Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
80 pending office actions • 42 art units • 77 examiners • 0 of 80 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 112 patents granted in the last 365 days
Research And Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University has 1 pending office action in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area. This action is assigned to a distinct examiner, DHAR, MATASHA, within a distinct art unit. This filing represents the current pending activity for the institution. The focus on this action suggests a highly targeted approach to its current biotechnology patenting efforts. The Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals technology area often requires specialized technical expertise during the examination process.
DHAR, MATASHA is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. This matches the total of 1 pending office action for the portfolio. The use of the distinct art unit indicates that the current prosecution is confined to a specific area of biotechnology. With only the distinct examiner involved, the institution's current pending workload is entirely centralized. Practitioners should tailor their approach to the specific examination style of the examiner assigned to this Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals matter, as there are no other active cases to balance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 only | 1 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 17 (21%) |
| §103 only | 18 (22%) |
| §102 only | 7 (9%) |
| §112 only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 30 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | 2 | 75.7% | +10.4% |
| PATEL, NIMESH | 2 | 84.7% | +16.7% |
| BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | 2 | 80.9% | +15.7% |
| MCFALL, CHRISTIAN PAUL | 1 | — | — |
| KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | 1 | 74.1% | +14.2% |
| NAVAS JR, EDEMIO | 1 | 71.8% | +24.3% |
| DHILLON, PUNEET S | 1 | 80.7% | +20.2% |
| MCMAHON, DANIEL F | 1 | 89.7% | +2.3% |
| LOTFI, KYLE M | 1 | 64.7% | +7.2% |
| LUAN, SCOTT | 1 | 65.2% | +12.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18618539 | METAL CATALYST WITH VERTICAL HETEROJUNCTION INTERFACE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — |
| 18405186 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HETEROJUNCTION MATERIAL FOR MEXENE OF METAL PHOSPHIDE AND METAL CARBIDE AND ELECTROCATALYST COMPOSITE USING THE SAME | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18331332 | PARALLELIZED DROPLET GENERATING APPARATUS | LEE, CHEE-CHONG | 43d overdue |
| 18098996 | PLASMA POLYMERIZED THIN FILM AND PREPARING METHOD THEREOF | RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD | 23d overdue |
| 18133630 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRAFFIC INFORMATION, APPARATUS FOR PREDICTING TRAFFIC INFORMATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRAFFIC INFORMATION | PALMARCHUK, BRIAN KEITH | 15d overdue |
| 18115248 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMMERSIVE VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A BITSTREAM GENERATED BY THE IMMERSIVE VIDEO ENCODING METHOD | TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG | 12d |
| 18007609 | NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE HAVING IMPROVED STABILITY, AND USE THEREOF | POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA | 20d |
| 18351907 | DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | SHAMIRYAN, NAREH | 71d |
| 18529534 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VIRTUAL MEMORY IN HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM METHOD FOR MANAGING VIRTUAL MEMORY | TALUKDAR, ARVIND | 83d |
| 19469279 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING BIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION BASED ON MOTION VECTOR CORRECTION | MCFALL, CHRISTIAN PAUL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19281056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING INTRA SUB-PARTITIONS FOR CHROMA BLOCK | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | — |
| 19135885 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING TEMPLATE ADJUSTMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT SIGN PREDICTION | KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | — |
| 19132217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING ADAPTIVE REFERENCE LINE CANDIDATE LIST | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | — |
| 19213777 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD USING ADAPTIVE REFERENCE PIXEL SELECTION | NAVAS JR, EDEMIO | — |
| 19130871 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING INTRA SUBDIVISION PREDICTION AND TRANSFORM SKIP | DHILLON, PUNEET S | — |
| 18980747 | MUSCLE OR NERVE FUNCTION REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE USING CONDUCTIVE HYDROGEL | LUAN, SCOTT | — |
| 18955859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATION BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | PATEL, NIMESH | — |
| 18954384 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATION BASED ON BEAMFORMING | PATEL, NIMESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2483 | 3 |
| 2642 | 2 |
| 1734 | 2 |
| 3794 | 2 |
| 1637 | 2 |
| 2482 | 1 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19469279 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING BIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTION BASED ON MOTION VECTOR CORRECTION | MCFALL, CHRISTIAN PAUL | 2483 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19281056 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING INTRA SUB-PARTITIONS FOR CHROMA BLOCK | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19135885 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING TEMPLATE ADJUSTMENT FOR DISPLACEMENT SIGN PREDICTION | KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | 2483 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19132217 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING ADAPTIVE REFERENCE LINE CANDIDATE LIST | RETALLICK, KAITLIN A | 2482 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19213777 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD USING ADAPTIVE REFERENCE PIXEL SELECTION | NAVAS JR, EDEMIO | 2483 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 19130871 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO CODING USING INTRA SUBDIVISION PREDICTION AND TRANSFORM SKIP | DHILLON, PUNEET S | 2488 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19049202 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP OF CORRECTING ALIGNED ERROR AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM OF CORRECTING ALIGNED ERROR | MCMAHON, DANIEL F | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 18990930 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SELECTIVE SUBBLOCK SPLIT INFORMATION SIGNALING | LOTFI, KYLE M | 2425 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18980747 | MUSCLE OR NERVE FUNCTION REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE USING CONDUCTIVE HYDROGEL | LUAN, SCOTT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18960159 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING | DANG, DUY M | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18957653 | SCALABLE ANALOG PIM MODULE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ANALOG PIM, SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, AND SENSOR DEVICE | LAUTURE, JOSEPH J | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18955859 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATION BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | PATEL, NIMESH | 2642 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954384 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING OBJECT LOCATION BASED ON BEAMFORMING | PATEL, NIMESH | 2642 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18700767 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT OF CASTRATION-RESISTANT PROSTATE CANCER COMPRISING BRUCEANTIN AND NANOPARTICLES | PACKARD, BENJAMIN J | — | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18936577 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ELASTIC MODULUS | BREENE, JOHN E | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18934331 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTRACTILITY ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC ORGANOIDS BASED ON PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY, PROGRAM FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM THEREOF | ROBERTS, RACHEL L | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18892048 | STATOR ASSEMBLY, AXIAL FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR INCLUDING STATOR ASSEMBLY, AND MOBILITY DEVICE INCLUDING AXIAL FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR | RODRIGUEZ, JOSHUA KIEL MIGUEL | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18887277 | METHOD OF PRODUCING QUANTUM DOT, QUANTUM DOT PRODUCED BY THE SAME, AND PHOTODEVICE COMPRISING THE QUANTUM DOT | KOSLOW, CAROL M | 1734 | §112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18886209 | CELL ANALYSIS METHOD AND CELL ANALYSIS SYSTEM | KEUP, AIDAN JAMES | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18820768 | MULTI-LABEL CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICE THAT MEET DEPRESSIVE DISORDER DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA | SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18820083 | ELECTROLYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING USEFUL COMPOUNDS FROM CO2 | WILKINS III, HARRY D | 1794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18817821 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING USING ADAPTIVE CHROMA SPACE CONVERSION | HESS, MICHAEL J | 2481 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18813639 | ONE-SHOT IMITATION METHOD AND LEARNING METHOD IN A NON-STATIONARY ENVIRONMENT THROUGH MULTIMODAL-SKILL, AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF | MOTSINGER, SEAN T | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18774558 | HIGHLY LUMINESCENT BIODEGRADABLE UPCONVERSION NANOPROBE HAVING LONG DECOMPOSITION TIME | DICKINSON, PAUL W | 1614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18757832 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNNING LANGUAGE MODEL FROM STYLISTIC POINT OF VIEW, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING THE SAME | STARKS, WILBERT L | — | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18751247 | HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURE DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR USING THE SAME, ARTIFICIAL VISUAL SYSTEM USING THE SAME, SOLAR CELL USING THE SAME, GAS SENSOR USING THE SAME, AND PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE USING THE SAME | ZHU, SHENG-BAI | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2024 |
| 18745564 | APPARTUS AND METHOD FOR DISTILLING KNOWLEDGE FOR FLOW PREDICTION MODEL | ZENG, WENWEI | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18667345 | GOLF LESSON SYSTEM USING TACTILE STIMULATION AND GOLF LESSON METHOD USING THE SAME | LEGESSE, NINI F | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18665849 | PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING COLORECTAL CANCER, INCLUDING TUMOR-TARGETED LIPOSOMES CONTAINING PLATYCODIN D2 | CREWS, JARET JAMES | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18632883 | CARBON QUANTUM DOT WITH SINGLE TRANSITION METAL ELEMENT INTRODUCED, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYST MANUFACTURED THEREBY | MCCLAIN, STARFARI TESHAWN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18624485 | HEAT SINK APPARATUS | AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18618539 | METAL CATALYST WITH VERTICAL HETEROJUNCTION INTERFACE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18615692 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | STEWART, ROBERT LINCOLN | 4100 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18615556 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS | ALANKO, ANITA KAREN | 1713 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18694586 | FILLER COMPOSITION FOR REDUCING SKIN WRINKLES COMPRISING STEM CELL-DERIVED EXOSOMES, HYALURONIC ACID, AND BDDE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME | SPAINE, ROBERT FRANKLIN | 1655 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18613332 | INFERENCE METHOD AND DEVICE USING DYNAMIC PRUNING FILTER IN CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK MODEL, AND METHOD FOR TRAINING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK MODEL | LE, HUNG VAN | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18585241 | SCAFFOLD FOR TREATMENT OF TENDON OR LIGAMENT DISEASES BY INSERTING ATELOCOLLAGEN INTO POROUS POLYMER OF HYALURONIC ACID | BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18443497 | POLYMER FILM WITH STIMULUS RESPONSIVE AND ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTIES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WANG, HAOPENG | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18292514 | COMBINATION THERAPY USING EXOSOME SECRETION INHIBITOR AND IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITOR | ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18417734 | COMPOSITION FOR TREATING CANCER CONTAINING TELOMERASE-TARGETING GNRH ANTAGONIST-DERIVED PEPTIDE HS1002 | D' AMBROSIO, THEA | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18417165 | BIDIRECTIONAL STRETCHABLE NERVE FIBER INTERFACE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | PAPE, ALYSSA MORGAN | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18417795 | ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY HAVING COATING LAYER INCLUDING LAYERED CARBON MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | CANTELMO, GREGG | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18413222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA FOR TRANING OF NEURAL NETWORK AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM METHOD FOR GENERATING DATA FOR TRANING OF NEURAL NETWORK | HUNTSINGER, PETER K | 2682 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18410272 | METHOD FOR TRAINING DEEP LEARNING MODEL USING SELF-KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION ALGORITHM, INFERRING APPARATUS USING DEEP LEARNING MODEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM METHOD FOR TRAINING DEEP LEARNING MODEL | GARNER, CASEY R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18405186 | METHOD OF PRODUCING HETEROJUNCTION MATERIAL FOR MEXENE OF METAL PHOSPHIDE AND METAL CARBIDE AND ELECTROCATALYST COMPOSITE USING THE SAME | BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18401930 | ANTI-POLLUTION ECO-FRIENDLY MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME | BECKHARDT, LYNDSEY MARIE | 1613 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18544678 | INFERENCE METHOD USING A DNN MODEL IN ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEM | HAN, KYU HYUNG | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18535239 | METHOD OF FEDERATED ENSEMBLE LEARNING AND APPARATUS THEREOF | XIA, XUYANG | — | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18533632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH RF SIGNAL-BASED MULTI-PERSON POSE ESTIMATION | SIDDIQUEE, ISMAAEEL ABDULLAH | 3648 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18531173 | METHOD OF PREDICTING LITHIUM ION CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLID ELECTROLYTE | HILL, GRACELYN MARKHAM | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialResearch & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University has 80 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 42 art units and 77 examiners.
Kaitlin A Retallick has the most, with 2 of Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.