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
Faradion Limited has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners but are contained within 1 distinct art unit. This structure indicates that while the company is facing multiple reviews, the technical focus remains centralized within a specific administrative division of the patent office. The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the underlying technology is closely related, even if different examiners are assigned to the individual cases.
The busiest examiner identified in this portfolio is KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL, who is responsible for 1 of the 2 pending office actions. With 2 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage different examiner styles even as they operate within the same art unit. This distribution suggests that while the technical subject matter is consistent, the prosecution experience may vary based on the individual perspectives of the 2 examiners assigned to the 2 pending actions. The presence of 2 pending office actions across 2 distinct examiners means that no single examiner has a majority of the workload. This requires the company to maintain a flexible approach to prosecution in the Chemistry & Materials sector, as the feedback from KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL may differ from the other examiner involved.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| ARCIERO, ADAM A | 1 | 65.1% | -17.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701766 | CARBON ANODE MATERIALS | KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL | — |
| 17413046 | SODIUM-ION BATTERIES | ARCIERO, ADAM A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1727 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18701766 | CARBON ANODE MATERIALS | KIM, ANDREW NATHANIEL | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 17413046 | SODIUM-ION BATTERIES | ARCIERO, ADAM A | 1727 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2021 |
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