Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Elevated Materials US LLC

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (71%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GRAVES, TIMOTHY P 1 81.0% +15.1%
MURATA, AUSTIN 1 60.6% +20.8%
TALBOT, BRIAN K 1 59.1% +31.0%
CASERTO, JULIA SHARON 1 72.0% +26.4%
BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH 1 56.7% -0.6%
CHEN, KEATH T 1 30.2% +24.6%
MOORE, KARLA A 1 43.1% +14.1%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18832126 CALIBRATION ASSEMBLY FOR A LITHIUM DEPOSITION PROCESS, LITHIUM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A LITHIUM DEPOSITION RATE IN A LITHIUM DEPOSITION PROCESS GRAVES, TIMOTHY P
18768799 TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED SHIELD, MATERIAL DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A MATERIAL ONTO A SUBSTRATE MURATA, AUSTIN
17659302 THERMALLY STABLE POLYMER BINDERS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ANODES CASERTO, JULIA SHARON
17721107 CROSS WEB TENSION MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH
17442415 PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MEASURING AT LEAST ONE OF A PROPERTY OF A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND A PROPERTY OF ONE OR MORE COATINGS ON THE FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE MOORE, KARLA A

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17706181 EVAPORATION SOURCE COOLING MECHANISM CHEN, KEATH T 26d overdue
17976420 DIELECTRIC COATED LITHIUM METAL ANODE TALBOT, BRIAN K 17d overdue
18832126 CALIBRATION ASSEMBLY FOR A LITHIUM DEPOSITION PROCESS, LITHIUM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A LITHIUM DEPOSITION RATE IN A LITHIUM DEPOSITION PROCESS GRAVES, TIMOTHY P
18768799 TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED SHIELD, MATERIAL DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A MATERIAL ONTO A SUBSTRATE MURATA, AUSTIN
17659302 THERMALLY STABLE POLYMER BINDERS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ANODES CASERTO, JULIA SHARON
17442415 PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MEASURING AT LEAST ONE OF A PROPERTY OF A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND A PROPERTY OF ONE OR MORE COATINGS ON THE FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE MOORE, KARLA A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1712 2
1716 2
1789 1
3654 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18832126 CALIBRATION ASSEMBLY FOR A LITHIUM DEPOSITION PROCESS, LITHIUM DEPOSITION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A LITHIUM DEPOSITION RATE IN A LITHIUM DEPOSITION PROCESS GRAVES, TIMOTHY P §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18768799 TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED SHIELD, MATERIAL DEPOSITION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPOSITING A MATERIAL ONTO A SUBSTRATE MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 10, 2024
17976420 DIELECTRIC COATED LITHIUM METAL ANODE TALBOT, BRIAN K 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022
17659302 THERMALLY STABLE POLYMER BINDERS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERY ANODES CASERTO, JULIA SHARON 1789 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 14, 2022
17721107 CROSS WEB TENSION MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL BURRELL, KATELYNNE RUTH 3654 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2022
17706181 EVAPORATION SOURCE COOLING MECHANISM CHEN, KEATH T 1716 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2022
17442415 PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MEASURING AT LEAST ONE OF A PROPERTY OF A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND A PROPERTY OF ONE OR MORE COATINGS ON THE FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE MOORE, KARLA A 1716 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 2021

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