Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
I-Ten manages 4 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating a focused but multi-faceted prosecution strategy.
CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending office actions. The remaining pending volume is split among the other distinct examiners across the 3 art units involved in the company's current portfolio.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 2 | 50.2% | +27.6% |
| BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS | 1 | 37.1% | +3.6% |
| RUTISER, CLAIRE A | 1 | 41.9% | +22.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17999164 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | — |
| 17907441 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DENSE LAYERS THAT CAN BE USED AS ELECTRODES AND/OR ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM ION MICROBATTERIES OBTAINED IN THIS WAY | BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18269810 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POROUS ANODE FOR A LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, RESULTING ANODE, AND BATTERY COMPRISING SAID ANODE | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | — |
| 17999164 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | — |
| 17788410 | BATTERY, IN PARTICULAR A THIN-FILM BATTERY, HAVING A NOVEL ENCAPSULATION SYSTEM | RUTISER, CLAIRE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1729 | 2 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18269810 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A POROUS ANODE FOR A LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, RESULTING ANODE, AND BATTERY COMPRISING SAID ANODE | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 1729 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 17999164 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A LITHIUM-ION BATTERY | CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO | 1729 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2022 |
| 17907441 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DENSE LAYERS THAT CAN BE USED AS ELECTRODES AND/OR ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, AND LITHIUM ION MICROBATTERIES OBTAINED IN THIS WAY | BARTON, JEFFREY THOMAS | 1726 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2022 |
| 17788410 | BATTERY, IN PARTICULAR A THIN-FILM BATTERY, HAVING A NOVEL ENCAPSULATION SYSTEM | RUTISER, CLAIRE A | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialI-Ten has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Armindo Carvalho Jr. has the most, with 2 of I-Ten's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
