Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Group14 Technologies Inc. is active in the Chemistry & Materials technology area with 4 pending office actions. These actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners. Despite the variety of examiners, all 4 pending office actions are housed within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates technical focus, as the patent office has categorized all current filings within the same specialized group at the patent office.
Mark T Kopec is listed as the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. This figure is consistent across the portfolio, as the 4 distinct examiners each manage 1 of the 4 pending office actions. For the company, this means that while they are dealing with 1 art unit, they must navigate the specific preferences of the distinct examiners. This situation requires a strategy that balances the consistent technical standards of the 1 art unit with the individual perspectives of the 1 examiner managing the busiest pending case.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (20%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOPEC, MARK T | 1 | 84.5% | +12.9% |
| LI, JUN | 1 | 54.6% | +56.8% |
| ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | 1 | 56.0% | +24.1% |
| WEI, ZHONGQING | 1 | 59.0% | +14.5% |
| SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 1 | 86.2% | +15.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18815714 | METHODS OF PASSIVATION TO CONTROL OXYGEN CONTENT AND REACTIVITY OF SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS | KOPEC, MARK T | — |
| 18246472 | SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | — |
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.
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18403598 | COMPOSITE CARBON MATERIALS COMPRISING LITHIUM ALLOYING ELECTROCHEMICAL MODIFIERS | ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | 18d overdue |
| 18486984 | LITHIUM-SILICON BATTERY COMPRISING A SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE | WEI, ZHONGQING | 6d |
| 18815714 | METHODS OF PASSIVATION TO CONTROL OXYGEN CONTENT AND REACTIVITY OF SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS | KOPEC, MARK T | — |
| 18576636 | GROUP14 COMPOSITE | LI, JUN | — |
| 18246472 | SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1727 | 2 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18815714 | METHODS OF PASSIVATION TO CONTROL OXYGEN CONTENT AND REACTIVITY OF SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS | KOPEC, MARK T | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18576636 | GROUP14 COMPOSITE | LI, JUN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18403598 | COMPOSITE CARBON MATERIALS COMPRISING LITHIUM ALLOYING ELECTROCHEMICAL MODIFIERS | ZEMUI, NATHANAEL T | 1727 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 03, 2024 |
| 18486984 | LITHIUM-SILICON BATTERY COMPRISING A SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE | WEI, ZHONGQING | 1727 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18246472 | SILICON-CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH ENHANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 1736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
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