Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
14 pending office actions • 9 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Solid Power Operating Inc. has 13 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 8 distinct art units. The company is currently interacting with 12 distinct examiners to move these cases forward. This count of 12 distinct examiners relative to 13 pending office actions means that almost every application is being reviewed by a different person.
TAYLOR, JORDAN W is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 2 pending office actions. The remaining examiners each handle one of the 13 pending office actions. With 8 distinct art units involved, the prosecution team must navigate the 8 different technical standards and examiner preferences. The limited examiner overlap, with 12 distinct examiners for 13 actions, suggests that the company manages these individual relationships. Practitioners should prepare for different experiences across the 8 distinct art units. The broad technical footprint requires a versatile strategy to address the varied requirements of the patent office.
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.
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.
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 | 6 (43%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 2 | 63.2% | +36.9% |
| MERSHON, JAYNE L | 1 | 66.5% | +18.8% |
| LU, ZIHENG NMN | 1 | 84.3% | +15.1% |
| CULLEN, SEAN P | 1 | 69.1% | +28.0% |
| DUNCAN, ANDREW JACOB EDWARD | 1 | — | — |
| DINH, BACH T | 1 | 55.4% | +31.3% |
| ESSEX, STEPHAN J | 1 | 65.8% | -16.4% |
| SMITH JR., JIMMY R | 1 | 65.1% | +42.7% |
| TAI, XIUYU | 1 | 58.6% | +49.5% |
| BUCHANAN, JACOB | 1 | 56.1% | +44.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17722242 | PLASMA-ASSISTED SYNTHESIS FOR SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIALS | FIORITO, JAMES A | 6d |
| 18627374 | METHODS FOR PREPARING ELECTRODES | LU, ZIHENG NMN | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18135626 | PLASMA SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL | TAI, XIUYU | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17988665 | LITHIUM SULFIDE PRODUCTION METHOD | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 24d overdue |
| 17988677 | LITHIUM SULFIDE PRODUCTION METHOD | TAYLOR, JORDAN W | 4d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18135626 | PLASMA SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTE MATERIAL | TAI, XIUYU | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 2 |
| 1738 | 2 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| 1722 | 1 |
| 1731 | 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 |
| 18627374 | METHODS FOR PREPARING ELECTRODES | LU, ZIHENG NMN | — | §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 | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18516915 | RAPID SYNTHESIS OF A SULFIDE-BASED SOLID ELECTROLYTE | DINH, BACH T | — | §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 |
| 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 | §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 |
| 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 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Apr 15, 2022 |
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