Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Ecopro Materials Co. Ltd.

2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
1
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (50%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting only1 (50%)
Double-patenting + other1 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
50% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOANG, NATHAN NGOC-NGOC 1 100.0% +0.0%
MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 1 81.6% +2.2%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
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
18508382 METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL FROM WASTE BATTERY MATERIAL AND WASTE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1733 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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 DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023
18508382 METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL FROM WASTE BATTERY MATERIAL AND WASTE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIALS MCGUTHRY BANKS, TIMA MICHELE 1733 §112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023

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