Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
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 (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EOFF, ANCA 1 80.0% +11.0%
NEWMAN, DREW C 1 43.8% +33.2%
WEST, ROBERT GENE 1 75.4% +29.1%
SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL 1 79.5% +1.3%
PARK, LISA S 1 77.3% +22.6%
LUO, KAN 1 59.7% +19.4%

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
18268764 POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME EOFF, ANCA
18268261 SOLID ELECTROLYTE, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY COMPRISING SAME NEWMAN, DREW C

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17771932 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME PARK, LISA S 1d overdue
18268764 POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME EOFF, ANCA
18268261 SOLID ELECTROLYTE, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY COMPRISING SAME NEWMAN, DREW C
17787101 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, MANUFACTURED BY SAME METHOD, FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL WEST, ROBERT GENE
17280574 CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME LUO, KAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1751 2
1722 1
1721 1
1736 1
1729 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18268764 POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME EOFF, ANCA 1722 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18268261 SOLID ELECTROLYTE, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY COMPRISING SAME NEWMAN, DREW C 1751 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2023
17787101 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, MANUFACTURED BY SAME METHOD, FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL WEST, ROBERT GENE 1721 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 11, 2022
17787010 A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SIZE OF LITHIUM PEROXIDE AND A METHOD FOR PREPARING LITHIUM OXIDE WITH CONTROLLED SIZE SPEER, JOSHUA MAXWELL 1736 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 17, 2022
17771932 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY USING SAME PARK, LISA S 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2022
17280574 CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING SAME LUO, KAN 1751 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 26, 2021

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