Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Ascend Elements, Inc.

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
50% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RUMP, RICHARD M 1 74.6% +20.1%
BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1 65.6% +13.2%
TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA 1 78.7% +8.6%
CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1 50.9% +38.7%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18598887 LITHIUM RECYCLING RUMP, RICHARD M
18427359 Recycled Graphite for Li-Ion Batteries BOWMAN, ANDREW J
18244745 FORCED DISCHARGE FOR BATTERIES TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA
17519914 CHARGE MATERIAL SYNTHESIZED FROM RECYCLED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES CARPENTER, JOSHUA S

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18598887 LITHIUM RECYCLING RUMP, RICHARD M
18427359 Recycled Graphite for Li-Ion Batteries BOWMAN, ANDREW J
17519914 CHARGE MATERIAL SYNTHESIZED FROM RECYCLED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES CARPENTER, JOSHUA S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1717 1
1733 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18598887 LITHIUM RECYCLING RUMP, RICHARD M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18427359 Recycled Graphite for Li-Ion Batteries BOWMAN, ANDREW J 1717 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2024
18244745 FORCED DISCHARGE FOR BATTERIES TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
17519914 CHARGE MATERIAL SYNTHESIZED FROM RECYCLED LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 05, 2021

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