Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Microvast Inc.

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other3 (60%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIANG, JACKIE 2
KERNS, KEVIN P 1 79.0% +21.0%
WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO 1 71.5% -0.8%
OTERO, KENNETH MAX 1 50.0% +33.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18266277 LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO 27d
18453333 Preparation Methods of Solid-State Battery and Battery Array, and Solid-State Battery KERNS, KEVIN P

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18036411 BATTERY COVER PLATE AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY OTERO, KENNETH MAX 51d overdue
18453333 Preparation Methods of Solid-State Battery and Battery Array, and Solid-State Battery KERNS, KEVIN P

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1735 1
1751 1
1725 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18563928 TAB PLATE AND WOUND BATTERY LIANG, JACKIE §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18561745 TAB PLATE AND WOUND BATTERY LIANG, JACKIE §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18453333 Preparation Methods of Solid-State Battery and Battery Array, and Solid-State Battery KERNS, KEVIN P 1735 §103§112 Non-Final OA 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§112DP Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending May 11, 2023

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