Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Korea Research Institute Of Chemical Technology

11 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
8
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (8)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (82%)
1
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (64%)
§102 only2 (18%)
§112 only1 (9%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

11
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOORE, JOHN DAVID 1 70.5% +18.1%
ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1 59.1% +47.3%
MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1 20.0% +24.7%
HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1 54.1% +25.6%
GRIZER, CASSANDRA SENN 1 100.0% +0.0%
GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL 1 62.5% -14.3%
LI, JUN 1 54.2% +57.2%
KIFLE, BRUCK 1 79.2% +15.9%
GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1 31.2% +48.3%
SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L 1 79.4% +7.9%

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
18271640 NANOWIRE-BASED IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE KIT FOR DETECTING SARS CORONAVIRUS 2 ANTIBODY, AND USE THEREOF GRIZER, CASSANDRA SENN 9d

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
18259508 FLUORINE-BASED POLYMER COATING FILM, OPTICAL SUBSTRATE COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SUBSTRATE MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 30d overdue

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
18259508 FLUORINE-BASED POLYMER COATING FILM, OPTICAL SUBSTRATE COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SUBSTRATE MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 30d overdue
18290436 CARTILAGE MODEL AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL MODELS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OR TOXICITY OF DRUGS USING THE SAME MOORE, JOHN DAVID 4d overdue
18042352 NOVEL COMPOUNDS HAVING INHIBITORY ACTIVITY ON PROSTAGLANDIN E2 RECEPTOR AND USES THEREOF KIFLE, BRUCK 3d overdue
18118509 METHOD OF RECOVERING AND REGENERATING A METAL CATALYST IN ADIPIC ACID PRODUCTION PROCESS LI, JUN 8d
18070401 FATTY LIVER AND LIVER FIBROSIS EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON IMPEDANCE GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 19d
18250147 INSULATING GAS USED FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATION OR ARC EXTINGUISHING BY REPLACING SF6 GAS AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE USING SAME ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 30d
18279975 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOSITION COMPRISING EPIMENDIUM KOREANUM NAKAI, POLYGALA TENUIFOLIA WILD, AND POLYPORUS UMBELLATUS FRIES EXTRACTS OR MIXTURE THEREOF AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 30d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1767 2
1638 1
1788 1
1655 1
1672 1
1629 1
1732 1
1624 1
1651 1
1623 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18290436 CARTILAGE MODEL AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL MODELS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OR TOXICITY OF DRUGS USING THE SAME MOORE, JOHN DAVID 1638 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18250147 INSULATING GAS USED FOR ELECTRICAL INSULATION OR ARC EXTINGUISHING BY REPLACING SF6 GAS AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE USING SAME ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1767 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18259508 FLUORINE-BASED POLYMER COATING FILM, OPTICAL SUBSTRATE COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SUBSTRATE MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18279975 ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOSITION COMPRISING EPIMENDIUM KOREANUM NAKAI, POLYGALA TENUIFOLIA WILD, AND POLYPORUS UMBELLATUS FRIES EXTRACTS OR MIXTURE THEREOF AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT HOFFMAN, SUSAN COE 1655 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18271640 NANOWIRE-BASED IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE KIT FOR DETECTING SARS CORONAVIRUS 2 ANTIBODY, AND USE THEREOF GRIZER, CASSANDRA SENN 1672 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 10, 2023
17914153 NOVEL PYRIMIDINE DERIVATIVE, AND COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES AND CANCER, COMPRISING SAME GAUGER, PAUL RANDALL 1629 §102 Final Rejection 30d Pending Apr 03, 2023
18118509 METHOD OF RECOVERING AND REGENERATING A METAL CATALYST IN ADIPIC ACID PRODUCTION PROCESS LI, JUN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Mar 07, 2023
18042352 NOVEL COMPOUNDS HAVING INHIBITORY ACTIVITY ON PROSTAGLANDIN E2 RECEPTOR AND USES THEREOF KIFLE, BRUCK 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2023
18070401 FATTY LIVER AND LIVER FIBROSIS EVALUATION SYSTEM BASED ON IMPEDANCE GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1651 Other Non-Final OA 19d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17594754 PHTHALAZINONE COMPOUNDS AND USE THEREOF SHTERENGARTS, SAMANTHA L 1623 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 28, 2021
17419860 POLYMER COMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING ARAMID NANOFIBER, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME LIU, ZHEN 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 30, 2021

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