Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Sm Lab Co. Ltd.

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

5
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 1 59.1% +69.2%
WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO 1 71.5% -0.7%
CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY 1 11.8% -14.3%
HARRIS, MARY GRACE 1 68.7% +31.5%
KOROVINA, ANNA 1 28.9% +21.9%

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
17425531 POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL KOROVINA, ANNA 15d
17781123 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING POSITIVE ELECTRODE INCLUDING SAME CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17425531 POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL KOROVINA, ANNA 15d
17781134 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING SAME JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN
17780134 POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING SAME HARRIS, MARY GRACE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1751 2
1729 2
1785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17781134 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING SAME JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN 1785 §103Other Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2022
17781110 CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING CATHODE CONTAINING SAME WALLS, CYNTHIA KYUNG SOO 1751 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2022
17781123 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING POSITIVE ELECTRODE INCLUDING SAME CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY 1751 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2022
17780134 POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING SAME HARRIS, MARY GRACE 1729 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2022
17425531 POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL KOROVINA, ANNA 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 23, 2021

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