Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Yoo & Associates, Inc.

11 pending office actions • 8 clients • 11 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=459 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.9%
Allowance Rate
n=459
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=459
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=327
-0.54σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=327
902 days
Time to Allowance
n=327
+4.8pp
Interview Lift
n=459
19.1%
RCE Rate
n=459
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=459

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

57.1%
§101 Overcome
n=28
81.0%
§102 Overcome
n=142
77.4%
§103 Overcome
n=248
81.8%
§112 Overcome
n=187

Specialization & Scale

H01L, H10P, H10D
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=459
0
Practitioners
n=459
Apps / Practitioner
n=459 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (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.

5
Hard (45%)
6
Medium (55%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (9%)
§103 only6 (55%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
64% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
18% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
18% 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%
ZAKARIA, AKM 1 82.5% +16.2%
VO, HAI 1 57.1% +72.3%
KIM, SU C 1 77.6% -11.9%
ALAM, AYAAN A 1 37.2% +34.5%
YOUNG, NATASHA E 1 83.0% +9.2%
ARROYO, TERESA M 1 71.9% +23.2%
ZERVIGON, RUDY 1 66.7% -5.9%
DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1 49.6% +16.8%
TATESURE, VINCENT 1 44.9% +31.6%

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
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
18943062 MODULAR TEST SOCKET ZAKARIA, AKM

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 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
18882505 INSULATION PAD FOR PREVENTING HEAT TRANSFER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING INSULATION PAD FOR PREVENTING HEAT TRANSFER VO, HAI
18688833 METHOD OF FORMING EPITAXIAL SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME KIM, SU C
18502357 ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM METAL BATTERY AND LITHIUM METAL BATTERY INCLUDING SAME YOUNG, NATASHA E
18279027 AUTOMATED THIN FILM DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND THIN FILM DEPOSITION METHOD TO WHICH MACHINE LEARNING IS APPLIED ZERVIGON, RUDY

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
18943062 MODULAR TEST SOCKET ZAKARIA, AKM
18882505 INSULATION PAD FOR PREVENTING HEAT TRANSFER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING INSULATION PAD FOR PREVENTING HEAT TRANSFER VO, HAI
18034591 OPTICAL SENSOR USING FERROELECTRICS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME ARROYO, TERESA M
18032332 MANUFACTURING OF COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORK-BASED OXYGEN CATALYST AND DEVELOPMENT OF METAL-AIR SECONDARY BATTERY DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES
18115035 THERMAL INSULATION HEADLINER FOR AUTOMOBILE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME TATESURE, VINCENT

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
16621
17881
28991
16111
28931
17161
17491
17861
16151

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
18943062 MODULAR TEST SOCKET Tse Co., Ltd. ZAKARIA, AKM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 11, 2024
18882505 INSULATION PAD FOR PREVENTING HEAT TRANSFER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING INSULATION PAD FOR PREVENTING HEAT TRANSFER Apit Inc. VO, HAI 1788 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18688833 METHOD OF FORMING EPITAXIAL SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAME Rnr Lab Inc. KIM, SU C 2899 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18569116 ANTIBACTERIAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus ALAM, AYAAN A 1611 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18502357 ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM METAL BATTERY AND LITHIUM METAL BATTERY INCLUDING SAME Seoul National University R&Db Foundation YOUNG, NATASHA E §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18034591 OPTICAL SENSOR USING FERROELECTRICS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Korea Advanced Institute Of Science And Technology ARROYO, TERESA M 2893 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2023
18279027 AUTOMATED THIN FILM DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND THIN FILM DEPOSITION METHOD TO WHICH MACHINE LEARNING IS APPLIED Seoul National University R&Db Foundation ZERVIGON, RUDY 1716 §101§102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2023
18032332 MANUFACTURING OF COVALENT ORGANIC FRAMEWORK-BASED OXYGEN CATALYST AND DEVELOPMENT OF METAL-AIR SECONDARY BATTERY Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University Erica Campus DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1749 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 17, 2023
18115035 THERMAL INSULATION HEADLINER FOR AUTOMOBILE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Es Global Co., Ltd. TATESURE, VINCENT 1786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 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 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 09, 2022

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