Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

A123 Systems LLC

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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 (20%)
3
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
80% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DIGGS, TANISHA 1 54.9% +53.9%
LEWIS, MONICA 1 31.7% +17.1%
FORREST, MICHAEL 1 59.5% +13.6%
KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI 1 69.6% +11.4%
ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM 1 71.6% +6.1%

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
18645218 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SALT-RINSE SURFACE DOPING OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS DIGGS, TANISHA

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17659463 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CATHODE PRE-LITHIATION LAYER KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI 26d overdue
18645218 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SALT-RINSE SURFACE DOPING OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS DIGGS, TANISHA
18539110 PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LEWIS, MONICA
18295798 HIGH POWER ELECTRODE MATERIALS FORREST, MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1761 1
2838 1
1738 1
1752 1
1725 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18645218 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SALT-RINSE SURFACE DOPING OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS DIGGS, TANISHA 1761 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 24, 2024
18539110 PROTECTION CIRCUIT FOR BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM LEWIS, MONICA 2838 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18295798 HIGH POWER ELECTRODE MATERIALS FORREST, MICHAEL 1738 DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2023
17659463 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CATHODE PRE-LITHIATION LAYER KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI 1752 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2022
17418538 ABUSE-TOLERANT LITHIUM ION BATTERY CATHODE BLENDS WITH SYMBIOTIC POWER PERFORMANCE BENEFITS ESTES, JONATHAN WILLIAM 1725 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 25, 2021

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