Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 9 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Solid Power Operating Inc. has 14 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 14 examiners across 10 art units, showing broad examiner distribution with some shared technical-group assignments. MERSHON, JAYNE L is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.
The equal action and examiner counts indicate that each pending matter has a distinct examiner in the available data. Counsel should use matter-specific prosecution strategies, while reviewing the shared art units for recurring technical issues that may affect claim drafting or response positioning.
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 | 5 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (46%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERSHON, JAYNE L | 1 | 66.4% | +18.9% |
| ERWIN, JAMES M | 1 | 82.4% | +5.7% |
| LU, ZIHENG NMN | 1 | 84.3% | +15.1% |
| CULLEN, SEAN P | 1 | 69.2% | +28.0% |
| DUNCAN, ANDREW JACOB EDWARD | 1 | — | — |
| WYLUDA, KIMBERLY | 1 | 71.5% | +10.0% |
| DINH, BACH T | 1 | 55.5% | +31.1% |
| ESSEX, STEPHAN J | 1 | 66.1% | -16.5% |
| SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1 | 65.2% | +42.4% |
| BUCHANAN, JACOB | 1 | 56.1% | +44.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18645297 | HYBRID ANODE AND A SOLID-STATE BATTERY CELL MADE THEREFROM | ERWIN, JAMES M | — |
| 18627374 | METHODS FOR PREPARING ELECTRODES | LU, ZIHENG NMN | — |
| 18528622 | SOLID STATE BATTERY WITH ELECTROLYTE MADE WITH WET ON WET SLURRY LAYER MATERIALS | WYLUDA, KIMBERLY | — |
| 18516915 | RAPID SYNTHESIS OF A SULFIDE-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE | DINH, BACH T | — |
| 18377255 | MANUFACTURING OF SOLID-STATE ELECTRODE LAMINATE | ESSEX, STEPHAN J | — |
| 18377251 | PEELING MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR A LAMINATED ELECTRODE | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18938664 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY MADE THEREWITH | MERSHON, JAYNE L | — |
| 18627374 | METHODS FOR PREPARING ELECTRODES | LU, ZIHENG NMN | — |
| 18440839 | BROMINE AND IODINE LITHIUM PHOSPHOROUS SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | CULLEN, SEAN P | — |
| 18528622 | SOLID STATE BATTERY WITH ELECTROLYTE MADE WITH WET ON WET SLURRY LAYER MATERIALS | WYLUDA, KIMBERLY | — |
| 18516915 | RAPID SYNTHESIS OF A SULFIDE-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE | DINH, BACH T | — |
| 18377251 | PEELING MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR A LAMINATED ELECTRODE | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | — |
| 18085472 | SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS HAVING INCREASED WATER CONTENT | BUCHANAN, JACOB | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 3 |
| 1752 | 2 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1722 | 1 |
| 1738 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18938664 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY MADE THEREWITH | MERSHON, JAYNE L | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18645297 | HYBRID ANODE AND A SOLID-STATE BATTERY CELL MADE THEREFROM | ERWIN, JAMES M | 1725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18627374 | METHODS FOR PREPARING ELECTRODES | LU, ZIHENG NMN | 1752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18440839 | BROMINE AND IODINE LITHIUM PHOSPHOROUS SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | CULLEN, SEAN P | 1725 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18389627 | SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE SYNTHESIS USING A P4SX MATERIAL | DUNCAN, ANDREW JACOB EDWARD | 1734 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18528622 | SOLID STATE BATTERY WITH ELECTROLYTE MADE WITH WET ON WET SLURRY LAYER MATERIALS | WYLUDA, KIMBERLY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18516915 | RAPID SYNTHESIS OF A SULFIDE-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE | DINH, BACH T | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18377255 | MANUFACTURING OF SOLID-STATE ELECTRODE LAMINATE | ESSEX, STEPHAN J | 1727 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18377251 | PEELING MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR A LAMINATED ELECTRODE | SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18085472 | SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS HAVING INCREASED WATER CONTENT | BUCHANAN, JACOB | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18083929 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A PRELITHIATED ELECTRODE FOR AN ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI | 1752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
| 18083225 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF LITHIUM CARBONATE COATINGS FOR NICKEL-BASED CATHODES AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS USING SAME | JOHNSON, JONATHAN J | 1722 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17988665 | LITHIUM SULFIDE PRODUCTION METHOD | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 1738 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 24d overdue | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSolid Power Operating Inc. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 13 examiners.
Jayne L Mershon has the most, with 1 of Solid Power Operating Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
