Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Dongguan Amperex Technology Limited

10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
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.

0
Overdue
1
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.

2
Hard (20%)
8
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (80%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
40% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STAGG, MIRIAM 1 31.8% +15.7%
HIGGINS, KATHERINE NICOLE 1 61.9% +21.5%
JELSMA, JONATHAN G 1 69.7% +14.7%
CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J 1 79.5% +20.0%
WANG, PIN JAN 1 66.7% +37.5%
OTERO, KENNETH MAX 1 50.0% +33.3%
WEI, ZHONGQING 1 58.9% +16.2%
BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS 1 35.9% +4.4%
MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK 1 52.9% +16.3%
ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE 1 50.0% +23.6%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18392779 BATTERY-FIXING BONDING TAPE AND MOBILE TERMINAL CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J
17710161 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18192939 Electrochemical Apparatus and Electronic Apparatus WEI, ZHONGQING 6d
18622406 BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS STAGG, MIRIAM
18619933 BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK HIGGINS, KATHERINE NICOLE
18400146 ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS JELSMA, JONATHAN G
18392779 BATTERY-FIXING BONDING TAPE AND MOBILE TERMINAL CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J
18325371 ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WANG, PIN JAN
18192934 BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OTERO, KENNETH MAX
17709984 ELECTRODE PLATE, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1717 1
1725 1
1727 1
1726 1
1723 1
1751 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18622406 BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS STAGG, MIRIAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18619933 BATTERY AND BATTERY PACK HIGGINS, KATHERINE NICOLE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18400146 ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS JELSMA, JONATHAN G §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18392779 BATTERY-FIXING BONDING TAPE AND MOBILE TERMINAL CHMIELECKI, SCOTT J §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18325371 ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WANG, PIN JAN 1717 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 30, 2023
18192934 BATTERY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE OTERO, KENNETH MAX 1725 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2023
18192939 Electrochemical Apparatus and Electronic Apparatus WEI, ZHONGQING 1727 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18191230 ELECTROCHEMICAL APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS 1726 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 28, 2023
17709984 ELECTRODE PLATE, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK 1723 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2022
17710161 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE 1751 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2022

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