Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Korea University Research Andbusiness Foundation

Technology area: Computing & Software

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Korea University Research Andbusiness Foundation has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Sherrod L Keaton is the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. The foundation's prosecution activity is currently centralized. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the Computing & Software filings are subject to a single examiner's review.

Keaton is the only examiner with a pending action for this entity. Practitioners should focus on the 1 pending office action. The involvement of only 1 distinct art unit means the prosecution environment is not fragmented. The strategy for the current portfolio is determined by the interaction with Sherrod L Keaton. This simplified structure allows for a targeted approach to the Computing & Software filings, as there are no other examiners or art units currently involved in the foundation's pending prosecution workload.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KEATON, SHERROD L 1 53.3% +36.0%

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
18449241 METHOD FOR SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION LEARNING BASED TEMPORAL CODING AND SYSTEM THEREOF KEATON, SHERROD L —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18449241 METHOD FOR SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION LEARNING BASED TEMPORAL CODING AND SYSTEM THEREOF KEATON, SHERROD L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2148 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18449241 METHOD FOR SPIKING NEURAL NETWORK COMPUTATION LEARNING BASED TEMPORAL CODING AND SYSTEM THEREOF KEATON, SHERROD L 2148 §101§102§103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Aug 14, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Korea University Research Andbusiness Foundation have?

Korea University Research Andbusiness Foundation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Korea University Research Andbusiness Foundation applications?

Sherrod L Keaton has the most, with 1 of Korea University Research Andbusiness Foundation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Korea University Research Andbusiness Foundation's patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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