Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Korea Railroad Research Institute has 5 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These 5 actions are handled by 5 distinct examiners, ensuring that no two pending matters are under the review of the same individual. This distribution requires the institute to manage multiple separate examiner relationships across the portfolio.
The pending applications are located within 3 distinct art units. BRYAN, JASON B is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because the workload is spread across 3 art units, the institute maintains a diverse technical presence. The reliance on 5 examiners for the 5 actions indicates that the workload is evenly distributed across the personnel involved, which may help mitigate the impact of any individual examiner's review timeline. This strategy of examiner diversification can be beneficial for navigating the complex requirements of the computing sector.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYAN, JASON B | 1 | 76.3% | +14.4% |
| BARZEGAR, PEGAH | 1 | 73.7% | +42.1% |
| THONG, YEONG JUEN | 1 | 49.4% | +53.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19267040 | MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEM HAVING FAULT PREVENTION FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING FAILURE THEREOF | BRYAN, JASON B | — |
| 18908833 | PREFABRICATED WIRE MESH ASSEMBLY FOR BALLAST AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING GRAVEL-BALLASTED TRACK USING THE SAME | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19267040 | MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEM HAVING FAULT PREVENTION FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING FAILURE THEREOF | BRYAN, JASON B | — |
| 18908833 | PREFABRICATED WIRE MESH ASSEMBLY FOR BALLAST AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING GRAVEL-BALLASTED TRACK USING THE SAME | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — |
| 18331916 | UNIFORMLY-HEATING SYSTEM FOR CURING CONCRETE | THONG, YEONG JUEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2114 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19267040 | MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEM HAVING FAULT PREVENTION FUNCTION AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING FAILURE THEREOF | BRYAN, JASON B | 2114 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 18908833 | PREFABRICATED WIRE MESH ASSEMBLY FOR BALLAST AND METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING GRAVEL-BALLASTED TRACK USING THE SAME | BARZEGAR, PEGAH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18331916 | UNIFORMLY-HEATING SYSTEM FOR CURING CONCRETE | THONG, YEONG JUEN | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
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