Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Faraday Technology Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, although they are both categorized within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while the technical focus is narrow and consistent, the workload is divided between different individuals. Such a structure requires the practitioner to maintain consistency in technical arguments across the art unit while adapting to the different preferences of the examiners.
The busiest examiner, MENON, KRISHNAN S, is currently handling 1 pending office action. With the total pending office actions being split equally among the distinct examiners assigned to this portfolio, each examiner manages a single case. This distribution suggests that the company's current filings in the Chemistry & Materials area are being treated as separate technical inquiries rather than being consolidated under a single examiner. The focus on a single art unit suggests that the underlying technology is closely related, even if the examination process is decentralized.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENON, KRISHNAN S | 1 | 59.7% | +11.7% |
| SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1 | 63.5% | +11.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18353265 | ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF HIGH-PURITY, HIGH-CONDUCTIVITY CORRUGATED WAVEGUIDES | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18779658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEWATERING OF SUSPENSIONS OF CELLULOSIC NANOMATERIALS | MENON, KRISHNAN S | — |
| 18353265 | ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF HIGH-PURITY, HIGH-CONDUCTIVITY CORRUGATED WAVEGUIDES | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18779658 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEWATERING OF SUSPENSIONS OF CELLULOSIC NANOMATERIALS | MENON, KRISHNAN S | — | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18353265 | ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF HIGH-PURITY, HIGH-CONDUCTIVITY CORRUGATED WAVEGUIDES | SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN | 1795 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
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