Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Li-S Energy Limited currently has 2 pending office actions in its company patent portfolio. These actions are categorized under the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Both pending actions are assigned to 1 distinct examiner, PILLAY, DEVINA, and are located within 1 distinct art unit. The busiest examiner, PILLAY, DEVINA, is responsible for 2 pending actions, which accounts for the entire pending workload of the company. This represents a high degree of concentration in the company's patent prosecution.
Having 2 pending office actions handled by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit means that the company's current patenting efforts are focused on a specific technical area. Practitioners can expect a consistent examination approach across both pending matters since they are being reviewed by the same individual. The busiest examiner pending count of 2 matches the total pending office actions, highlighting the central role of PILLAY, DEVINA in the company's current portfolio development. This concentration allows for a unified strategy when responding to the 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILLAY, DEVINA | 2 | 44.4% | +25.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18550764 | IMPROVED ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES | PILLAY, DEVINA | — |
| 18550771 | IMPROVED ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES | PILLAY, DEVINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1726 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18550764 | IMPROVED ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES | PILLAY, DEVINA | 1726 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18550771 | IMPROVED ELECTRODES FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES | PILLAY, DEVINA | 1726 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLi-S Energy Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Devina Pillay has the most, with 2 of Li-S Energy Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.