Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
The Institute of Nuclear Energy Research, Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, which shows that the organization's current workload is divided between different individuals. The involvement of 2 distinct art units further indicates that the 2 pending office actions are being reviewed by different specialized technical groups.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is BAREFORD, KATHERINE A, who handles 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 action is part of the 2 pending office actions total for the organization. With 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy must be adapted to the specific preferences of each examiner and the standards of each unit. The organization must manage these 2 pending office actions across the 2 distinct art units to secure its intellectual property in the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1 | 13.8% | +28.4% |
| CREPEAU, JONATHAN | 1 | 73.1% | +18.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903110 | Method of Fabricating Cathode Film Layer of Lithium Ion Battery by Plasma Spraying | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 28d |
| 18234010 | SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERY | CREPEAU, JONATHAN | 75d |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903110 | Method of Fabricating Cathode Film Layer of Lithium Ion Battery by Plasma Spraying | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 28d |
| 18234010 | SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERY | CREPEAU, JONATHAN | 75d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18903110 | Method of Fabricating Cathode Film Layer of Lithium Ion Battery by Plasma Spraying | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18234010 | SOLID-STATE LITHIUM BATTERY | CREPEAU, JONATHAN | 1725 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
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