Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Eaglepicher Technologies LLC has 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. LEE, JAMES is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This indicates a fully distributed workload where each of the 3 pending office actions is assigned to a different individual.
The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's chemical and materials research is being evaluated by multiple specialized divisions. While the portfolio is small, the split across 2 distinct art units shows that the technology is not confined to a single narrow classification. This requires the applicant to navigate the specific examination standards of different groups within the patent office.
With 3 distinct examiners involved, the company receives a variety of perspectives on its patent applications. Since the busiest examiner only has 1 busiest examiner pending office action, there is no centralization of prosecution authority. Practitioners must manage these matters as independent efforts, as the involvement of multiple examiners and 2 distinct art units minimizes the likelihood of consistent behavior across the portfolio.
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 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, JAMES | 1 | 74.2% | +19.5% |
| ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE | 1 | 33.3% | +50.0% |
| ZENG, LINGWEN R | 1 | 76.6% | +20.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18547095 | WIRE BOND FUSE DOWN-SELECT FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS | ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18686728 | BATTERY VENT PROTECTOR | LEE, JAMES | — |
| 18547095 | WIRE BOND FUSE DOWN-SELECT FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS | ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE | — |
| 18030363 | BATTERY ASSEMBLIES, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | ZENG, LINGWEN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1724 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18686728 | BATTERY VENT PROTECTOR | LEE, JAMES | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18547095 | WIRE BOND FUSE DOWN-SELECT FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS | ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE | 1724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18030363 | BATTERY ASSEMBLIES, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | ZENG, LINGWEN R | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2023 |
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