Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications
11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lyten Inc. has 11 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are assigned to 10 distinct examiners, suggesting that almost every action is being reviewed by a different individual. BLOUNT, ERIC is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions.
The 11 pending office actions are spread across 9 distinct art units. This distribution shows a wide technical range, as the actions are nearly as diverse in their art unit assignments as they are in their examiner assignments. BLOUNT, ERIC is the only examiner with more than a single case, handling 2 of the total pending actions. With 10 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units, the portfolio's prosecution is decentralized, requiring the company to adapt to many different examiner perspectives.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (9%) |
| §103 only | 4 (36%) |
| §112 only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (9%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (27%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (9%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOUNT, ERIC | 2 | 78.2% | +3.4% |
| DUNN, DARRIN D | 1 | 75.3% | +24.2% |
| MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1 | 66.1% | +21.1% |
| RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 1 | 67.8% | +20.4% |
| AMPONSAH, OSEI K | 1 | 72.4% | +33.1% |
| HUANG, RYAN | 1 | 52.9% | +31.1% |
| ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | 1 | 10.5% | +8.6% |
| NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 1 | 56.6% | +29.0% |
| VO, JIMMY | 1 | 73.6% | +21.9% |
| OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 1 | 52.4% | +43.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19384938 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC AI-ENABLED ENERGY STORAGE APPLIANCES | DUNN, DARRIN D | — |
| 18440769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THROUGHOUT A PRODUCT'S LIFECYCLE | ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | — |
| 18372603 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS SYSTEMS | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19384938 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC AI-ENABLED ENERGY STORAGE APPLIANCES | DUNN, DARRIN D | — |
| 18793550 | ENERGY RECLAMATION AND CARBON-NEUTRAL SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-EFFICIENT EV BATTERY RECYCLING | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | — |
| 18792423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM USING RESONANT SENSORS | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | — |
| 18764907 | ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS INCLUDING PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING ADDITIVES, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS INCLUDING THE SAME | AMPONSAH, OSEI K | — |
| 18626221 | COLLOCATING A LARGE-SCALE DISSOCIATING REACTOR NEAR A GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR GREEN REFINEMENT OF CRITICAL MINERALS FROM BRINES | HUANG, RYAN | — |
| 18372603 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS SYSTEMS | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | — |
| 18216384 | POST-FABRICATION CURING OF SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME | VO, JIMMY | — |
| 18216351 | POLYMERIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2685 | 2 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19384938 | APPLICATION-SPECIFIC AI-ENABLED ENERGY STORAGE APPLIANCES | DUNN, DARRIN D | 2117 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2025 |
| 19083318 | FREQUENCY SELECTIVE METAMATERIAL FOR PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURES | BLOUNT, ERIC | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19112937 | DEPLOYABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING DEVICE WITH ANALYTE DETECTION CAPABILITIES | BLOUNT, ERIC | 2685 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18793550 | ENERGY RECLAMATION AND CARBON-NEUTRAL SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-EFFICIENT EV BATTERY RECYCLING | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1794 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18792423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM USING RESONANT SENSORS | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18764907 | ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS INCLUDING PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING ADDITIVES, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS INCLUDING THE SAME | AMPONSAH, OSEI K | 1752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18626221 | COLLOCATING A LARGE-SCALE DISSOCIATING REACTOR NEAR A GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR GREEN REFINEMENT OF CRITICAL MINERALS FROM BRINES | HUANG, RYAN | 1736 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18440769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THROUGHOUT A PRODUCT'S LIFECYCLE | ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | 3625 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18372603 | COMPOSITE MATERIALS SYSTEMS | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 1763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18216384 | POST-FABRICATION CURING OF SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME | VO, JIMMY | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18216351 | POLYMERIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 1725 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
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