Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mi Kyung Ko is currently active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 1 pending office action. This action is being processed within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the current filings. The concentration in 1 distinct art units suggests a targeted application of chemical technology within a specialized examination group at the USPTO. This singular point of engagement allows for a highly specialized prosecution strategy for the current intellectual property.
The prosecution is managed by 1 distinct examiners, with SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH identified as the busiest examiner. SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action, which represents the entirety of the current pending workload. This creates a singular channel for negotiation and response between the applicant and the USPTO. Having 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiners simplifies the strategic planning for the portfolio, as there is no need to coordinate between different examiner preferences.
Practitioners can focus exclusively on the requirements and examination style of SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH within the Chemistry & Materials field. This focused approach minimizes the need for multi-examiner coordination and allows for a concentrated effort on the 1 distinct art units involved. With 1 busiest examiner pending, the applicant can anticipate a consistent review process for their current filing. The 1 distinct examiners currently assigned ensures that the intellectual property strategy remains unified and focused on core chemical objectives.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1 | 52.8% | +51.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18832362 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CREMATION CRYSTALS BY USING CATALYST OBTAINED THROUGH REDUCTION OF PHOSPHORUS IN SKELETAL REMAINS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18832362 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CREMATION CRYSTALS BY USING CATALYST OBTAINED THROUGH REDUCTION OF PHOSPHORUS IN SKELETAL REMAINS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18832362 | METHOD FOR PREPARING CREMATION CRYSTALS BY USING CATALYST OBTAINED THROUGH REDUCTION OF PHOSPHORUS IN SKELETAL REMAINS | SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMi Kyung Ko has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Slone Elizabeth Simkins has the most, with 1 of Mi Kyung Ko's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
