Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Microvast Inc. maintains a portfolio with 6 pending office actions focused in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, yet they all fall under the jurisdiction of 1 distinct art unit. This concentration within the 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's technical subject matter is highly consistent, even as it undergoes review by a diverse group of officials. The presence of 5 distinct examiners within that unit suggests that the company is engaging with a significant portion of the unit's personnel.
LIANG, JACKIE is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. The remaining pending office actions are spread across the other distinct examiners. This distribution provides the company with a broad range of examiner perspectives within a single art unit. Such a variety of viewpoints can be useful for identifying broader trends in how the Chemistry & Materials unit handles their specific technological innovations. Managing 6 pending office actions across multiple examiners requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency in claim language and arguments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIANG, JACKIE | 2 | — | — |
| CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | 1 | 65.9% | +32.6% |
| GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | 1 | 54.7% | +13.8% |
| LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 1 | 71.6% | -0.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 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 | — |
| 18536688 | ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH DEVICES | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18679477 | CELL AND PRISMATIC BATTERY | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | — |
| 18536688 | ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH DEVICES | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1751 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18563928 | TAB PLATE AND WOUND BATTERY | LIANG, JACKIE | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18679477 | CELL AND PRISMATIC BATTERY | CARRICO, ROBERT SCOTT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18536688 | ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH DEVICES | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18561745 | TAB PLATE AND WOUND BATTERY | LIANG, JACKIE | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18557291 | METHOD OF PREPARING ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE | LOVASZ, MYLES ALAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18266277 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE | WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO | 1751 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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