Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Won Goo Kang

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Won Goo Kang is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This activity is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a streamlined prosecution for the company's current filings. The fact that the matter is limited to 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology being patented is specialized within a specific chemical classification.

The busiest examiner for the company is PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA, who handles 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner involved in the company's current portfolio, the outcome of the pending matter depends on the specific interpretations of this individual. This lack of examiner variety means that the company's current prosecution experience is not diversified across different examination styles. For the applicant, the primary goal is to address the specific concerns of the 1 distinct examiner who is managing the 1 pending office action.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

1
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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1 54.4% +28.0%

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
18078445 COATED STEEL SHEET AND HOME APPLIANCE USING THE SAME PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 13d

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18078445 COATED STEEL SHEET AND HOME APPLIANCE USING THE SAME PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 13d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1783 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18078445 COATED STEEL SHEET AND HOME APPLIANCE USING THE SAME PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1783 §103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 09, 2022

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