Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanghai Research Institute Of Petrochemical Technology Sinopec has 7 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, indicating that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The prosecution is concentrated within 2 distinct art units, suggesting a focused technical scope despite the number of examiners involved.
HAILEY, PATRICIA L is identified as the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. Because each of the pending office actions is handled by a different person, no examiner handles more than 1 matter. This distribution shows a lack of examiner concentration, as the workload is spread across the pool of examiners.
The use of 2 distinct art units for the 7 pending office actions implies that multiple examiners are working within the same technical groups. This arrangement requires the company to manage distinct examiner relationships across the 2 distinct art units to resolve its current pending matters effectively.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAILEY, PATRICIA L | 1 | 88.1% | +10.1% |
| WIESE, NOAH S | 1 | 83.3% | -1.7% |
| SON, TAEYOUNG | 1 | 45.7% | +34.0% |
| YOON, TAE H | 1 | 66.5% | +24.7% |
| HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI | 1 | 50.0% | +100.0% |
| QUIST, NICOLE LEE | 1 | 91.9% | +10.7% |
| PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH | 1 | 71.7% | +9.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18702744 | SCM-38 molecular sieve, preparation method thereof, and use thereof | HAILEY, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18248775 | IRON-POTASSIUM-CERIUM-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE CATALYST, AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | QUIST, NICOLE LEE | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18701993 | ZSM-5 molecular sieve catalyst, preparation method therefor and application thereof | WIESE, NOAH S | — |
| 18693556 | SEPARATOR FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME AND LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY CONTAINING SAME | SON, TAEYOUNG | — |
| 18683350 | Hydrocarbyl tetralin polyethersulfonate, preparation method therefor and use thereof | YOON, TAE H | — |
| 18562069 | LITHIUM BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL PRECURSOR AND ITS PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION | HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI | — |
| 18246532 | ADSORBENT COMPOSITION, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18702744 | SCM-38 molecular sieve, preparation method thereof, and use thereof | HAILEY, PATRICIA L | — |
| 18693556 | SEPARATOR FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME AND LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY CONTAINING SAME | SON, TAEYOUNG | — |
| 18683350 | Hydrocarbyl tetralin polyethersulfonate, preparation method therefor and use thereof | YOON, TAE H | — |
| 18562069 | LITHIUM BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL PRECURSOR AND ITS PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION | HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI | — |
| 18248775 | IRON-POTASSIUM-CERIUM-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE CATALYST, AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | QUIST, NICOLE LEE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1738 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18702744 | SCM-38 molecular sieve, preparation method thereof, and use thereof | HAILEY, PATRICIA L | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18701993 | ZSM-5 molecular sieve catalyst, preparation method therefor and application thereof | WIESE, NOAH S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18693556 | SEPARATOR FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME AND LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERY CONTAINING SAME | SON, TAEYOUNG | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18683350 | Hydrocarbyl tetralin polyethersulfonate, preparation method therefor and use thereof | YOON, TAE H | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18562069 | LITHIUM BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL PRECURSOR AND ITS PREPARATION METHOD AND APPLICATION | HOLBROOK, MIA KEILANI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18248775 | IRON-POTASSIUM-CERIUM-BASED COMPOSITE OXIDE CATALYST, AND PREPARATION AND APPLICATION THEREOF | QUIST, NICOLE LEE | 1738 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18246532 | ADSORBENT COMPOSITION, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | PHAN, ANNETTE HOANG-ANH | 1736 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
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