Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
PolyPlus Battery Company has 2 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed among 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that while the examiners are different, the technical focus remains concentrated within a single unit.
The busiest examiner is BARCENA, CARLOS, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 action is 1 of the 2 pending actions currently identified for the company. With 2 distinct examiners working within 1 distinct art unit, the company may encounter consistent technical standards but different individual examination styles. Practitioners should monitor the 2 pending actions for any conflicting requirements issued by the 2 distinct examiners within the same Chemistry & Materials unit. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit allows for a more focused technical strategy even as the company manages 2 separate prosecution timelines.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARCENA, CARLOS | 1 | 80.6% | +12.3% |
| WEINER, LAURA S | 1 | 85.2% | +14.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18653612 | SOLID ELECTRODES, ASSEMBLIES AND SOLID STATE BATTERIES THEREOF | BARCENA, CARLOS | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18193618 | GLASSY SOLID-STATE ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING GLASSY SOLID-STATE ELECTRODES AND BATTERY CELLS THEREOF | WEINER, LAURA S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18653612 | SOLID ELECTRODES, ASSEMBLIES AND SOLID STATE BATTERIES THEREOF | BARCENA, CARLOS | — |
| 18193618 | GLASSY SOLID-STATE ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING GLASSY SOLID-STATE ELECTRODES AND BATTERY CELLS THEREOF | WEINER, LAURA S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1723 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18653612 | SOLID ELECTRODES, ASSEMBLIES AND SOLID STATE BATTERIES THEREOF | BARCENA, CARLOS | 1723 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18193618 | GLASSY SOLID-STATE ELECTRODES AND METHODS OF MAKING GLASSY SOLID-STATE ELECTRODES AND BATTERY CELLS THEREOF | WEINER, LAURA S | 1723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPolyPlus Battery Company has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Carlos Barcena has the most, with 1 of PolyPlus Battery Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
