Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

SK Geo Centric Co. Ltd.

16 pending office actions • 1 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (44%)
1
Easy (6%)
8
Unknown (50%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (44%)
§112 only1 (6%)
No statute on record8 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

16
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C 3 72.9% +9.0%
VASISTH, VISHAL V 3 72.3% +33.3%
PO, MING CHEUNG 2 37.5% +14.0%
VALENCIA, JUAN C 1 86.6% +7.4%
GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1 63.5% +8.8%
OLADAPO, TAIWO 1 53.0% +11.3%
HINES, LATOSHA D 1 50.7% +22.6%
NGUYEN, TAM M 1 77.2% +11.3%
TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1 74.1% +2.4%
DOYLE, BRANDI M 1 62.8% +11.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18708596 REFINING METHOD OF WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL USING SULFUR SOURCE AND MOLYBDENUM-BASED HYDROGENATION CATALYST, AND CONTINUOUS OPERATION METHOD THEREOF VALENCIA, JUAN C 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18582646 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS VASISTH, VISHAL V 79d overdue
18636273 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS PO, MING CHEUNG 44d overdue
18629957 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS PO, MING CHEUNG 44d overdue
18628829 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS AND SOLID COKE FROM WASTE PLASTICS VASISTH, VISHAL V 30d overdue
18705590 METHOD OF REFINING WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL AND WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL REFINING EQUIPMENT OLADAPO, TAIWO 17d overdue
18443301 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL DOYLE, BRANDI M 17d overdue
18628812 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS VASISTH, VISHAL V 9d
18629945 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS NGUYEN, TAM M 15d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1771 16

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18708596 REFINING METHOD OF WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL USING SULFUR SOURCE AND MOLYBDENUM-BASED HYDROGENATION CATALYST, AND CONTINUOUS OPERATION METHOD THEREOF VALENCIA, JUAN C 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 09, 2024
18705593 METHOD FOR PRODUCING WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL WITH REDUCED CHLORINE GOLOBOY, JAMES C 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18705590 METHOD OF REFINING WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL AND WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL REFINING EQUIPMENT OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18637453 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS AND SOLID COKE FROM WASTE PLASTICS CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C 1771 Other Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18636273 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS PO, MING CHEUNG 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18635007 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18632288 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C 1771 §112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18629945 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS NGUYEN, TAM M 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18629942 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS TOOMER, CEPHIA D 1771 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18629957 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS PO, MING CHEUNG 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 09, 2024
18628812 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS VASISTH, VISHAL V 1771 Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18628829 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS AND SOLID COKE FROM WASTE PLASTICS VASISTH, VISHAL V 1771 Other Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18582646 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS VASISTH, VISHAL V 1771 Other Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18443301 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTIC PYROLYSIS OIL DOYLE, BRANDI M 1771 Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2024
18443305 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS MCAVOY, ELLEN M 1771 Other Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2024
18442113 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING REFINED HYDROCARBONS FROM WASTE PLASTICS CAMPANELL, FRANCIS C 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024

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