Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sogang University Research And Business Development Foundation has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This matter is assigned to DEWAN, KAMAL K, the 1 distinct examiner currently active for the foundation. The case is situated within 1 distinct art unit.
DEWAN, KAMAL K is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action, representing the foundation's entire current prosecution workload. This 1 pending office action suggests a very specific and focused area of patent activity for the institution at this time.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (12%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN | 1 | 43.3% | +39.3% |
| HAYMAN, IMANI N | 1 | 71.7% | +25.3% |
| OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | 1 | 16.1% | +13.9% |
| MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | 1 | 57.5% | +22.7% |
| PO, MING CHEUNG | 1 | 37.7% | +13.8% |
| DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M | 1 | 62.1% | -13.5% |
| HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 1 | 41.9% | +50.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18028156 | MINI-BRAIN STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 10d overdue |
| 19194169 | SPEECH SEPERATION DEVICE INCLUDING ASYMMETRIC ENCODER-DECODER | WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN | — |
| 18928775 | DRUG INJECTOR MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD | HAYMAN, IMANI N | — |
| 18917147 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | — |
| 18742294 | Hybrid Crosslinked Polymer Membrane And Process For Fabricating The Same | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
| 18515647 | NOVEL COMPOUND, AND PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M | — |
| 18515719 | Method For Recovering Valuable Metallic Components From A Solution Containing The Same | HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18703674 | REACTION APPARATUS AND PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR OLEFIN PRODUCTION USING DIRECT CONVERSION OF METHANE | PO, MING CHEUNG | 17d overdue |
| 18028156 | MINI-BRAIN STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 10d overdue |
| 19194169 | SPEECH SEPERATION DEVICE INCLUDING ASYMMETRIC ENCODER-DECODER | WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN | — |
| 18928775 | DRUG INJECTOR MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD | HAYMAN, IMANI N | — |
| 18917147 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | — |
| 18742294 | Hybrid Crosslinked Polymer Membrane And Process For Fabricating The Same | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2655 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 3622 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19194169 | SPEECH SEPERATION DEVICE INCLUDING ASYMMETRIC ENCODER-DECODER | WITHEY, THEODORE JOHN | 2655 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 18928775 | DRUG INJECTOR MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD | HAYMAN, IMANI N | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18917147 | VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, INFORMATION COLLECTION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND INFORMATION COLLECTION METHOD | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18742294 | Hybrid Crosslinked Polymer Membrane And Process For Fabricating The Same | MCKENZIE, THOMAS B | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18703674 | REACTION APPARATUS AND PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR OLEFIN PRODUCTION USING DIRECT CONVERSION OF METHANE | PO, MING CHEUNG | 1771 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18515647 | NOVEL COMPOUND, AND PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | DOLLINGER, MICHAEL M | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18515719 | Method For Recovering Valuable Metallic Components From A Solution Containing The Same | HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC | 1772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18028156 | MINI-BRAIN STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 1632 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSogang University Research & Business Development Foundation has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.
Theodore John Withey has the most, with 1 of Sogang University Research & Business Development Foundation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
