Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (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 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARANDI, SIAMAK | 1 | 90.6% | +7.7% |
| PO, MING CHEUNG | 1 | 37.7% | +13.7% |
| HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 1 | 43.2% | +53.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18028156 | MINI-BRAIN STRUCTURE AND CONSTRUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | TRAN, KHOA NHAT | 10d overdue |
| 18944173 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THERE OF | HARANDI, SIAMAK | — |
| 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 2 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 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18944173 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THERE OF | HARANDI, SIAMAK | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 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 |
| 18515719 | Method For Recovering Valuable Metallic Components From A Solution Containing The Same | HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC | — | §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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