Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Microvast Inc. has 10 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Those matters are distributed among 9 examiners and 8 art units, showing that prosecution activity spans multiple examination groups rather than following a single examiner relationship.
LIANG, JACKIE is the busiest examiner, handling 2 pending matters. The remaining matters are spread across the other examiners, so counsel should avoid assuming that an argument or amendment effective in one case will receive the same treatment elsewhere.
The art-unit distribution also creates a coordination issue. Although several matters may concern related battery or materials subject matter, the examination teams may apply different prior-art searches and claim-construction practices. A centralized claim chart, shared disclosure analysis, and aligned amendment positions can help preserve consistency while allowing responses to address each examiner’s specific objections.
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 | 2 (22%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 1 | 66.0% | +32.5% |
| GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | 1 | 78.0% | +18.3% |
| DIAO, M BAYE | 1 | 87.3% | +4.1% |
| GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1 | 54.8% | +13.6% |
| RIDLEY, BASIA ANNA | 1 | 13.5% | +1.7% |
| LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| KERNS, KEVIN P | 1 | 78.9% | +21.2% |
| WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 1 | 71.7% | -0.9% |
| 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18266277 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE | WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 27d |
| 18679477 | CELL AND PRISMATIC BATTERY | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | — |
| 18705997 | SOFT PACK BATTERY | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — |
| 18275023 | SOP MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE | DIAO, M BAYE | — |
| 18536688 | ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH DEVICES | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| 18561745 | TAB PLATE AND WOUND BATTERY | RIDLEY, BASIA ANNA | — |
| 18557291 | METHOD OF PREPARING ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE | LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18036411 | BATTERY COVER PLATE AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 51d overdue |
| 18679477 | CELL AND PRISMATIC BATTERY | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | — |
| 18705997 | SOFT PACK BATTERY | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — |
| 18536688 | ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH DEVICES | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| 18453333 | Preparation Methods of Solid-State Battery and Battery Array, and Solid-State Battery | KERNS, KEVIN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 2 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18679477 | CELL AND PRISMATIC BATTERY | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 1727 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18705997 | SOFT PACK BATTERY | GATEWOOD, DANIEL S | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18275023 | SOP MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POWER BATTERY PACK, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE | DIAO, M BAYE | 2859 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2024 |
| 18536688 | ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH DEVICES | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1721 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18561745 | TAB PLATE AND WOUND BATTERY | RIDLEY, BASIA ANNA | 1725 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18557291 | METHOD OF PREPARING ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE | LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN | 1788 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18453333 | Preparation Methods of Solid-State Battery and Battery Array, and Solid-State Battery | KERNS, KEVIN P | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18266277 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE | WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 1751 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18036411 | BATTERY COVER PLATE AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 51d overdue | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMicrovast Inc. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.
Robert Scott Carrico has the most, with 1 of Microvast Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
