Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
ElringKlinger AG shows a more distributed prosecution profile with 10 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 6 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's patent applications cover a variety of specialized chemical and material classifications. The involvement of 9 distinct examiners suggests a broad range of perspectives and examination styles currently impacting the portfolio. This diversity requires a versatile legal strategy to address the different standards and practices of multiple USPTO divisions.
GREGORY A BLANKENSHIP is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. While this examiner has the highest individual count, these actions represent a small portion of the 10 total pending office actions. This distribution across 9 distinct examiners implies that the prosecution outcomes are not heavily dependent on a single examiner's discretion. The presence of 6 distinct art units further highlights the technical breadth of the matters currently under review, necessitating a decentralized approach to managing the company's intellectual property assets.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (78%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 2 | 85.1% | +3.5% |
| MURATA, AUSTIN | 1 | 60.9% | +21.2% |
| DJANAL-MANN, DOMINIQUE JOHANN | 1 | — | — |
| DOVE, TRACY MAE | 1 | 68.9% | +9.6% |
| BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 1 | 75.9% | +11.2% |
| SONG, KEVIN | 1 | 70.0% | +11.3% |
| CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE | 1 | 66.7% | +25.0% |
| NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V | 1 | 55.3% | +22.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18162993 | BODY UNIT, BODY AND VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 85d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18156922 | HOUSING ELEMENT, COMBINATION OF A PRESSURE COMPENSATION ELEMENT AND A HOUSING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A COMBINATION | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 3d overdue |
| 17934722 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE | CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE | 13d |
| 18950010 | STRUCTURAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | — |
| 18688219 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM | MURATA, AUSTIN | — |
| 18565452 | CONTROL DEVICE OF A BATTERY STORE | DJANAL-MANN, DOMINIQUE JOHANN | — |
| 18483022 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | DOVE, TRACY MAE | — |
| 18071175 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM | SONG, KEVIN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18156922 | HOUSING ELEMENT, COMBINATION OF A PRESSURE COMPENSATION ELEMENT AND A HOUSING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A COMBINATION | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 3d overdue |
| 17934722 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE | CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE | 13d |
| 18688219 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM | MURATA, AUSTIN | — |
| 18071175 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM | SONG, KEVIN | — |
| 17582765 | BATTERY DEVICES AND METHOD FOR FIXING BATTERY CELLS | NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 1728 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1724 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18950010 | STRUCTURAL COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2024 |
| 18688219 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM | MURATA, AUSTIN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18565452 | CONTROL DEVICE OF A BATTERY STORE | DJANAL-MANN, DOMINIQUE JOHANN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18483022 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | DOVE, TRACY MAE | 1725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
| 18162993 | BODY UNIT, BODY AND VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 3612 | §112 | Final Rejection | 85d overdue | Pending | Feb 01, 2023 |
| 18156922 | HOUSING ELEMENT, COMBINATION OF A PRESSURE COMPENSATION ELEMENT AND A HOUSING ELEMENT, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A COMBINATION | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
| 18071175 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEM | SONG, KEVIN | 1728 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
| 17934722 | BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A BATTERY MODULE | CLARY, KAYLA ELAINE | 1721 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17582765 | BATTERY DEVICES AND METHOD FOR FIXING BATTERY CELLS | NEDIALKOVA, LILIA V | 1724 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2022 |
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