Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

SK Microworks Co. Ltd.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only2 (33%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

6
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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1 34.7% +44.0%
CHEN, VIVIAN 1 57.0% +29.2%
ZIMMER, MARC S 1 79.3% +15.9%
FANG, SHANE 1 76.2% +18.9%
KAHN, RACHEL 1 27.6% +15.9%
WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1 63.2% +26.4%

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
18044084 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE EACH COMPRISING SAME KAHN, RACHEL 12d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 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
18337037 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME ZIMMER, MARC S 19d overdue
18044084 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE EACH COMPRISING SAME KAHN, RACHEL 12d
18699592 MULTILAYERED BIODEGRADABLE BARRIER FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME JACKSON, MONIQUE R 22d
18550460 BIAXIALLY STRETCHED FILM, LAMINATE, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING FILM CHEN, VIVIAN 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 2
1766 2
1765 1
1712 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18699592 MULTILAYERED BIODEGRADABLE BARRIER FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING SAME JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Apr 09, 2024
18550460 BIAXIALLY STRETCHED FILM, LAMINATE, AND ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING MATERIAL COMPRISING FILM CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18337037 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2023
18245349 HEAT-SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILM, AND RETORT FOOD INCLUDING SAME FANG, SHANE 1766 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2023
18044084 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND COVER WINDOW AND DISPLAY DEVICE EACH COMPRISING SAME KAHN, RACHEL 1766 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18107439 POLYAMIDE-BASED FILM HAVING AN IMPROVED COATING ADHESION PROPERTY AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2023

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