Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Postech Research And Business Development Foundation

28 pending office actions • 28 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 79 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
10
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (3)

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.

1
Hard (4%)
26
Medium (93%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only22 (79%)
§102 only4 (14%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

15
Life Sciences
54% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
4
Communications
14% of docket
6
Semiconductors
21% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZHANG, DUAN 1 60.6% +17.4%
VETERE, ROBERT A 1 60.8% +13.3%
TAMUKONG, YVETTE BIH 1
WANG, ALEXANDER A 1 65.6% +21.4%
LE, MICHAEL 1 65.9% +22.1%
BAKER, CHARLOTTE M 1 92.8% +0.0%
LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 1 73.5% +22.0%
PHAM, THOMAS T 1 51.7% +16.3%
OESTREICH, MITCHELL T 1 73.9% +21.5%
MAHROUKA, WASSIM 1 86.2% +6.8%

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
18396400 FEW-SHOT LEARNING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME MAHROUKA, WASSIM 87d overdue
18292723 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ANALYZING MOTION BASED ON FEATURE TRACKING BAKER, CHARLOTTE M 23d

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19242058 BLOCKCHAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING ZHANG, DUAN 28d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18404124 META LENS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE META LENS OESTREICH, MITCHELL T 50d overdue
18441871 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE CHANGE DATA LE, MICHAEL 36d overdue
18939715 TRANSITION METAL-DOPED NICKEL PHOSPHIDE NANOSTRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND CATALYST FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION INCLUDING TRANSITION METAL-DOPED NICKEL PHOSPHIDE NANOSTRUCTURE VETERE, ROBERT A 8d
19242058 BLOCKCHAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING ZHANG, DUAN 28d
18415874 LATERALLY MULTILAYERED DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 33d
18409085 POLYMER NANOPARTICLE AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME PHAM, THOMAS T 42d
18773866 MULTISCALE-POROUS ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, MANUFACTURE OF THE SAME WANG, ALEXANDER A 70d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3699 1
1712 1
1662 1
1741 1
2614 1
2664 1
2837 1
1713 1
2872 1
2665 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19242058 BLOCKCHAIN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOBILE EDGE COMPUTING ZHANG, DUAN 3699 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 18, 2025
18939715 TRANSITION METAL-DOPED NICKEL PHOSPHIDE NANOSTRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND CATALYST FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL WATER DECOMPOSITION INCLUDING TRANSITION METAL-DOPED NICKEL PHOSPHIDE NANOSTRUCTURE VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 07, 2024
18845991 HIGH EXPRESSION VECTOR INCLUDING STRONG RECOMBINANT PROMOTER AND/OR TERMINATOR FOR MASS-PRODUCING PROTEIN OF INTEREST IN PLANT, AND METHOD FOR MASS-PRODUCING PROTEIN OF INTEREST USING SAME TAMUKONG, YVETTE BIH 1662 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Sep 11, 2024
18773866 MULTISCALE-POROUS ANION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE, MANUFACTURE OF THE SAME WANG, ALEXANDER A 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 16, 2024
18441871 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE CHANGE DATA LE, MICHAEL 2614 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2024
18292723 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ANALYZING MOTION BASED ON FEATURE TRACKING BAKER, CHARLOTTE M 2664 §102 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jan 26, 2024
18415874 LATERALLY MULTILAYERED DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18409085 POLYMER NANOPARTICLE AND METHOD OF PREPARING SAME PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18404124 META LENS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE META LENS OESTREICH, MITCHELL T 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2024
18396400 FEW-SHOT LEARNING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME MAHROUKA, WASSIM 2665 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2023
18500041 TRAJECTORY EVALUATION METHOD AND APPARATUS LAU, TUNG S 2857 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18381327 AMPLIFIER CORE AND AMPLIFIER CHOE, HENRY 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18447458 TARGET GENE-BASED DRUG CLINICAL TRIAL SUCCESS RATE PREDICTION MODEL PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 3685 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18364399 METAL CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM, THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL 2642 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18266678 NIKEL IRON-BASED CATALYST DOPED WITH METAL HAVING ELECTRONEGATIVITY LOWER THAN THAT OF NI AND FE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND ALKALINE WATER ELECTROLYSIS SYSTEM NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18197795 WIRELESS THERANOSTIC SMART CONTACT LENS CAPABLE OF MEASURING AND ADJUSTING INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE IN GLAUCOMA PATIENTS YOON, CHANEL J 3791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18191250 DONOR SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE SCHODDE, CHRISTOPHER A 2898 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18020145 DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF POLYMER-COATED GOLD NANOPARTICLE-APTAMER NANOCONSTRUCT HAVING SENSITIVITY TO REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES WHITEMAN, BRIAN A 1636 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2023
18078833 ANODELESS LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME JONES, OLIVIA ANN 1789 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 09, 2022
18007856 METHOD FOR ACTIVATING ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTY OF CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY OYER, ANDREW J 1767 §102 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Dec 02, 2022
17893215 Method for fabricating oleophilic-hydrophobic nanofiber membrane and separation of water-in-oil emulsion using same method and waste heat MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 23, 2022
17885676 Method for Manufacturing a High-purity Nickel/Cobalt Mixed solution For a Cathode Material by a Two Circuit Process ALDAZ CERVANTES, MAYELA RENATA 1733 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Aug 11, 2022
17737893 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE KITT, STEPHEN A 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending May 05, 2022
17694889 LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT WITH INTERMEDIATE LAYER BETWEEN SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME MIHALIOV, DMITRI 2812 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Mar 15, 2022
17692494 BIOADHESIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING MUSSEL ADHESIVE PROTEIN AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF BEANE, RANDALL L 1654 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 11, 2022
17535474 METHOD OF DETERMINING CONTINUOUS DRUG DOSE USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND PHARMACOKINETIC-PHARMACODYNAMIC MODELS ZEMAN, MARY K 1686 Other Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 24, 2021
17502152 MODIFIED EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX-BASED HYDROGEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME AND USE OF THE SAME PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 §103 Final Rejection 107d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2021
16634076 METHOD FOR ISOLATING EXTRACELLULAR VESICLE USING HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTION BARRON, SEAN C 1653 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jan 24, 2020

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