Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Hydro-Québec

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (17%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAJA, JAANZEB CHAANGEZ 1 73.1% +2.3%
CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT 1 65.9% +32.4%
NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN 1 83.3% +13.9%
MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1 58.2% +17.2%
SRIPATHI, ANKITH REDDY 1 67.2% +18.4%
CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG 1 45.7% +7.2%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17760011 SURFACE-MODIFIED ELECTRODES, PREPARATION METHODS AND USES IN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18552490 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A GAS COMPRISING NITROGEN (N2) AND HYDROGEN (H2) BY COMBUSTION OF HYDROGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF AIR RAJA, JAANZEB CHAANGEZ

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18154201 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANODE FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT
17760011 SURFACE-MODIFIED ELECTRODES, PREPARATION METHODS AND USES IN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN
17758365 POLYMERS BASED ON IONIC MONOMERS, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND USE THEREOF IN ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA
17615267 ELECTRODE MATERIALS COMPRISING A LAYERED POTASSIUM METAL OXIDE, ELECTRODES COMPRISING THEM AND THEIR USE IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY SRIPATHI, ANKITH REDDY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1736 1
1727 1
1752 1
1767 1
1728 1
1751 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18552490 PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A GAS COMPRISING NITROGEN (N2) AND HYDROGEN (H2) BY COMBUSTION OF HYDROGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF AIR RAJA, JAANZEB CHAANGEZ 1736 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2023
18154201 METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ANODE FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT 1727 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2023
17760011 SURFACE-MODIFIED ELECTRODES, PREPARATION METHODS AND USES IN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN 1752 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 03, 2022
17758365 POLYMERS BASED ON IONIC MONOMERS, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND USE THEREOF IN ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 05, 2022
17615267 ELECTRODE MATERIALS COMPRISING A LAYERED POTASSIUM METAL OXIDE, ELECTRODES COMPRISING THEM AND THEIR USE IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY SRIPATHI, ANKITH REDDY 1728 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2021
17203114 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SUBSTANCE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND SECONDARY BATTERY CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG 1751 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 16, 2021

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