Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology

24 pending office actions • 16 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

12
Hard (50%)
10
Medium (42%)
2
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (12%)
§103 only8 (33%)
§112 only2 (8%)
Double-patenting + other2 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (38%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
42% of docket
3
Information Tech
12% of docket
2
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
7
Business / Other
29% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V 2 55.3% +22.4%
SHEN, PEIJIE 1 79.1% +18.0%
LY, TOMMY TAI 1 81.1% +21.6%
DOAN, HUAN V 1 80.4% +42.1%
MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 1 71.8% +30.4%
JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM 1 82.5% +10.6%
BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A 1 56.2% +16.3%
APICELLA, KARIE O 1 80.5% +12.4%
WHITE, SADIE 1 48.9% +31.4%
ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 1 67.2% +26.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18352946 ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME APICELLA, KARIE O 2d overdue
18973410 HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION OPERATION METHOD AND DEVICE DOAN, HUAN V

Hard Cases (12)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18564423 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING OBJECT FROM DISTORTED IMAGE KAUR, JASPREET 89d overdue
18643136 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING IMMUNE CELLS USING MAGNETIC PARTICLES TRAN, CHAU NGUYEN BICH 28d overdue
17316101 PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PHOTOELECTRODE FOR WATER SPLITTING CAPABLE OF SCALE-UP AND WATER SPLITTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA 26d overdue
17368470 NEURAL NETWORK OPERATION APPARATUS AND QUANTIZATION METHOD VANWORMER, SKYLAR K 6d
17012614 MAGNETIC IMMUNO-PARTICLE AND USE THEREOF DICKINSON, PAUL W 30d
19182210 SCANNING TIP FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC-ULTRASOUND MINI PROBE LY, TOMMY TAI
18641543 SPIRAL GRAPHENE NANOCRYSTAL, GRAPHENE FILM, INTERCONNECTSTRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM
18640113 MONOCRYSTALLINE METAL FOIL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18352946 ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME APICELLA, KARIE O 2d overdue
18337629 Lithium Halide-based Nanocomposite, Preparing Method Thereof, and Positive Electrode Active Material, Solid Electrolyte, and All-solid-state Battery Comprising the Same WHITE, SADIE 23d
19182170 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DRIVING METHODS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHEN, PEIJIE
19182210 SCANNING TIP FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC-ULTRASOUND MINI PROBE LY, TOMMY TAI
18973410 HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION OPERATION METHOD AND DEVICE DOAN, HUAN V
18910204 METHOD OF PROCESSING RADAR SIGNAL, RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA
18641543 SPIRAL GRAPHENE NANOCRYSTAL, GRAPHENE FILM, INTERCONNECTSTRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM
18640113 MONOCRYSTALLINE METAL FOIL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1721 2
2622 1
3797 1
2499 1
1734 1
1725 1
2154 1
3761 1
2146 1
1618 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19182170 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DRIVING METHODS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHEN, PEIJIE 2622 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2025
19182210 SCANNING TIP FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC-ULTRASOUND MINI PROBE LY, TOMMY TAI 3797 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 17, 2025
18973410 HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION OPERATION METHOD AND DEVICE DOAN, HUAN V 2499 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 09, 2024
18910204 METHOD OF PROCESSING RADAR SIGNAL, RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18641543 SPIRAL GRAPHENE NANOCRYSTAL, GRAPHENE FILM, INTERCONNECTSTRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING INTERCONNECT STRUCTURE JUNG, MICHAEL YOO LIM §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18640113 MONOCRYSTALLINE METAL FOIL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR BRATLAND JR, KENNETH A 1734 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18527866 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18352946 ELECTROLYTE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME APICELLA, KARIE O 1725 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jul 14, 2023
18337629 Lithium Halide-based Nanocomposite, Preparing Method Thereof, and Positive Electrode Active Material, Solid Electrolyte, and All-solid-state Battery Comprising the Same WHITE, SADIE 1721 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18314512 DEVICE AND METHOD WITH QUANTIZATION PARAMETER ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 2154 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2023
18118266 INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS NGUYEN, THUYHANG NGOC 3761 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2023
17986303 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH QUANTIZATION SCHEME IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK DUONG, HUY §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2022
17368470 NEURAL NETWORK OPERATION APPARATUS AND QUANTIZATION METHOD VANWORMER, SKYLAR K 2146 §103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jul 06, 2021
17012614 MAGNETIC IMMUNO-PARTICLE AND USE THEREOF DICKINSON, PAUL W 1618 §103§112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Sep 04, 2020
16641168 ELECTROLYTE COMPLEX FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE BERMUDEZ, CHARLENE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2020
18983671 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH WEIGHT ENCODING AND DECODING NGUYEN, LINH V §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18679467 THREAD ALLOCATION METHOD, THREAD ALLOCATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM XU, ZUJIA §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18643136 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING IMMUNE CELLS USING MAGNETIC PARTICLES TRAN, CHAU NGUYEN BICH 1677 §102§112 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18398922 TRAINING SYSTEMS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF NGUYEN, BRANDON A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2023
18569323 TRAP1 INHIBITOR AND USE THEREOF VALLE, ERNESTO 1623 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18564423 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING OBJECT FROM DISTORTED IMAGE KAUR, JASPREET 2662 §101§103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
17911018 COMPOSITION FOR INDUCING APOPTOSIS OF CELLS HAVING GENOMIC SEQUENCE VARIATION AND METHOD FOR INDUCING APOPTOSIS OF CELLS BY USING COMPOSITION GRABER, JAMES J 1631 §102§112DP Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17540036 ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V 1724 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 01, 2021
17316101 PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PHOTOELECTRODE FOR WATER SPLITTING CAPABLE OF SCALE-UP AND WATER SPLITTING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME JEBUTU, MOFOLUWASO SIMILOLUWA 1795 §103§112 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending May 10, 2021

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