Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Yoo & Associates, Inc.

11 pending office actions • 8 clients • 11 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (82%)
1
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (73%)
§102 only1 (9%)
§112 only1 (9%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
45% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
27% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MEYER, GEORGE WILLIAM 1 100.0% +0.0%
LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 1 78.5% +9.3%
KHATTAR, RAJESH 1 36.2% +35.2%
YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 1 93.2% +2.1%
TORNOW, MARK W 1 77.1% +13.3%
ALAM, AYAAN A 1 36.6% +35.8%
ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 1 53.1% +3.0%
TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1 81.0% +19.5%
HELM, CARALYNNE E 1 28.8% +49.6%
LEE, EDMUND H 1 69.2% +17.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18575994 MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 7d
19002106 METHOD OF CULTIVATING HIBISCUS HAMABO'S ADVENTITIOUS ROOT AND COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE EXTRACT OF HIBISCUS HAMABO'S ADVENTITIOUS ROOT CULTIVATED THEREBY MEYER, GEORGE WILLIAM 13d
18269998 SUBSTRATE HEAT-TREATING APPARATUS USING LASER LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 19d

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
18009665 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING SEPSIS CONTAINING FUNCTIONALIZED TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE HELM, CARALYNNE E 27d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18569116 ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT ALAM, AYAAN A 18d overdue
18912829 ORIENTAL MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS AND PRESCRIPTION SYSTEM BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF KHATTAR, RAJESH 4d overdue
17801172 METHOD FOR PREPARING TITANIUM-RESIN ASSEMBLY AND TITANIUM TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR SAME LEE, EDMUND H 3d overdue
18571781 MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF TORNOW, MARK W 1d overdue
18269998 SUBSTRATE HEAT-TREATING APPARATUS USING LASER LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 19d
18009665 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING SEPSIS CONTAINING FUNCTIONALIZED TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE HELM, CARALYNNE E 27d

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16621
37721
36841
28931
28911
16111
36451
17171
16151
17441

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19002106 METHOD OF CULTIVATING HIBISCUS HAMABO'S ADVENTITIOUS ROOT AND COSMETIC COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE EXTRACT OF HIBISCUS HAMABO'S ADVENTITIOUS ROOT CULTIVATED THEREBY UCL CO., LTD. MEYER, GEORGE WILLIAM 1662 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 26, 2024
18877414 ROOT CANAL CLEANING DEVICE Endentics Co., Ltd. LUCCHESI, NICHOLAS D 3772 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2024
18912829 ORIENTAL MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS AND PRESCRIPTION SYSTEM BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Keyherblab Co., Ltd. KHATTAR, RAJESH 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18575994 MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Seoul National University R&Db Foundation YUSHIN, NIKOLAY K 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jan 02, 2024
18571781 MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Seoul National University R&Db Foundation TORNOW, MARK W 2891 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18569116 ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus ALAM, AYAAN A 1611 Other Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18278164 ACOUSTIC MATCHING MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND ULTRASOUND DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Seoul National University R&Db Foundation ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18269998 SUBSTRATE HEAT-TREATING APPARATUS USING LASER LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Viatron Co., Ltd. TADESSE, YEWEBDAR T 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18009665 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING SEPSIS CONTAINING FUNCTIONALIZED TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 09, 2022
17801172 METHOD FOR PREPARING TITANIUM-RESIN ASSEMBLY AND TITANIUM TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR SAME Plastal Co., Ltd. LEE, EDMUND H 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17798015 NANOTUBE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SHEAR FORCE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAME Foundation Of Soongsil University - Industry Cooperation MILLER, ALEXANDER MICHAEL 2898 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 05, 2022

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