Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This indicates that each pending action is being reviewed by a different examiner. The 4 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's chemistry-related innovations are being evaluated by several different specialized groups within the USPTO. This distribution requires a strategy that can address the specific requirements of multiple units.
The busiest examiner, BUCK, LINDSEY A, has 1 pending action. This is consistent with the 5 distinct examiners handling the 5 total pending office actions. With 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, the portfolio is decentralized across several individuals. Practitioners should be prepared to address the specific requirements of 4 different art units while managing 5 separate examiner relationships in the Chemistry & Materials sector. The lack of examiner overlap means that each case will likely proceed on its own unique timeline and merits.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (75%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1 | 49.4% | +34.3% |
| AYAD, TAMIR | 1 | 42.3% | +47.9% |
| SONG, MATTHEW J | 1 | 60.4% | +13.9% |
| TRAN, UYEN M | 1 | 31.2% | +39.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19305749 | SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | BUCK, LINDSEY A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19246422 | SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | AYAD, TAMIR | 20d |
| 18395658 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN INGOT AND SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWING FURNACE | SONG, MATTHEW J | 29d |
| 19305749 | SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | BUCK, LINDSEY A | — |
| 18189158 | SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | TRAN, UYEN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1726 | 2 |
| 1728 | 1 |
| 1714 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19305749 | SOLAR CELL, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1728 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19246422 | SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | AYAD, TAMIR | 1726 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 18395658 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN INGOT AND SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWING FURNACE | SONG, MATTHEW J | 1714 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 25, 2023 |
| 18189158 | SOLAR CELL AND PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE | TRAN, UYEN M | 1726 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 23, 2023 |
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