Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Korea University Of Technology And Education Industry-University Cooperation Foundation has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This 1 pending office action involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which points to a very specific and focused area of research. In the rapidly evolving Computing & Software technology area, dealing with 1 distinct art unit allows for a more streamlined and consistent prosecution strategy. The practitioner can focus on the specific legal precedents and technical standards that govern this 1 distinct examiner's review of the application.
The busiest examiner, AHMED, SYED RAYHAN, is assigned 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since this 1 busiest examiner pending action is the only one currently pending, the examiner's specific approach and history will be the primary factors in the portfolio's immediate outcome. Practitioners should study the examination patterns of AHMED, SYED RAYHAN to optimize their response strategy. The concentration of the portfolio under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit suggests that the foundation's current patenting efforts are focused on a single, well-defined technological advancement within the broader Computing & Software landscape.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHANG, MINKI | 1 | 71.6% | +10.1% |
| AHMED, SYED RAYHAN | 1 | 78.3% | +22.3% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18868774 | POLYMER GEL FOR TRIBOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTER INCLUDING PLASTICIZER AND TRIBOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTER INCLUDING THE SAME | CHANG, MINKI | — |
| 18447675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING MULTI-TASK LEARNING MODEL | AHMED, SYED RAYHAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2126 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18868774 | POLYMER GEL FOR TRIBOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTER INCLUDING PLASTICIZER AND TRIBOELECTRIC ENERGY HARVESTER INCLUDING THE SAME | CHANG, MINKI | — | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2024 |
| 18447675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING MULTI-TASK LEARNING MODEL | AHMED, SYED RAYHAN | 2126 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
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