Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Solid Power Operating Inc.

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (56%)
4
Medium (44%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (44%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (56%)

Industry Mix

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

9
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TAYLOR, JORDAN W 2 64.0% +39.0%
MERSHON, JAYNE L 1 66.4% +18.8%
CULLEN, SEAN P 1 69.1% +28.2%
SCHULER, JACOB JEROME 1
TAI, XIUYU 1 58.7% +49.3%
BUCHANAN, JACOB 1 55.9% +44.5%
JOHNSON, JONATHAN J 1 36.8% -8.3%
FIORITO, JAMES A 1 71.3% +28.4%

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17722242 PLASMA-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS FOR SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS FIORITO, JAMES A 6d
18440839 BROMINE AND IODINE LITHIUM PHOSPHOROUS SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME CULLEN, SEAN P
18222326 SILICON ANODE MULTILAYER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS SCHULER, JACOB JEROME
18135626 PLASMA SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL TAI, XIUYU
18085472 SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS HAVING INCREASED WATER CONTENT BUCHANAN, JACOB

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17988665 LITHIUM SULFIDE PRODUCTION METHOD TAYLOR, JORDAN W 24d overdue
17988677 LITHIUM SULFIDE PRODUCTION METHOD TAYLOR, JORDAN W 4d overdue
17722242 PLASMA-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS FOR SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS FIORITO, JAMES A 6d
18938664 SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY MADE THEREWITH MERSHON, JAYNE L
18440839 BROMINE AND IODINE LITHIUM PHOSPHOROUS SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME CULLEN, SEAN P
18135626 PLASMA SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL TAI, XIUYU
18085472 SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS HAVING INCREASED WATER CONTENT BUCHANAN, JACOB

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1725 2
1738 2
1721 1
1727 1
1795 1
1722 1
1731 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18938664 SOLID ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY MADE THEREWITH MERSHON, JAYNE L 1721 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18440839 BROMINE AND IODINE LITHIUM PHOSPHOROUS SULFIDE SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND SOLID-STATE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME CULLEN, SEAN P 1725 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 13, 2024
18222326 SILICON ANODE MULTILAYER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS SCHULER, JACOB JEROME 1727 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18135626 PLASMA SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL TAI, XIUYU 1795 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2023
18085472 SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS HAVING INCREASED WATER CONTENT BUCHANAN, JACOB 1725 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 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
17988677 LITHIUM SULFIDE PRODUCTION METHOD TAYLOR, JORDAN W 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2022
17722242 PLASMA-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS FOR SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS FIORITO, JAMES A 1731 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Apr 15, 2022

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