Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
14 pending office actions • 4 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hithium Tech HK Limited has 15 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 15 actions are assigned to 15 distinct examiners, resulting in a perfect match between the number of examiners and pending matters. This shows that no single examiner is currently handling more than 1 case for the company. The portfolio is distributed across 4 distinct art units.
JOSHEL RIVERA is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. The concentration within 4 distinct art units for 15 pending actions suggests that while many different examiners are involved, they are working within a relatively small number of specialized technical groups. Managing 15 pending office actions across 15 distinct examiners requires a broad approach to prosecution, as each application is being reviewed by a different person. This lack of concentration means that no single examiner's feedback will necessarily predict the outcome of other pending matters in the portfolio.
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 | 6 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERA, JOSHEL | 1 | 73.6% | +6.7% |
| KOCH, GEORGE R | 1 | 72.9% | +17.3% |
| AMEEN, MOHAMMAD M | 1 | 76.2% | +20.7% |
| BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH | 1 | — | — |
| CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1 | 59.6% | +18.6% |
| COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN | 1 | — | — |
| HO, ANDREW YEWHONG | 1 | — | — |
| GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | 1 | 77.9% | +18.8% |
| CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY | 1 | 10.0% | -13.3% |
| DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1 | 51.1% | +16.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 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 | — |
| 18636786 | CONNECTOR, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH | — |
| 18606732 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION APPARATUS | HO, ANDREW YEWHONG | — |
| 18590994 | END COVER ASSEMBLY, BATTERY CELL, BATTERY MODULE, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — |
| 18392916 | END COVER ASSEMBLY, ENERGY-STORAGE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY | — |
| 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 5 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 | — |
| 18629964 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | — |
| 18590994 | END COVER ASSEMBLY, BATTERY CELL, BATTERY MODULE, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — |
| 18391141 | CURRENT COLLECTING COMPONENT, BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1724 | 2 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| 1728 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19092205 | ELECTRODE SHEET AND SPLICING METHOD OF ELECTRODE SHEET | RIVERA, JOSHEL | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19043936 | BATTERY CELL RECYCLING DEVICE AND BATTERY CELL TAPE PROCESSING METHOD | KOCH, GEORGE R | — | §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 |
| 18636786 | CONNECTOR, BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH | — | §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 | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18626078 | ENERGY-STORAGE APPARATUS, ENERGY-STORAGE MODULE, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18606732 | BATTERY ASSEMBLY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION APPARATUS | HO, ANDREW YEWHONG | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18590994 | END COVER ASSEMBLY, BATTERY CELL, BATTERY MODULE, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18392916 | END COVER ASSEMBLY, ENERGY-STORAGE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE | CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY | 1751 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18391141 | CURRENT COLLECTING COMPONENT, BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18531742 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE SHEET AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | DIGNAN, MICHAEL L | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 17952506 | BATTERY | ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE | 1724 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17951743 | TOP COVER ASSEMBLY FOR BATTERY, BATTERY, AND ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE | SONG, KEVIN | 1728 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 23, 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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