Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
15 pending office actions • 3 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hunan Brunp EV Recycling Co., Ltd. currently manages 16 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This workload is distributed across 13 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. Nicholas Anthony Piro is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 3 pending actions.
The distribution of 16 actions among 13 examiners suggests that most examiners are handling only a single matter for the company. However, the concentration of these matters into just 3 distinct art units indicates a very specific technical focus at the USPTO. Practitioners should note that while the examiners are numerous, they likely operate under similar supervisory policies within those few art units.
Nicholas Anthony Piro's role is significant as he manages 3 pending actions, which is the highest count for any single examiner in this portfolio. Success in these specific cases could provide a roadmap for the remaining 13 actions. The legal team must balance a broad strategy across 13 examiners with a deep focus on the 3 art units where all pending actions reside.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (13%) |
| §103 only | 7 (47%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (27%) |
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 | 45.9% | +35.9% |
| MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 2 | 66.7% | +0.0% |
| SMARI, ABDUL-RAHMAN YUSUF WALEED | 1 | 86.2% | +15.8% |
| WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 1 | 71.6% | -0.8% |
| ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 1 | 9.5% | +15.8% |
| WEINER, LAURA S | 1 | 85.3% | +14.3% |
| RUMP, RICHARD M | 1 | 74.6% | +20.1% |
| FORREST, MICHAEL | 1 | 59.5% | +13.8% |
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1 | 15.8% | +16.1% |
| KETCHAM, HANNAH ELIZABETH | 1 | — | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18705589 | CARBON EMISSION ACCOUNTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RECYCLING OF WASTE BATTERY | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 14d |
| 18705607 | SINGLE-CRYSTAL TERNARY CATHODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | WEINER, LAURA S | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18580633 | FERRIC PHOSPHATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF | HENDRICKSON, STUART L | — |
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 |
| 18705589 | CARBON EMISSION ACCOUNTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RECYCLING OF WASTE BATTERY | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 14d |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |
| 3629 | 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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18708268 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR HIGH-NICKEL TERNARY POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL | WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18705589 | CARBON EMISSION ACCOUNTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RECYCLING OF WASTE BATTERY | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 3629 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18705607 | SINGLE-CRYSTAL TERNARY CATHODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | WEINER, LAURA S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18685240 | PREPARATION METHOD FOR POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL PRECURSOR HAVING LARGE CHANNEL, AND APPLICATION THEREOF | RUMP, RICHARD M | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18684834 | METHOD FOR PREPARING POROUS MICROSPHERE CARBON ANODE MATERIAL AND APPLICATION THEREOF | FORREST, MICHAEL | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18682455 | METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL IN WASTE LITHIUM BATTERY | SMITH, CATHERINE P | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18681871 | MAGNETIC ALUMINUM-BASED ADSORBENT AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR | KETCHAM, HANNAH ELIZABETH | — | §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 |
| 18580633 | FERRIC PHOSPHATE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF | HENDRICKSON, STUART L | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | 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 |
| 18215821 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE WASTE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18214523 | METHOD FOR RECOVERING LITHIUM FROM LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE WASTE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | MOUDOU, EILEEN QI-YUN | 1738 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | 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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