Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd. has 8 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The docket is spread across 8 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, combining complete examiner dispersion with some art-unit concentration.

NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Portfolio oversight should therefore emphasize consistent technical positions across matters while allowing for different examination settings.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

5
Hard (62%)
1
Medium (12%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (12%)
§112 only2 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

8
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 1 74.5% +18.7%
GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1 83.3% +0.0%
HUHN, RICHARD A 1 67.1% +5.7%
REDDY, KARUNA P 1 42.6% +10.4%
BERNATZ, KEVIN M 1 87.8% +12.3%
ALTVATER, NATALIE RAQUEL 1 — —
D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1 68.3% +41.7%
PENNY, TABATHA L 1 45.7% +22.8%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18664873 HYDROPHILIC QUANTUM DOT, HYDROPHILIC SOLVENT-TYPE QUANTUM INK COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN —
18684818 COPOLYMER FOR SEPARATOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME REDDY, KARUNA P —
18566002 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME BERNATZ, KEVIN M —
18522567 ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME ALTVATER, NATALIE RAQUEL —
18368160 ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18254390 NOVEL COMPOUND, PRECURSOR COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THIN FILM USING SAME PENNY, TABATHA L 204d overdue
18727796 NANOCELLULOSE-BASED AQUEOUS BINDER AND SLURRY FOR SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN —
18684818 COPOLYMER FOR SEPARATOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME REDDY, KARUNA P —
18566002 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME BERNATZ, KEVIN M —
18368160 ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1764 2
1785 2
1761 1
1759 1
1723 1
1712 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18727796 NANOCELLULOSE-BASED AQUEOUS BINDER AND SLURRY FOR SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 1761 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
18664873 HYDROPHILIC QUANTUM DOT, HYDROPHILIC SOLVENT-TYPE QUANTUM INK COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN 1759 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18684821 COPOLYMER FOR SEPARATOR, AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME HUHN, RICHARD A 1764 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2024
18684818 COPOLYMER FOR SEPARATOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME REDDY, KARUNA P 1764 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2024
18566002 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME BERNATZ, KEVIN M 1785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2023
18522567 ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME ALTVATER, NATALIE RAQUEL 1785 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2023
18368160 ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1723 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 14, 2023
18254390 NOVEL COMPOUND, PRECURSOR COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THIN FILM USING SAME PENNY, TABATHA L 1712 §103 Final Rejection 204d overdue Pending May 25, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd. have?

Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd. has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd. applications?

Khanh Tuan Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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