Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

SK Microworks Co. Ltd.

9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 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.

5
Hard (56%)
4
Medium (44%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (33%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
78% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M 1 66.5% +7.2%
FIGG, LAURA B 1 57.6% +23.6%
JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1 34.8% +44.3%
DICUS, TAMRA 1 30.4% +21.8%
FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D 1 78.4% +13.5%
ZIMMER, MARC S 1 79.3% +16.1%
CAI, WENWEN 1 59.6% +19.9%
FANG, SHANE 1 76.3% +18.8%
WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1 63.4% +26.2%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18107439 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM HAVING AN IMPROVED COATING ADHESION PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 24d overdue
18699592 MULTILAYERED BIODEGRADABLE BARRIER FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME JACKSON, MONIQUE R 22d
18777477 HEAT-SHRINKABLE FILM AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M
18292425 LAMINATION FILM HAVING FOLDING DURABILITY, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D
18502082 POLYAMIDE-IMIDE-BASED FILM, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME CAI, WENWEN

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18245349 HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM, AND RETORT FOOD INCLUDING SAME FANG, SHANE 28d overdue
18107439 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM HAVING AN IMPROVED COATING ADHESION PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 24d overdue
18699592 MULTILAYERED BIODEGRADABLE BARRIER FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME JACKSON, MONIQUE R 22d
18701939 MULTI-LAYER BARRIER FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL INCLUDING SAME FIGG, LAURA B
18683249 MULTILAYERED BIODEGRADABLE FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME DICUS, TAMRA
18292425 LAMINATION FILM HAVING FOLDING DURABILITY, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D
18568849 POLYESTER FILM, AND HEAT-SHRINKABLE LABEL AND PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME ZIMMER, MARC S
18502082 POLYAMIDE-IMIDE-BASED FILM, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME CAI, WENWEN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1781 2
1787 2
1684 1
1766 1
1712 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18777477 HEAT-SHRINKABLE FILM AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M 1684 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2024
18701939 MULTI-LAYER BARRIER FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND PACKAGING MATERIAL INCLUDING SAME FIGG, LAURA B 1781 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2024
18699592 MULTILAYERED BIODEGRADABLE BARRIER FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18683249 MULTILAYERED BIODEGRADABLE FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18292425 LAMINATION FILM HAVING FOLDING DURABILITY, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING SAME FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D 1781 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 26, 2024
18568849 POLYESTER FILM, AND HEAT-SHRINKABLE LABEL AND PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME ZIMMER, MARC S §102DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18502082 POLYAMIDE-IMIDE-BASED FILM, PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME CAI, WENWEN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18245349 HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM, AND RETORT FOOD INCLUDING SAME FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2023
18107439 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM HAVING AN IMPROVED COATING ADHESION PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2023

Managing SK Microworks Co. Ltd.'s Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month