOVI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2478 3
2686 1
2419 1
2461 1
2476 1
2463 1
2645 1
2666 1
2479 1
2415 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18987279 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GROUPING OBJECTS FOR SENSOR-SHARING SERVICE KHAN, OMER S 2686 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18855195 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION IN DENSE ENVIRONMENT PARK, CHONGSUH 2478 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2024
18783642 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL 2419 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18670181 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOVERY FROM TRANSMISSION ERROR IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, BAO G 2461 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 21, 2024
18621905 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REVERSE TRANSMISSION OF RAPID DATA IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM MOUTAOUAKIL, MOUNIR 2476 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 29, 2024
18618793 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING SYNCHRONIZATION INFORMATION FOR NSTR OPERATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTI-LINKS ANWAR, MOHAMMAD S 2463 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18397783 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EMLSR OPERATION IN WIRELESS LAN HUA, QUAN M 2645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 27, 2023
18515418 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND CORRECTING POSITIONING ERRORS OF SENSED OBJECTS IN REAL TIME IN INFRASTRUCTURE SENSORS ELLIOTT, JORDAN MCKENZIE 2666 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 21, 2023
18513997 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POWER SAVING OPERATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS LE, BRIAN T 2479 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2023
18272772 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW LATENCY COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS ACOLATSE, KODZOVI 2478 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 17, 2023
18272320 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECEIVING DOWNLINK TRAFFIC IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS PATIDAR, SUDESH M 2415 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jul 13, 2023
18012179 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING FRAME IN MULTI-LINK-SUPPORTING COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, THE HY 2478 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 21, 2022
17925561 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW-POWER OPERATION-BASED COMMUNICATION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTI-LINK TORRES, MARCOS L 2647 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2022
17923050 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INDICATING DATA TRANSMISSION IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS OHRI, ROMANI 2413 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17918851 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM HAILE, AWET A 2474 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 13, 2022
17914264 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHANNEL CONNECTION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE LINKS KURIAN, ANDREW SHAJI 2464 §103 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Korea National University Of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation have?

Korea National University Of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 16 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Korea National University Of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation applications?

Omer S Khan has the most, with 1 of Korea National University Of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Korea National University Of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation's patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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