Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ecopro Materials Co. Ltd. is navigating 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. The prosecution activity is split among the involved personnel and units, which suggests that the company is not overly dependent on the tendencies of a single examiner. For practitioners, this distribution requires a flexible strategy that can adapt to the different styles of 2 distinct examiners. The presence of 2 distinct art units indicates that the company is pursuing multiple technical paths within its field.
MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is balanced across the 2 distinct art units. This structure means that the company must navigate the specific procedural nuances of different areas of the USPTO simultaneously. Practitioners should focus on maintaining a consistent technical narrative across these 2 distinct examiners to ensure the portfolio remains cohesive. The presence of multiple active matters in the Chemistry & Materials area highlights the company's ongoing commitment to securing intellectual property in this specific technology sector. Coordinating responses across 2 distinct art units will be essential to maintain a unified patent strategy.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1 | 81.6% | +2.8% |
| HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18508382 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL FROM WASTE BATTERY MATERIAL AND WASTE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | — |
| 18508600 | METHOD FOR REMOVING IMPURITY AND RECOVERING HIGH-CONCENTRATION LITHIUM AQUEOUS SOLUTION FROM WASTE BATTERY MATERIAL AND WASTE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS | HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1733 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18508382 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL FROM WASTE BATTERY MATERIAL AND WASTE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS | MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE | 1733 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18508600 | METHOD FOR REMOVING IMPURITY AND RECOVERING HIGH-CONCENTRATION LITHIUM AQUEOUS SOLUTION FROM WASTE BATTERY MATERIAL AND WASTE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS | HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC | 1772 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialEcopro Materials Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Tima Michele Mcguthry Banks has the most, with 1 of Ecopro Materials Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
