Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
20 pending office actions • 14 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hithium Tech HK Limited has 22 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are spread across 22 distinct examiners and 15 distinct art units. This is a highly distributed examination profile, with each pending matter associated with a separate examiner. Portfolio management therefore depends on application-level tracking rather than a single examiner playbook. The art-unit distribution also indicates that the technology is being examined in several technical settings.
RIVERA, JOSHEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has a larger recorded concentration, so this examiner is a contact point rather than a dominant source of portfolio activity. Counsel should compare office-action themes across the fifteen art units only where the claim technologies are sufficiently aligned. Separately maintained response templates may help with administrative consistency, but substantive amendments should remain tied to each examiner's record, cited references, and the particular Chemistry & Materials disclosure at issue.
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 | 9 (45%) |
| §102 only | 2 (10%) |
| §112 only | 2 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (35%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERA, JOSHEL | 1 | 73.7% | +6.7% |
| KOCH, GEORGE R | 1 | 72.8% | +17.0% |
| AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1 | 76.4% | +20.6% |
| GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE | 1 | 24.1% | +13.4% |
| SCHULER, JACOB JEROME | 1 | — | — |
| GITMAN, GABRIEL E | 1 | 76.2% | +20.3% |
| ALTVATER, NATALIE RAQUEL | 1 | — | — |
| SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S | 1 | 78.2% | +19.7% |
| BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH | 1 | — | — |
| CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1 | 59.7% | +18.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043936 | BATTERY CELL RECYCLING DEVICE AND BATTERY CELL TAPE PROCESSING METHOD | KOCH, GEORGE R | — |
| 18759386 | METHOD FOR WINDING CELL AND SYSTEM FOR WINDING CELL | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | — |
| 18757061 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, BATTERY, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE | — |
| 18756997 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | SCHULER, JACOB JEROME | — |
| 18662776 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, BATTERY CELL, AND BATTERY PACK | ALTVATER, NATALIE RAQUEL | — |
| 18636786 | CONNECTOR, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH | — |
| 18392728 | CELL, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | — |
| 18391141 | CURRENT COLLECTING COMPONENT, BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19043936 | BATTERY CELL RECYCLING DEVICE AND BATTERY CELL TAPE PROCESSING METHOD | KOCH, GEORGE R | — |
| 18759386 | METHOD FOR WINDING CELL AND SYSTEM FOR WINDING CELL | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | — |
| 18757061 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, BATTERY, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE | — |
| 18673807 | GAS-PHASE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE TREATMENT MEMBER AND PREPARATION METHOD, ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT | GITMAN, GABRIEL E | — |
| 18646113 | LOWER PLASTIC STRUCTURE, END COVER ASSEMBLY, ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT | SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S | — |
| 18629964 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1723 | 4 |
| 1727 | 3 |
| 1751 | 2 |
| 1746 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19092205 | ELECTRODE SHEET AND SPLICING METHOD OF ELECTRODE SHEET | RIVERA, JOSHEL | 1746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19043936 | BATTERY CELL RECYCLING DEVICE AND BATTERY CELL TAPE PROCESSING METHOD | KOCH, GEORGE R | 1745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18759386 | METHOD FOR WINDING CELL AND SYSTEM FOR WINDING CELL | AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18757061 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, BATTERY, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | GILLIAM, BARBARA LEE | 1727 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18756997 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | SCHULER, JACOB JEROME | 1727 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18673807 | GAS-PHASE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE TREATMENT MEMBER AND PREPARATION METHOD, ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT | GITMAN, GABRIEL E | 1776 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18662776 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, BATTERY CELL, AND BATTERY PACK | ALTVATER, NATALIE RAQUEL | 1785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18646113 | LOWER PLASTIC STRUCTURE, END COVER ASSEMBLY, ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT | SIDDIQUEE, MUHAMMAD S | 1723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18636786 | CONNECTOR, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH | 1787 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18629964 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1774 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18626078 | ENERGY-STORAGE APPARATUS, ENERGY-STORAGE MODULE, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN | 1782 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18399740 | CURRENT COLLECTOR ASSEMBLY, BATTERY CELL, AND BATTERY PACK | TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | 1723 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18392916 | END COVER ASSEMBLY, ENERGY-STORAGE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY | 1751 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18392728 | CELL, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 1729 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18391141 | CURRENT COLLECTING COMPONENT, BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1749 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18533184 | PLASTIC COMPONENT, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE | ARCIERO, ADAM A | 1727 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18531742 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE SHEET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | 1723 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18526527 | DESIGN METHOD FOR CONNECTION SHEET, CONNECTION SHEET, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | WILLS, MONIQUE M | 1723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 17949524 | ELECTRODE SHEET AND ELECTRODE SHEET ASSEMBLY | TAN, ESTHER JIESI | 1751 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Sep 21, 2022 |
| 17903526 | EXPLOSION-PROOF VALVE APPLICABLE TO BATTERY, BATTERY, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER | 1724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 53d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialHithium Tech HK Limited has 20 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 20 examiners.
Joshel Rivera has the most, with 1 of Hithium Tech HK Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
