Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
11 pending office actions • 11 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pusan National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation has 13 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio spans 13 distinct examiners and 12 distinct art units, indicating broad distribution across examination personnel and technical groups rather than a single recurring examiner relationship.
VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The supplied data does not identify a dominant examiner concentration. Counsel should use matter-level tracking, preserve technical distinctions among applications, and account for the different art-unit contexts when preparing responses.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | 1 | 52.9% | +26.8% |
| BABIC, CHRISTOPHER M | 1 | 60.6% | +23.6% |
| BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH | 1 | 68.1% | +6.1% |
| NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1 | 21.5% | +37.3% |
| HOWELL, THEODORE R | 1 | 66.9% | +25.1% |
| KWAK, DEAN P | 1 | 58.8% | +37.1% |
| DEVITO, ALEX T | 1 | 72.2% | +12.2% |
| ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1 | 66.8% | +17.6% |
| CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE | 1 | 66.0% | +26.1% |
| BENNETT, CHARLEE | 1 | 58.8% | +35.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020111 | 3D PRINTED ARTIFICIAL BILE DUCTS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | — |
| 18657888 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES CONTAINING THE SAME | BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18658028 | INFRARED SENSOR, COMBINATION SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18392383 | A Biomarker for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Estrogen in Exosomes and a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Kit Using the Biomarker | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| 18383600 | PREPARING METHOD FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES WITH TAILOR-MADE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT AND CO-PRECIPITATION REACTOR FOR TAILOR-MADE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| 18268771 | Anode Active Material, Containing Fullerene, for Metal Secondary Battery and Metal Secondary Battery Using Same | CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19020111 | 3D PRINTED ARTIFICIAL BILE DUCTS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | — |
| 18711961 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF BLOOD CANCER COMPRISING SURF4 INHIBITOR | BABIC, CHRISTOPHER M | — |
| 18658028 | INFRARED SENSOR, COMBINATION SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — |
| 18699698 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING 27-HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MYELOID LEUKEMIA | HOWELL, THEODORE R | — |
| 18392383 | A Biomarker for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Estrogen in Exosomes and a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Kit Using the Biomarker | KWAK, DEAN P | — |
| 18545982 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SENSING METHOD USING THE SAME | DEVITO, ALEX T | — |
| 18383600 | PREPARING METHOD FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES WITH TAILOR-MADE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT AND CO-PRECIPITATION REACTOR FOR TAILOR-MADE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT | ZHANG, KELING NMN | — |
| 18268771 | Anode Active Material, Containing Fullerene, for Metal Secondary Battery and Metal Secondary Battery Using Same | CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1612 | 1 |
| 1633 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1628 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1671 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19020111 | 3D PRINTED ARTIFICIAL BILE DUCTS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE | 1612 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18711961 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF BLOOD CANCER COMPRISING SURF4 INHIBITOR | BABIC, CHRISTOPHER M | 1633 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18657888 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERIES CONTAINING THE SAME | BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH | 1727 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18658028 | INFRARED SENSOR, COMBINATION SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18699698 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING 27-HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING MYELOID LEUKEMIA | HOWELL, THEODORE R | 1628 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18392383 | A Biomarker for Breast Cancer Diagnosis Using Estrogen in Exosomes and a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Kit Using the Biomarker | KWAK, DEAN P | 1795 | §102§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18545982 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND SENSING METHOD USING THE SAME | DEVITO, ALEX T | 1671 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18383600 | PREPARING METHOD FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES WITH TAILOR-MADE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT AND CO-PRECIPITATION REACTOR FOR TAILOR-MADE CONCENTRATION GRADIENT | ZHANG, KELING NMN | 1725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18268771 | Anode Active Material, Containing Fullerene, for Metal Secondary Battery and Metal Secondary Battery Using Same | CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE | 1721 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18055917 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE | BENNETT, CHARLEE | 1718 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 16633701 | COMPOUND AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | LEE, JIA-HAI | 1658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialPusan National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 11 examiners.
Toriana Nichole Vigil has the most, with 1 of Pusan National University Industry-university Cooperation Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
