Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Myongji University Industry And Academia Cooperation Foundation has 9 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 9 pending office actions are assigned to 9 distinct examiners, ensuring a wide variety of perspectives on the university's filings. The portfolio spans 8 distinct art units, indicating a broad range of mechanical and system-level research being conducted by the institution.
AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action currently under review. This confirms that the 9 pending office actions are spread across 9 distinct examiners, with no single individual handling more than one case. This distribution minimizes the impact of any one examiner's subjective interpretation on the overall success of the university's patent applications.
The 8 distinct art units involved suggest that the university's innovations are being evaluated by many different specialized groups at the USPTO. With 9 distinct examiners involved, there is no opportunity to leverage examiner-specific insights across multiple files. Practitioners must focus on the unique requirements of each of the 8 distinct art units to successfully move the 9 pending office actions toward allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 4 (44%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (22%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 75.9% | +10.4% |
| ZEROUAL, OMAR | 1 | 33.6% | +39.6% |
| PELTON, NATHANIEL R | 1 | 74.5% | +18.9% |
| ZHANG, WAYNE | 1 | 59.3% | +43.3% |
| KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 1 | 29.0% | +64.1% |
| TRIEU, VAN THANH | 1 | 84.5% | +13.8% |
| SU, STEPHANIE T | 1 | 67.3% | +28.7% |
| SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 1 | 45.6% | +16.8% |
| CHAO, MICHAEL W | 1 | 70.1% | +39.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18030414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EARLY RENEGOTIATION IN MESSAGE SEQUENCING BETWEEN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND GRID | SU, STEPHANIE T | 15d |
| 18450612 | Recombinant Escherichia coli producing xylitol from xylose, method for preparing the same, and uses thereof | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 22d |
| 19231357 | SYSTEM FOR CHARGE MANAGEMENT AND METHOD THEREOF | ZEROUAL, OMAR | — |
| 18578969 | CONTROL METHOD AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING DOOR/PORT | PELTON, NATHANIEL R | — |
| 18485772 | IMAGE TRANSMISSTION METHOD BASED ON ACCUMULATION OF REGION OF INTEREST | ZHANG, WAYNE | — |
| 18265832 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER PAIRING METHOD AND APPARATUS | TRIEU, VAN THANH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17606621 | CROSS-CERTIFICATE METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING | CHAO, MICHAEL W | 13d |
| 18030414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EARLY RENEGOTIATION IN MESSAGE SEQUENCING BETWEEN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND GRID | SU, STEPHANIE T | 15d |
| 18450612 | Recombinant Escherichia coli producing xylitol from xylose, method for preparing the same, and uses thereof | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 22d |
| 17632217 | PAIRING CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE IN POWER TRANSMISSION | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 36d |
| 19157613 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL OF HYDROGEN FUELING | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
| 19231357 | SYSTEM FOR CHARGE MANAGEMENT AND METHOD THEREOF | ZEROUAL, OMAR | — |
| 18578969 | CONTROL METHOD AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING DOOR/PORT | PELTON, NATHANIEL R | — |
| 18485772 | IMAGE TRANSMISSTION METHOD BASED ON ACCUMULATION OF REGION OF INTEREST | ZHANG, WAYNE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 2672 | 1 |
| 1653 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| 2492 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19157613 | COMMUNICATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING AND CONTROL OF HYDROGEN FUELING | AFFUL, CHRISTOPHER M | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19231357 | SYSTEM FOR CHARGE MANAGEMENT AND METHOD THEREOF | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 3629 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 18578969 | CONTROL METHOD AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE FOR OPENING AND CLOSING ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING DOOR/PORT | PELTON, NATHANIEL R | 2859 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18485772 | IMAGE TRANSMISSTION METHOD BASED ON ACCUMULATION OF REGION OF INTEREST | ZHANG, WAYNE | 2672 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18450612 | Recombinant Escherichia coli producing xylitol from xylose, method for preparing the same, and uses thereof | KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G | 1653 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18265832 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER PAIRING METHOD AND APPARATUS | TRIEU, VAN THANH | 2685 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18030414 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EARLY RENEGOTIATION IN MESSAGE SEQUENCING BETWEEN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND GRID | SU, STEPHANIE T | 3662 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
| 17632217 | PAIRING CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE IN POWER TRANSMISSION | SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO | 3663 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Feb 01, 2022 |
| 17606621 | CROSS-CERTIFICATE METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING | CHAO, MICHAEL W | 2492 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Oct 26, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialMyongji University Industry And Academia Cooperation Foundation has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 9 examiners.
Christopher M Afful has the most, with 1 of Myongji University Industry And Academia Cooperation Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
