Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sbtl Advanced Materials Co. Ltd. operates in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The company currently has 2 pending office actions. These actions are distributed between 2 distinct examiners. This arrangement means that each pending matter is being evaluated by a different individual, which can result in varied prosecution experiences across the portfolio.
The 2 pending office actions are also spread across 2 distinct art units. This indicates that the company's filings in the Chemistry & Materials sector are diverse enough to fall into different specialized groups within the patent office. The busiest examiner for this company is DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES, who is currently managing 1 pending office action.
Because the busiest examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action, the workload is evenly split among the 2 distinct examiners. This lack of concentration suggests that the company's prosecution strategy must account for the specific tendencies of different art units. Practitioners should monitor the progress in both art units to identify any diverging trends in how the Chemistry & Materials claims are being treated.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1 | 51.1% | +16.8% |
| ARCIERO, ADAM A | 1 | 65.1% | -17.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275039 | ALUMINUM POUCH FILM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18275039 | ALUMINUM POUCH FILM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18275039 | ALUMINUM POUCH FILM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1749 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18274792 | ALUMINUM POUCH FILM FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | ARCIERO, ADAM A | 1727 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
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