Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Energy Vault Inc. is managing 2 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing no consolidation in the current prosecution cycle. This structure suggests that the company's semiconductor-related filings target different technical niches within the 2 distinct art units.
The busiest examiner, DESAI, NAISHADH N, is responsible for 1 pending action. Because the 2 pending office actions are located in 2 distinct art units, the company must navigate the specific guidelines of two separate examination groups. This involvement of 2 distinct examiners means that the prosecution team cannot rely on a single point of contact for its semiconductor portfolio. Instead, they must manage two separate relationships and address the unique technical requirements of the 2 distinct art units simultaneously to resolve the 2 pending office actions.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESAI, NAISHADH N | 1 | 81.9% | +9.0% |
| EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 83.6% | +23.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAULT TOLERANT ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO MANAGE HETEROGENEOUS POWER PLANTS | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19034177 | LIFT DRIVE SYSTEM FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | DESAI, NAISHADH N | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAULT TOLERANT ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO MANAGE HETEROGENEOUS POWER PLANTS | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19034177 | LIFT DRIVE SYSTEM FOR ENERGY STORAGE AND DELIVERY SYSTEM | DESAI, NAISHADH N | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18935328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAULT TOLERANT ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO MANAGE HETEROGENEOUS POWER PLANTS | EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E | 2117 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEnergy Vault Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Naishadh N Desai has the most, with 1 of Energy Vault Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
