Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

National University Corporation Okayama University

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (40%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KALHORI, DAN F 1 60.0% -16.7%
LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT 1 56.9% +43.0%
PAIK, SANG YEOP 1 65.3% +16.5%
HADDAD, MAHER M 1 50.5% +53.9%
TAKENAKA, RISA 1 28.6% +100.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17761518 LBM, CPC, OPC, PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, KIT, GRAFT MATERIAL, AND DISEASE MODEL TAKENAKA, RISA 67d overdue
18724476 PROGRESS DIAGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS, PROGRESS DIAGRAM GENERATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM KALHORI, DAN F 28d overdue
18497204 INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE PAIK, SANG YEOP

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17761518 LBM, CPC, OPC, PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, KIT, GRAFT MATERIAL, AND DISEASE MODEL TAKENAKA, RISA 67d overdue
18712729 METHOD FOR BONDING POLYIMIDE FILM, BONDING DEVICE, AND BONDED STRUCTURE HAVING POLYIMIDE FILM BONDING PART LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT
18497204 INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE PAIK, SANG YEOP
17768865 PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR INFLAMMATORY PULMONARY DISEASE HADDAD, MAHER M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2618 1
1787 1
1641 1
1632 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18724476 PROGRESS DIAGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS, PROGRESS DIAGRAM GENERATING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM KALHORI, DAN F 2618 §101§103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18712729 METHOD FOR BONDING POLYIMIDE FILM, BONDING DEVICE, AND BONDED STRUCTURE HAVING POLYIMIDE FILM BONDING PART LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT 1787 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2024
18497204 INDUCTION HEATING DEVICE PAIK, SANG YEOP §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
17768865 PROPHYLACTIC AND/OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR INFLAMMATORY PULMONARY DISEASE HADDAD, MAHER M 1641 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2022
17761518 LBM, CPC, OPC, PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, KIT, GRAFT MATERIAL, AND DISEASE MODEL TAKENAKA, RISA 1632 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2022

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