Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

A123 Systems LLC

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

0
Hard (0%)
3
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

3
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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOPEC, MARK T 1 84.5% +12.7%
KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI 1 72.2% -5.0%
VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W 1 77.9% +11.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18301081 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CATHODE WITH HIGH STRUCTURAL LITHIUM CONTENT KOPEC, MARK T 12d

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18301081 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CATHODE WITH HIGH STRUCTURAL LITHIUM CONTENT KOPEC, MARK T 12d
17623455 COMPOSITE SOLID-STATE BATTERY CELL VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W 27d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1762 1
1752 1
1728 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18301081 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CATHODE WITH HIGH STRUCTURAL LITHIUM CONTENT KOPEC, MARK T 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 14, 2023
17659463 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CATHODE PRE-LITHIATION LAYER KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI 1752 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2022
17623455 COMPOSITE SOLID-STATE BATTERY CELL VAN OUDENAREN, MATTHEW W 1728 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Dec 28, 2021

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