Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Kyungpook National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation

19 pending office actions • 14 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due later (1)

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.

6
Hard (32%)
12
Medium (63%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only7 (37%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting + other3 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (16%)

Industry Mix

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

14
Life Sciences
74% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
1
Semiconductors
5% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
16% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOMATSU, LI N 2 59.6% +71.0%
WHITE, DYLAN C 1 77.2% +13.0%
YU, LIHONG 1 81.9% +18.9%
BAYARD, EMMANUEL 1 89.9% +5.3%
UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1 58.9% +50.6%
KHAN, AMINA S 1 47.4% +43.4%
LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM 1 56.6% +41.3%
STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1 80.0% +50.0%
MAYHEW, BRADLEY SCOTT 1
NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 1 63.6% -5.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18996419 TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BY USING CARRIER SIGNAL BAYARD, EMMANUEL
18564378 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING BRAIN DISEASES COMPRISING ANTIBODY SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO ASM PROTEIN AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18020082 PEPTIDE SELECTIVELY BINDING TO CANCER CELL-DERIVED EXOSOME, AND USES THEREOF KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 10d overdue
19085511 SPECTRUM SHARING METHOD THROUGH FREQUENCY HOPPING IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS ARCHITECTURE YU, LIHONG
18706564 GH117A a-NEOAGAROBIOSE HYDROLASE DERIVED FROM A NOVEL AGAR-DEGRADING BACTERIUM AND PRODUCING METHOD OF L-AHG USING THE SAME UNDERDAHL, THANE E
18832019 METHOD FOR PREPARING CELLULOSE-POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FABRIC WITH IMPROVED SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS, CELLULOSE-POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FABRIC WITH IMPROVED SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS PREPARED THEREBY, AND FABRIC FOR WOUND HEALING COMPRISING SAME KHAN, AMINA S
18286082 COMPOUND HAVING THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE, AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL POLYMER THEREOF ZHANG, RUIYUN
18022050 COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSING INFECTIOUS DISEASES COMPRISING AGENT FOR MEASURING EXPRESSION LEVEL OF SREBP2 BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17843418 PD-1-DECORATED NANOCAGES AND USES THEREOF KOMATSU, LI N 3d overdue
18138118 FERRITIN NANOCAGE FUSED WITH PD-L1-BINDING PEPTIDE 1 AND USE THEREOF AS ANTICANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AGENT KOMATSU, LI N 70d
19207336 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING AND DISCHARGING SCHEDULING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE WHITE, DYLAN C
19085511 SPECTRUM SHARING METHOD THROUGH FREQUENCY HOPPING IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS ARCHITECTURE YU, LIHONG
18706564 GH117A a-NEOAGAROBIOSE HYDROLASE DERIVED FROM A NOVEL AGAR-DEGRADING BACTERIUM AND PRODUCING METHOD OF L-AHG USING THE SAME UNDERDAHL, THANE E
18832019 METHOD FOR PREPARING CELLULOSE-POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FABRIC WITH IMPROVED SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS, CELLULOSE-POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FABRIC WITH IMPROVED SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS PREPARED THEREBY, AND FABRIC FOR WOUND HEALING COMPRISING SAME KHAN, AMINA S
18295000 NOVEL COMPOUND COMPRISING ESTER GROUP AND USES THEREOF LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM
18564378 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING BRAIN DISEASES COMPRISING ANTIBODY SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO ASM PROTEIN AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1658 3
2633 1
1652 1
1761 1
1645 1
1621 1
1762 1
1782 1
1699 1
2872 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19207336 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHARGING AND DISCHARGING SCHEDULING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE WHITE, DYLAN C §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2025
19085511 SPECTRUM SHARING METHOD THROUGH FREQUENCY HOPPING IN NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORKS ARCHITECTURE YU, LIHONG §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2025
18996419 TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA BY USING CARRIER SIGNAL BAYARD, EMMANUEL 2633 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18706564 GH117A a-NEOAGAROBIOSE HYDROLASE DERIVED FROM A NOVEL AGAR-DEGRADING BACTERIUM AND PRODUCING METHOD OF L-AHG USING THE SAME UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1652 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18832019 METHOD FOR PREPARING CELLULOSE-POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FABRIC WITH IMPROVED SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS, CELLULOSE-POLYVINYL ALCOHOL FABRIC WITH IMPROVED SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS PREPARED THEREBY, AND FABRIC FOR WOUND HEALING COMPRISING SAME KHAN, AMINA S 1761 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18295000 NOVEL COMPOUND COMPRISING ESTER GROUP AND USES THEREOF LIPPERT, JOHN WILLIAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18564378 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING BRAIN DISEASES COMPRISING ANTIBODY SPECIFICALLY BINDING TO ASM PROTEIN AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT STEPHENS, AMELIA CAROLE 1645 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18515486 COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING SKIN PIGMENTATION THROUGH AUTOPHAGY ACTIVITY CONTAINING PROCYANIDIN A2 AND QUERCETIN, AS ACTIVE INGREDIENTS MAYHEW, BRADLEY SCOTT 1621 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18556977 MULTIFUNCTIONAL EPOXY COMPOUND HAVING MULTIPLE LIQUID CRYSTAL CORES, AND CURED PRODUCT PRODUCED THEREFROM NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 1762 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18286082 COMPOUND HAVING THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE, AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL POLYMER THEREOF ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18272951 BIOCOMPATIBLE HYDROGEL COMPRISING COMPONENT CONTAINING HYALURONIC ACID, POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL AND SILICONE GULLEDGE, BRIAN M 1699 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18254772 HOLOGRAPHIC PRINTING SYSTEM AND HOLOGRAPHIC PRINTING METHOD USING SAME CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 26, 2023
18138118 FERRITIN NANOCAGE FUSED WITH PD-L1-BINDING PEPTIDE 1 AND USE THEREOF AS ANTICANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY AGENT KOMATSU, LI N 1658 §103DP Non-Final OA 70d Pending Apr 23, 2023
18022050 COMPOSITION FOR DIAGNOSING INFECTIOUS DISEASES COMPRISING AGENT FOR MEASURING EXPRESSION LEVEL OF SREBP2 BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 1672 §101§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 17, 2023
18020082 PEPTIDE SELECTIVELY BINDING TO CANCER CELL-DERIVED EXOSOME, AND USES THEREOF KONOPELSKI SNAVEL, SARA ELIZABETH 1658 §101 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
17843418 PD-1-DECORATED NANOCAGES AND USES THEREOF KOMATSU, LI N 1658 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2022
17642250 USE OF ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR INHIBITOR FOR INHIBITING EXOSOME SECRETION OR INHIBITING PD-L1 EXPRESSION BUNKER, AMY M 1684 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2022
17629607 BIOCOMPATIBLE HYDROGEL COMPRISING HYALURONIC ACID AND POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL MATTISON, LORI K 1619 §103DP Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2022
17422052 METHOD FOR SYNTHESIZING HYALURONIC ACID NANOPARTICLES, AND HYALURONIC ACID NANOPARTICLES PREPARED BY METHOD MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE 1618 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2021

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