Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

The Industry & Academic Cooperation In Chungnam National University is managing 1 pending office action. This matter is assigned to examiner TRAN, THU THI MINH, who is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The portfolio involves 1 distinct examiner, ensuring that all current prosecution activity is handled by a single official. While the data reports 0 distinct art units, the 1 pending office action indicates that the application is actively moving through the system. This centralized arrangement allows for a direct and focused dialogue with the examiner.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

3
Hard (33%)
5
Medium (56%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only4 (44%)
§112 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
2
Semiconductors
22% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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
WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO 1 71.6% -0.8%
FRICK, EMMA K 1 70.7% +20.0%
MAYO, TARA LEIGH 1 74.6% +11.3%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 49.7% +15.5%
ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 1 42.0% +9.7%
COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN 1 — —
STEAR, RYAN JAMES 1 100.0% +0.0%
BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1 55.6% +21.4%
PROSTOR, ANDREW VICTOR 1 95.1% +6.9%

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
18008851 HIGH DIELECTRIC FILMS AND SEMICONDUCTOR OR CAPACITOR DEVICES COMPRISING SAME PROSTOR, ANDREW VICTOR 30d

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18296763 ADM2 GENE MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR PROGNOSIS PREDICTION OF THYROID CANCER AND USES THEREOF BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 16d overdue
18223188 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF CHARGE OF BATTERY STEAR, RYAN JAMES 20d
18716152 PLATFORM STRUCTURE OF ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN TRACTOR FRICK, EMMA K —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18296763 ADM2 GENE MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR PROGNOSIS PREDICTION OF THYROID CANCER AND USES THEREOF BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 16d overdue
18716152 PLATFORM STRUCTURE OF ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN TRACTOR FRICK, EMMA K —
18716161 PLATFORM STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN RICE TRANSPLANTER MAYO, TARA LEIGH —
18483835 ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND HIGH-CAPACITY SECONDARY BATTERY FOR FAST CHARGING COMPRISING THE SAME KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1751 1
3611 1
3671 1
4100 1
2625 1
1782 1
2857 1
1675 1
2812 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18960685 SOLID ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING SUBSTITUTION ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO 1751 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18716152 PLATFORM STRUCTURE OF ELECTRICALLY-DRIVEN TRACTOR FRICK, EMMA K 3611 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18716161 PLATFORM STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN RICE TRANSPLANTER MAYO, TARA LEIGH 3671 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18483835 ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND HIGH-CAPACITY SECONDARY BATTERY FOR FAST CHARGING COMPRISING THE SAME KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 4100 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2023
18377326 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18275459 FLAME RETARDANT OR NONFLAMMABLE ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN 1782 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18223188 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF CHARGE OF BATTERY STEAR, RYAN JAMES 2857 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jul 18, 2023
18296763 ADM2 GENE MARKER FOR DIAGNOSIS OR PROGNOSIS PREDICTION OF THYROID CANCER AND USES THEREOF BORGEEST, CHRISTINA M 1675 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 06, 2023
18008851 HIGH DIELECTRIC FILMS AND SEMICONDUCTOR OR CAPACITOR DEVICES COMPRISING SAME PROSTOR, ANDREW VICTOR 2812 §112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 07, 2022

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