Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Hithium Tech HK Limited

13 pending office actions • 4 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
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.

7
Hard (54%)
6
Medium (46%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (46%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (54%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
46% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
7
Business / Other
54% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CREPEAU, JONATHAN 1 73.2% +18.0%
CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C 1 59.8% +18.1%
HO, ANDREW YEWHONG 1
GATEWOOD, DANIEL S 1 77.8% +18.9%
DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1 49.6% +16.8%
ARCIERO, ADAM A 1 65.2% -18.1%
ERWIN, JAMES M 1 82.2% +6.0%
HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G 1 41.0% +22.0%
ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD 1 54.5% +36.9%
ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE 1 35.3% +55.3%

Hard Cases (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18777960 END COVER ASSEMBLY, ENERGY-STORAGE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE CREPEAU, JONATHAN
18629964 NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C
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
18533184 PLASTIC COMPONENT, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE ARCIERO, ADAM A
18531744 POSITIVE ELECTRODE SLURRY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, AND LITHIUM BATTERY ERWIN, JAMES M
18516961 PLASTIC COMPONENT AND BATTERY HAVING THE SAME HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18777960 END COVER ASSEMBLY, ENERGY-STORAGE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE CREPEAU, JONATHAN
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
18516961 PLASTIC COMPONENT AND BATTERY HAVING THE SAME HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G
17965038 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR BATTERY AND BATTERY ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD
17952506 BATTERY ELLIOTT, QUINTIN DALE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1728 2
1724 2
1725 1
1751 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18777960 END COVER ASSEMBLY, ENERGY-STORAGE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION DEVICE CREPEAU, JONATHAN 1725 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18629964 NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE PLATE, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 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
18391141 CURRENT COLLECTING COMPONENT, BATTERY AND BATTERY MODULE DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18533184 PLASTIC COMPONENT, BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, AND ELECTRIC DEVICE ARCIERO, ADAM A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18531744 POSITIVE ELECTRODE SLURRY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE SHEET, AND LITHIUM BATTERY ERWIN, JAMES M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18516961 PLASTIC COMPONENT AND BATTERY HAVING THE SAME HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
17965038 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY FOR BATTERY AND BATTERY ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD 1728 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2022
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
17949524 ELECTRODE SHEET AND ELECTRODE SHEET ASSEMBLY TAN, ESTHER JIESI 1751 §103 Final Rejection 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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