Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanghai Xuanyi New Energy Development Co. Ltd. is managing 1 pending office action in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK is the busiest examiner, currently handling the 1 pending office action.
With only 1 pending office action, the company's current active prosecution is highly concentrated. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner means that the outcome of the current docket depends on the specific findings of MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK. Additionally, the 1 distinct art unit suggests a narrow technical focus within the chemistry sector. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination history of MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK to anticipate potential rejections. The lack of multiple pending office actions means there is no opportunity to leverage successful arguments across different cases. This single 1 pending office action represents the entirety of the company's current active pipeline in this technology area. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action leaves no room for inconsistent examiner treatment within the current active docket, requiring a precise and well-prepared response.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | 1 | 44.2% | +34.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729125 | Silicon-Based Anode Electrode Plate and Preparation Method thereof, and Lithium-Ion Battery | MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18729125 | Silicon-Based Anode Electrode Plate and Preparation Method thereof, and Lithium-Ion Battery | MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18729125 | Silicon-Based Anode Electrode Plate and Preparation Method thereof, and Lithium-Ion Battery | MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | 1752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShanghai Xuanyi New Energy Development Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Seamus Patrick Mcnulty has the most, with 1 of Shanghai Xuanyi New Energy Development Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.