Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Park, Kim & Suh, LLC

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

20 pending office actions • 15 clients • 20 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Park, Kim & Suh, LLC focuses on Chemistry & Materials, where it has managed 3257 career applications. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate of 85.96 percent.

The firm currently has 17 pending office actions and averages 2.44 office actions per allowance. This average of 2.44 indicates the typical prosecution process for its 3257 career applications.

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

Quality Metrics (n=3257 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.0%
Allowance Rate
n=3257
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3257
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=496
-0.56σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=496
834 days
Time to Allowance
n=496
+12.5pp
Interview Lift
n=3257
12.3%
RCE Rate
n=3257
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=3257

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

74.6%
§101 Overcome
n=118
79.1%
§102 Overcome
n=230
77.3%
§103 Overcome
n=383
76.6%
§112 Overcome
n=265

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H01L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
15%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3257
1
Practitioners
n=3257
3257.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3257

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
0
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.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

14
Hard (70%)
4
Medium (20%)
2
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other3 (15%)
§103 only4 (20%)
§112 only2 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
20% of docket
2
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
20% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
2
Business / Other
10% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM 1 100.0% +0.0%
CHEN, KEATH T 1 30.2% +24.7%
BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 1 82.1% +15.7%
MOTT, ADAM R 1 75.2% +22.0%
BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 1 81.5% +14.9%
ELL, MATTHEW 1 66.6% +21.9%
CRITE, ANTONIO B 1 81.6% -13.4%
MERCADO, GABRIEL S 1 42.9% +25.7%
MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN 1 80.3% +16.8%
NEUPANE, ADARSH 1 100.0% +0.0%

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
18716519 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADVERSARIAL FEATURE SELECTION CONSIDERING ATTACK FUNCTION OF VEHICLE CAN BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM 8d overdue
18617551 PLATES INSTALLED AT THE BOTTOM OF SALT LAKES TO EXTRACT LITHIUM BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN —

Hard Cases (14)

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
18577279 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING, ON ONE SCREEN, PAGES CONSTITUTING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT BY TWO PAGES, EACH AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR MERCADO, GABRIEL S 131d overdue
18221390 TASK MANAGEMENT SERVICE SERVER CAPABLE OF PERFORMING TASK MANAGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC TERMINAL AND THE OPERATING METHOD THEREOF BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 89d overdue
18222959 MULTIFUNCTIONAL EPIDURAL CATHETER BEING EQUIPPED WITH SENSOR FOR DETECTING PRESSURE APPLIED TO COMBINED BALLOON SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 45d overdue
18815854 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, KEATH T —
18660164 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN —
18660167 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS MOTT, ADAM R —
18595389 FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD AND DEVICE USING DEVICE CLUSTERING ELL, MATTHEW —
18426159 METAL CLIP STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAME CRITE, ANTONIO B —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18577279 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING, ON ONE SCREEN, PAGES CONSTITUTING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT BY TWO PAGES, EACH AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR MERCADO, GABRIEL S 131d overdue
18815854 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHEN, KEATH T —
18660164 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN —
18660167 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS MOTT, ADAM R —
18617551 PLATES INSTALLED AT THE BOTTOM OF SALT LAKES TO EXTRACT LITHIUM BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN —
18595389 FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD AND DEVICE USING DEVICE CLUSTERING ELL, MATTHEW —
18399450 TRAINING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOLECULAR GENERATION MODEL MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN —

Client Portfolio (15 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28172
24341
17161
36531
36521
17721
21711
36551
28181
37831

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18716519 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADVERSARIAL FEATURE SELECTION CONSIDERING ATTACK FUNCTION OF VEHICLE CAN Foundation Of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM 2434 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 05, 2024
18815854 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Tes Co., Ltd. CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 27, 2024
18660164 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS Vm Inc. BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 3653 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18660167 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS Vm Inc. MOTT, ADAM R 3652 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2024
18617551 PLATES INSTALLED AT THE BOTTOM OF SALT LAKES TO EXTRACT LITHIUM N2E Materials Co., Ltd. BAUM, ZACHARY JOHN 1772 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18595389 FEDERATED LEARNING METHOD AND DEVICE USING DEVICE CLUSTERING Ajou University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation ELL, MATTHEW §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 04, 2024
18426159 METAL CLIP STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING THE SAME Jmj Korea Co., Ltd. CRITE, ANTONIO B 2817 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 29, 2024
18577279 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING, ON ONE SCREEN, PAGES CONSTITUTING ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT BY TWO PAGES, EACH AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFOR Flexcil Inc. MERCADO, GABRIEL S 2171 §103§112 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18399450 TRAINING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOLECULAR GENERATION MODEL UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18533010 SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTILAYER EFEM Vm Inc. NEUPANE, ADARSH 3655 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 07, 2023
18519091 PROCESS DETECTING UNIT, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESS MONITORING METHOD Tes Co., Ltd. TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 2818 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2023
18384386 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Jmj Korea Co., Ltd. SMITH, BRADLEY 2817 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 27, 2023
18222959 MULTIFUNCTIONAL EPIDURAL CATHETER BEING EQUIPPED WITH SENSOR FOR DETECTING PRESSURE APPLIED TO COMBINED BALLOON Juvenui Co., Ltd. SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 §102§103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18221390 TASK MANAGEMENT SERVICE SERVER CAPABLE OF PERFORMING TASK MANAGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC TERMINAL AND THE OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Franklin Technology Inc. BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18270834 WIPER BLADE COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE HAVING ENHANCED ADHESIVENESS TO RUBBER, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Bestgraphene Co., Ltd. ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 03, 2023
18012641 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING FERMENTED BEVERAGES Inthekeg, Inc. THONG, YEONG JUEN 3761 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 29, 2023
18126472 COSMETIC CONTAINER Samhwa Co., Ltd. CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE 3772 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Mar 26, 2023
17295867 COMPOSITE SOLID ELECTROLYTE SEPARATION MEMBRANE USING INORGANIC FIBER AND SECONDARY BATTERY USING THE SAME Energy11 Co., Ltd. HANDVILLE, BRIAN 1783 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 02, 2023
17964032 SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE INCLUDING HEAT RADIATION STRUCTURE, COOLING SYSTEM APPLYING THE SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE, SUBSTRATE INCLUDING HEAT RADIATION STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SUBSTRATE Jmj Korea Co., Ltd. TIVARUS, CRISTIAN ALEXANDRU 2899 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 12, 2022
17912859 BLOOD PRESSURE METER AND METHOD FOR MEASURING BLOOD PRESSURE USING THE SAME Charmcare Co., Ltd. KIM, SAMUEL CHONG 3791 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 20, 2022

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