Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Battelle Energy Alliance LLC has 11 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 11 actions are distributed among 11 distinct examiners. The 7 distinct art units involved show that the portfolio is classified into 7 different technical groups. With 11 pending office actions and 11 distinct examiners, each action is currently assigned to a different individual. The 7 distinct art units indicate the technical distribution of the filings.
ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. Since there are 11 pending office actions and 11 distinct examiners, each examiner handles 1 pending action. Navigating 7 distinct art units requires addressing the standards of 7 different examination groups. With 11 pending office actions, the company faces 11 distinct sets of examiner expectations. The 7 distinct art units represent the technical classifications for the 11 pending office actions. Practitioners should be prepared to manage 11 separate examiner relationships across 7 distinct art units. This distribution ensures that the 11 pending office actions are reviewed by 11 different people.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 3 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (58%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 1 | 63.5% | +24.6% |
| DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | 1 | 55.0% | +25.3% |
| WONG, EDNA | 1 | 58.4% | -19.7% |
| LAU, TUNG S | 1 | 83.0% | +14.5% |
| VAN, LUAN V | 1 | 34.3% | +40.4% |
| ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 1 | 74.1% | +24.5% |
| PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | 1 | 77.7% | +12.6% |
| WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | 1 | 54.4% | +17.8% |
| KABIR, SAAD M | 1 | 68.5% | +24.3% |
| TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 1 | 63.2% | +36.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18001304 | ANALYZING SYSTEMS OR GROUPS THAT UNDERGO CHANGES OVER TIME, AND RELATED DEVICES AND SYSTEMS | SAXENA, AKASH | 2d overdue |
| 18460434 | APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO REMOVE FLEXIBLE MATERIALS FROM ROTATING ELEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 16d |
| 18311838 | METHANE ACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUSES | WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | 39d |
| 19227784 | VARIABLE DEPTH SEAL GROOVES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 19109088 | METHODS OF FORMING SINTERED ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLIES AND COMPONENTS | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | — |
| 18946789 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING ETHYLENE FROM METHANE, AND RELATED ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS | WONG, EDNA | — |
| 18623689 | MULTISPECTRAL IMPEDANCE DETERMINATION UNDER DYNAMIC LOAD CONDITIONS | LAU, TUNG S | — |
| 18557030 | ELECTROCHEMICAL MEMBRANE APPARATUS INCLUDING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL MEMBRANE REACTOR, AND RELATED METHODS | VAN, LUAN V | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18305012 | SOL-GEL PARTICLES INCLUDING HOMOGENEOUSLY DISPERSED DOPANTS AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 46d overdue |
| 18304686 | GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS FOR ENERGY SOURCES | KABIR, SAAD M | 2d overdue |
| 18460434 | APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO REMOVE FLEXIBLE MATERIALS FROM ROTATING ELEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 16d |
| 18311838 | METHANE ACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUSES | WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | 39d |
| 19227784 | VARIABLE DEPTH SEAL GROOVES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 19109088 | METHODS OF FORMING SINTERED ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLIES AND COMPONENTS | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | — |
| 18623689 | MULTISPECTRAL IMPEDANCE DETERMINATION UNDER DYNAMIC LOAD CONDITIONS | LAU, TUNG S | — |
| 18557030 | ELECTROCHEMICAL MEMBRANE APPARATUS INCLUDING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL MEMBRANE REACTOR, AND RELATED METHODS | VAN, LUAN V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19227784 | VARIABLE DEPTH SEAL GROOVES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 3619 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19109088 | METHODS OF FORMING SINTERED ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLIES AND COMPONENTS | DAIGLER, CHRISTOPHER PAUL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18946789 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING ETHYLENE FROM METHANE, AND RELATED ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS | WONG, EDNA | 1795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18623689 | MULTISPECTRAL IMPEDANCE DETERMINATION UNDER DYNAMIC LOAD CONDITIONS | LAU, TUNG S | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18557030 | ELECTROCHEMICAL MEMBRANE APPARATUS INCLUDING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL MEMBRANE REACTOR, AND RELATED METHODS | VAN, LUAN V | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18460434 | APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO REMOVE FLEXIBLE MATERIALS FROM ROTATING ELEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | ALAWADI, MOHAMMED S | 3725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18253194 | DETERMINING A LITHIUM-PLATING STATE OF A BATTERY, AND RELATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS | PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG | 2859 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18311838 | METHANE ACTIVATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUSES | WITTENBERG, STEFANIE S | 1795 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | May 03, 2023 |
| 18304686 | GENERATING CONTROL SIGNALS FOR ENERGY SOURCES | KABIR, SAAD M | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18305012 | SOL-GEL PARTICLES INCLUDING HOMOGENEOUSLY DISPERSED DOPANTS AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18069023 | METHODS OF FORMING A MULTI-PRINCIPAL ELEMENT ALLOYL | KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S | 1759 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18001304 | ANALYZING SYSTEMS OR GROUPS THAT UNDERGO CHANGES OVER TIME, AND RELATED DEVICES AND SYSTEMS | SAXENA, AKASH | 2188 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
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