Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hunan Brunp EV Recycling Co., Ltd. manages a patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 13 pending office actions, which are distributed across 9 distinct art units. This distribution across 9 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations span a range of chemical processes and material sciences. Such an array of filings requires a coordinated prosecution strategy to ensure consistency across different technical examination groups.
The portfolio involves 11 distinct examiners, indicating that the company must navigate a variety of examination styles and technical interpretations. PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. While he handles this portion of the workload, his 3 pending actions are part of the 13 total pending office actions. The 11 distinct examiners involved necessitate an adaptable legal approach. Managing these 13 pending actions effectively will require technical expertise across the various sub-fields of Chemistry & Materials represented in the 9 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (15%) |
| §103 only | 6 (46%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 3 | 47.5% | +41.3% |
| SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 1 | 84.7% | +17.4% |
| WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 1 | 71.7% | -0.9% |
| WEINER, LAURA S | 1 | 85.2% | +14.7% |
| KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG | 1 | 72.5% | +47.4% |
| RUMP, RICHARD M | 1 | 74.4% | +20.3% |
| FORREST, MICHAEL | 1 | 59.6% | +13.7% |
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1 | 16.1% | +16.8% |
| KETCHAM, HANNAH ELIZABETH | 1 | — | — |
| MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712246 | WASHING METHOD FOR TERNARY PRECURSOR | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705607 | SINGLE-CRYSTAL TERNARY CATHODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | WEINER, LAURA S | — |
| 18705586 | CARBON EMISSION ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR SINTERING OF LITHIUM BATTERY CATHODE MATERIAL | KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG | — |
| 18685240 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL PRECURSOR HAVING LARGE CHANNEL, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 18684834 | METHOD FOR PREPARING POROUS MICROSPHERE CARBON ANODE MATERIAL AND APPLICATION THEREOF | FORREST, MICHAEL | — |
| 18682455 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL IN WASTE LITHIUM BATTERY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — |
| 18681871 | MAGNETIC ALUMINUM-BASED ADSORBENT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | KETCHAM, HANNAH ELIZABETH | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18580637 | NANO-SHEET FERRIC PHOSPHATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 9d |
| 18712246 | WASHING METHOD FOR TERNARY PRECURSOR | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | — |
| 18705607 | SINGLE-CRYSTAL TERNARY CATHODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | WEINER, LAURA S | — |
| 18705586 | CARBON EMISSION ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR SINTERING OF LITHIUM BATTERY CATHODE MATERIAL | KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG | — |
| 18685240 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL PRECURSOR HAVING LARGE CHANNEL, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | RUMP, RICHARD M | — |
| 18684834 | METHOD FOR PREPARING POROUS MICROSPHERE CARBON ANODE MATERIAL AND APPLICATION THEREOF | FORREST, MICHAEL | — |
| 18682455 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL IN WASTE LITHIUM BATTERY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — |
| 18235364 | RADIALLY STRUCTURED NICKEL-BASED PRECURSOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 5 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18712246 | WASHING METHOD FOR TERNARY PRECURSOR | SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 1736 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18708268 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR HIGH-NICKEL TERNARY POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL | WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 1751 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18705607 | SINGLE-CRYSTAL TERNARY CATHODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | WEINER, LAURA S | 1723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18705586 | CARBON EMISSION ACCOUNTING SYSTEM FOR SINTERING OF LITHIUM BATTERY CATHODE MATERIAL | KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG | 2857 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2024 |
| 18685240 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL PRECURSOR HAVING LARGE CHANNEL, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | RUMP, RICHARD M | 1759 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18684834 | METHOD FOR PREPARING POROUS MICROSPHERE CARBON ANODE MATERIAL AND APPLICATION THEREOF | FORREST, MICHAEL | 1738 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18682455 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL IN WASTE LITHIUM BATTERY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18681871 | MAGNETIC ALUMINUM-BASED ADSORBENT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | KETCHAM, HANNAH ELIZABETH | 1742 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18580637 | NANO-SHEET FERRIC PHOSPHATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18235364 | RADIALLY STRUCTURED NICKEL-BASED PRECURSOR AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18214523 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE WASTE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1738 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18213839 | RECYCLING METHOD FOR MIXED WASTE MATERIAL OF LITHIUM NICKEL MANGANESE COBALT OXIDE AND LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE | PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2023 |
| 18202921 | TERNARY CATHODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOF | PHAN, AN BACH | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHunan Brunp EV Recycling Co., Ltd. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 11 examiners.
Nicholas Anthony Piro has the most, with 3 of Hunan Brunp EV Recycling Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
