Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hansol Chemical Co., Ltd. currently has 6 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct art units and involve 6 distinct examiners. Noa William Fran Grooms is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. With 6 pending office actions and 6 distinct examiners, the portfolio demonstrates a broad distribution where each examiner handles only one case.
Although the examiners are diverse, the workload is concentrated within only 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while individual examiner styles will vary, the technical focus of the 6 pending office actions remains relatively narrow. Practitioners should prepare for 6 distinct examination approaches while maintaining a consistent technical narrative for the 2 distinct art units.
The involvement of multiple examiners indicates that no single individual has a dominant influence over the portfolio's current trajectory. Noa William Fran Grooms, as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, reflects this even distribution. The concentration in the current art units may allow for some efficiency in technical research despite the variety of examiners.
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.
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 (29%) |
| §112 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | 1 | 74.6% | +18.7% |
| GROOMS, NOA WILLIAM FRAN | 1 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| NGUYEN, TRI V | 1 | 67.6% | +57.2% |
| REDDY, KARUNA P | 1 | 42.5% | +10.4% |
| HUHN, RICHARD A | 1 | 67.0% | +5.6% |
| LI, JUN | 1 | 54.6% | +56.8% |
| PENNY, TABATHA L | 1 | 45.7% | +22.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
| 18639624 | METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLE DISPERSIBLE IN NON-POLAR SOLVENT, ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYER-FORMING INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET PRINTING INCLUDING THE SAME, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME | NGUYEN, TRI V | — |
| 18684818 | COPOLYMER FOR SEPARATOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | REDDY, KARUNA P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18639624 | METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLE DISPERSIBLE IN NON-POLAR SOLVENT, ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYER-FORMING INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET PRINTING INCLUDING THE SAME, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME | NGUYEN, TRI V | — |
| 18684818 | COPOLYMER FOR SEPARATOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | REDDY, KARUNA P | — |
| 18529132 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SPHERICAL SOLID ELECTROLYTE | LI, JUN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18727796 | NANOCELLULOSE-BASED AQUEOUS BINDER AND SLURRY FOR SECONDARY BATTERY ELECTRODE | NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | — | §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 | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18639624 | METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLE DISPERSIBLE IN NON-POLAR SOLVENT, ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYER-FORMING INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET PRINTING INCLUDING THE SAME, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME | NGUYEN, TRI V | 1764 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18684818 | COPOLYMER FOR SEPARATOR AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | REDDY, KARUNA P | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18684821 | COPOLYMER FOR SEPARATOR, AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | HUHN, RICHARD A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18529132 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SPHERICAL SOLID ELECTROLYTE | LI, JUN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 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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