Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kwangju Institute Of Science And Technology has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The portfolio's current prosecution is limited to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which simplifies the administrative oversight required for these filings. This focused approach is often seen in academic or research-heavy institutions that prioritize specific breakthroughs.
The busiest examiner is FEHR, JULIA MARIE, who is managing the 1 busiest examiner pending action. With all current activity concentrated under one examiner, the institution's success in this technology area is currently tied to the specific examination criteria of this individual. Practitioners should note that the prosecution path is singular, meaning that the feedback from FEHR, JULIA MARIE will be the deciding factor for the pending application. This data suggests a highly targeted intellectual property strategy that focuses on a single technical challenge within the chemistry and materials sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEHR, JULIA MARIE | 1 | 51.6% | -2.0% |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17898974 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POROUS STRUCTURE FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES AND POROUS STRUCTURE FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES MANUFACTURED THEREBY | FEHR, JULIA MARIE | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKwangju Institute Of Science And Technology has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Julia Marie Fehr has the most, with 1 of Kwangju Institute Of Science And Technology's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.