Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
14 pending office actions • 11 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ecopro BM Co., Ltd. maintains a portfolio with 13 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are spread across 13 distinct examiners and 11 distinct art units. Aryana Yasmine Ortiz is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though she is only responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that no single examiner holds a large portion of the company's pending workload.
The 13 pending office actions are evaluated by 13 distinct examiners, meaning every pending matter is assigned to a different individual. The involvement of 11 distinct art units indicates that the company's chemistry and materials technology is being reviewed by a variety of specialized groups within the USPTO. Aryana Yasmine Ortiz is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, which reflects the fragmented nature of the prosecution. This spread across 11 distinct art units suggests a range of technical subject matter within the pending applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 2 | 67.8% | +31.4% |
| ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE | 1 | 50.0% | +29.2% |
| THOMAS, JAISON P | 1 | 82.7% | +17.7% |
| MERKLING, MATTHEW J | 1 | 68.3% | +13.1% |
| COCHENOUR, ZACKARY RICHARD | 1 | 76.1% | +31.7% |
| NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | 1 | 74.6% | +18.7% |
| LIANG, JACKIE | 1 | — | — |
| WEST, ROBERT GENE | 1 | 74.8% | +24.4% |
| SMITH, JEREMIAH R | 1 | 58.2% | +25.0% |
| FREEMAN, EMILY ELIZABETH | 1 | 72.7% | +14.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18314558 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | LIANG, JACKIE | 31d overdue |
| 18308863 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | WEST, ROBERT GENE | 2d overdue |
| 18177550 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 23d |
| 18820309 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND SODIUM SECONDARY | THOMAS, JAISON P | — |
| 18465445 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18323928 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | COCHENOUR, ZACKARY RICHARD | — |
| 18303832 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | SMITH, JEREMIAH R | — |
| 18246523 | Cathode Active Material for Lithium Secondary Battery, Preparation Method Therefor, and Lithium Secondary Battery Comprising Same | FREEMAN, EMILY ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18308863 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | WEST, ROBERT GENE | 2d overdue |
| 18246526 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 1d overdue |
| 19060905 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY | ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE | — |
| 18820309 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND SODIUM SECONDARY | THOMAS, JAISON P | — |
| 18465445 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | — |
| 18323928 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | COCHENOUR, ZACKARY RICHARD | — |
| 18198477 | METHOD OF PREPARING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING WASTE POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | — |
| 18303832 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | SMITH, JEREMIAH R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1751 | 3 |
| 1761 | 2 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 1724 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19060905 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY | ORTIZ, ARYANA YASMINE | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 18820309 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR SODIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND SODIUM SECONDARY | THOMAS, JAISON P | 1762 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18465445 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME | MERKLING, MATTHEW J | 1725 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18323928 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | COCHENOUR, ZACKARY RICHARD | 1752 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18198477 | METHOD OF PREPARING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING WASTE POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL | NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | 1761 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18314558 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | LIANG, JACKIE | 1726 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2023 |
| 18308863 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | WEST, ROBERT GENE | 1721 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18303832 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | SMITH, JEREMIAH R | 1723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 20, 2023 |
| 18246526 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 1751 | §112 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18246523 | Cathode Active Material for Lithium Secondary Battery, Preparation Method Therefor, and Lithium Secondary Battery Comprising Same | FREEMAN, EMILY ELIZABETH | 1724 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18177550 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 1785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d | Pending | Mar 02, 2023 |
| 18064147 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | BAND, MICHAEL A | 1794 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 09, 2022 |
| 18046045 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 18045537 | LITHIUM METAL COMPLEX OXIDE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | DIAZ, MATTHEW R | 1761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2022 |
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