Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Saft Groupe S.A.

10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
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
0
Due this month
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (90%)
1
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (70%)
§102 only2 (20%)
§112 only1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

9
Life Sciences
90% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JACKSON, JORDAN L 1 40.6% +39.4%
AKRAM, IMRAN 1 64.5% +43.0%
CHAU, LISA N 1 25.0% +17.0%
EFYMOW, JESSE JAMES 1 95.0% +16.7%
NEWELL, ANNA GOULD 1 52.2% +48.2%
BLACKWELL-RUDASIL, RYAN KENZIE 1 70.6% +41.7%
JOHNSON, JONATHAN J 1 33.0% -8.1%
GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN 1 63.6% +51.3%
HANSEN, JARED A 1 54.2% +46.6%
WEI, ZHONGQING 1 58.6% +16.4%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18019409 ELECTRODE INTENDED TO BE PLACED IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL BUNDLE, ASSOCIATED BATTERY ELEMENT AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD EFYMOW, JESSE JAMES

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18033738 LITHIUM MANGANESE IRON PHOSPHATE-BASED ELECTRODE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIUM ION CELL CHAU, LISA N

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18010620 SURFACE-TREATED ELECTRODE, PROTECTION OF SOLID ELECTROLYTES, AND ELEMENTS, MODULES AND BATTERIES COMPRISING SAID ELECTRODE BLACKWELL-RUDASIL, RYAN KENZIE 5d overdue
17914426 IMPROVED CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR A BATTERY GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN 40d
18576962 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE STATE OF CHARGE OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES JACKSON, JORDAN L
18285443 COATING FOR LITHIUM-MANGANESE-NICKEL OXIDE SPINEL AKRAM, IMRAN
18033738 LITHIUM MANGANESE IRON PHOSPHATE-BASED ELECTRODE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIUM ION CELL CHAU, LISA N
18019409 ELECTRODE INTENDED TO BE PLACED IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL BUNDLE, ASSOCIATED BATTERY ELEMENT AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD EFYMOW, JESSE JAMES
18011938 GRAPHITE/LITHIUM HYBRID NEGATIVE ELECTRODE NEWELL, ANNA GOULD
17771287 GELLED ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM-ION ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL HANSEN, JARED A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1723 2
2857 1
1725 1
1785 1
1726 1
1722 1
1700 1
1721 1
1727 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18576962 METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE STATE OF CHARGE OF AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18285443 COATING FOR LITHIUM-MANGANESE-NICKEL OXIDE SPINEL AKRAM, IMRAN 1725 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2023
18033738 LITHIUM MANGANESE IRON PHOSPHATE-BASED ELECTRODE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL LITHIUM ION CELL CHAU, LISA N 1785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2023
18019409 ELECTRODE INTENDED TO BE PLACED IN AN ELECTROCHEMICAL BUNDLE, ASSOCIATED BATTERY ELEMENT AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD EFYMOW, JESSE JAMES 1723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 02, 2023
18011938 GRAPHITE/LITHIUM HYBRID NEGATIVE ELECTRODE NEWELL, ANNA GOULD 1726 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2022
18010620 SURFACE-TREATED ELECTRODE, PROTECTION OF SOLID ELECTROLYTES, AND ELEMENTS, MODULES AND BATTERIES COMPRISING SAID ELECTRODE BLACKWELL-RUDASIL, RYAN KENZIE 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2022
17915596 NANOPOROUS ELECTRODE JOHNSON, JONATHAN J 1700 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2022
17914426 IMPROVED CURRENT COLLECTOR FOR A BATTERY GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 26, 2022
17771287 GELLED ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM-ION ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL HANSEN, JARED A 1723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 22, 2022
16062977 USE OF ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS CONTAINING A LITHIATED TITANATE OXIDE NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LOW EARTH ORBIT APPLICATIONS WEI, ZHONGQING 1727 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 15, 2018

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