Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gridtential Energy Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This case is reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG, in 1 distinct art unit. As the busiest examiner, CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG handles the 1 pending action that constitutes the company's current workload. This materials science portfolio is currently proceeding through a single examination channel, which allows for a focused and efficient prosecution process.
The concentration of the 1 pending office action within 1 distinct art unit allows the applicant to focus their technical arguments on the specific standards of that group. Because CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG is the only official involved, practitioners should prioritize understanding this 1 distinct examiner's past decisions and preferred claim structures. This streamlined prosecution path reduces the need for coordinating across different technical groups but also means the company's current chemistry portfolio depends entirely on the resolution of this single matter. Success will require a strategy that directly addresses the 1 distinct art unit's standards.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | 1 | 45.8% | +7.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18106389 | BIPOLAR BATTERY PLATE CONFIGURATION AND FABRICATION TECHNIQUES | CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1751 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18106389 | BIPOLAR BATTERY PLATE CONFIGURATION AND FABRICATION TECHNIQUES | CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG | 1751 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGridtential Energy Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Tony Sheng Hsiang Chuo has the most, with 1 of Gridtential Energy Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
