Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Aqua Metals Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company's prosecution activity is currently restricted to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, which reflects a singular point of contact within the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This concentration means that the immediate success of the portfolio relies on the evaluation of a single technical reviewer rather than a diverse panel of experts, requiring a focused approach to examiner interaction.
WILKINS III, HARRY D serves as the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing the 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since this examiner is the only one assigned to the company's active matters, their specific examination style and history will be the primary factor in the prosecution timeline. The presence of only 1 distinct art unit further suggests that the current legal efforts are focused on a specific subset of chemical or material technologies without broader cross-disciplinary involvement at this time. Managing 1 pending office action with a single examiner allows for a direct line of communication but limits the breadth of the company's current patent office interactions.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINS III, HARRY D | 1 | 62.3% | +19.2% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17631844 | Metal Recovery From Lead Containing Electrolytes | WILKINS III, HARRY D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17631844 | Metal Recovery From Lead Containing Electrolytes | WILKINS III, HARRY D | 1794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAqua Metals Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Harry D Wilkins III has the most, with 1 of Aqua Metals Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
