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 • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sm Lab Co. Ltd. operates a company patent portfolio within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. There are currently 3 pending office actions associated with this portfolio. These actions are being reviewed by 3 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending matter is under the supervision of a different official.
The prosecution is organized within 2 distinct art units, which is fewer than the 3 distinct examiners. This indicates that multiple examiners are likely working within the same art unit. SARAH JORDAN JACOBSON is the busiest examiner, currently holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. Since the total number of pending office actions is 3, the workload is distributed such that no single examiner is overwhelmed by the company's filings.
The use of 2 distinct art units for 3 pending office actions suggests a relative concentration of technical subject matter. Practitioners must manage relationships with 3 distinct examiners while navigating the specific requirements of the 2 distinct art units involved. This structure requires a coordinated approach to ensure consistency across the different examiners handling the Chemistry & Materials applications.
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 | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACOBSON, SARAH JORDAN | 1 | 51.9% | +76.5% |
| HARRIS, MARY GRACE | 1 | 69.5% | +29.0% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 17780134 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY HAVING POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPRISING SAME | HARRIS, MARY GRACE | 1729 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2022 |
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