Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Intelligent Energy Limited has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating separate examination paths.
SHEIKH, HAROON S is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Each response should remain tied to its own prosecution record, while the portfolio can be monitored for recurring technical or claim issues.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEIKH, HAROON S | 1 | 70.7% | +18.5% |
| CULLEN, SEAN P | 1 | 69.2% | +28.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18520381 | Thermal Managing End Plate For Fuel Cell Stack Assembly | SHEIKH, HAROON S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18520381 | Thermal Managing End Plate For Fuel Cell Stack Assembly | SHEIKH, HAROON S | — |
| 18280355 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AIR FLOW AT A FUEL CELL | CULLEN, SEAN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1751 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18520381 | Thermal Managing End Plate For Fuel Cell Stack Assembly | SHEIKH, HAROON S | 1751 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18280355 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AIR FLOW AT A FUEL CELL | CULLEN, SEAN P | 1725 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialIntelligent Energy Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Haroon S Sheikh has the most, with 1 of Intelligent Energy Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
