Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Expion360 Inc. has 4 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct art units and 2 distinct examiners. This indicates a focused prosecution strategy within these technical groups at the USPTO.
KERNS, KEVIN P is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 3 pending office actions. This concentration shows that most of the company's 4 pending office actions are centralized under this examiner. With 3 pending office actions assigned to KERNS, KEVIN P, the outcome of these cases will significantly impact the overall status of the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERNS, KEVIN P | 3 | 78.9% | +21.2% |
| SLIFKA, COLIN W | 1 | 67.4% | +16.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18525723 | ENHANCED BATTERY CELL ARRANGEMENT | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
| 18386331 | BATTERY CELL ARRANGEMENT | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
| 18238175 | BATTERY CELL ARRANGEMENT | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18525723 | ENHANCED BATTERY CELL ARRANGEMENT | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
| 18386331 | BATTERY CELL ARRANGEMENT | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
| 18238175 | BATTERY CELL ARRANGEMENT | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
| 18238100 | BATTERY ARRANGEMENT | SLIFKA, COLIN W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1735 | 3 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18525723 | ENHANCED BATTERY CELL ARRANGEMENT | KERNS, KEVIN P | 1735 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18386331 | BATTERY CELL ARRANGEMENT | KERNS, KEVIN P | 1735 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18238175 | BATTERY CELL ARRANGEMENT | KERNS, KEVIN P | 1735 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18238100 | BATTERY ARRANGEMENT | SLIFKA, COLIN W | 1732 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialExpion360 Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kevin P Kerns has the most, with 3 of Expion360 Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
