Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sslm Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Sslm Co. Ltd. has 9 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 9 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating that prosecution is spread across examiners and technical groupings rather than concentrated in one examination channel.

SHAT, ATEF ARAFAT is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Because the busiest examiner accounts for only 1 matter, counsel may need a portfolio-level tracking process that preserves matter-specific response planning across the examiner and art-unit assignments.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

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. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (11%)
8
Medium (89%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (89%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
89% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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
SHAT, ATEF ARAFAT 1 — —
FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH 1 73.6% +24.8%
ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN 1 69.6% +15.4%
WANG, PIN JAN 1 65.4% +44.0%
MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1 44.2% +34.5%
KOROVINA, ANNA 1 29.1% +22.0%
WALKE, AMANDA C 1 88.5% +8.6%
HANSEN, JARED A 1 53.1% +48.0%
NEWMAN, DREW C 1 41.8% +29.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18203546 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR WALKE, AMANDA C 83d

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
18622850 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY MEMBER, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTER SHAT, ATEF ARAFAT —
18385986 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL LAYER KOROVINA, ANNA —

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
18075772 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY POROUS LAYER NEWMAN, DREW C 35d
18385954 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL LAYER FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH —
18385961 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL LAYER ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN —
18385963 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY LAMINATED SEPARATOR WANG, PIN JAN —
18499301 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY LAMINATED SEPARATOR MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK —
18385986 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL LAYER KOROVINA, ANNA —
18324224 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY LAMINATED SEPARATOR HANSEN, JARED A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1723 2
1712 1
1728 1
1717 1
1752 1
1722 1
1751 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18622850 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR, NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY MEMBER, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTER SHAT, ATEF ARAFAT 1712 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 29, 2024
18385954 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL LAYER FRANCIS, ADAM JOSEPH 1728 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18385961 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL LAYER ROLDAN RAMOS, CHRISTIAN 1723 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18385963 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY LAMINATED SEPARATOR WANG, PIN JAN 1717 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18499301 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY LAMINATED SEPARATOR MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1752 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18385986 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY FUNCTIONAL LAYER KOROVINA, ANNA — §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18203546 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY SEPARATOR WALKE, AMANDA C 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending May 30, 2023
18324224 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY LAMINATED SEPARATOR HANSEN, JARED A 1723 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 26, 2023
18075772 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY POROUS LAYER NEWMAN, DREW C 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Dec 06, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sslm Co. Ltd. have?

Sslm Co. Ltd. has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sslm Co. Ltd. applications?

Atef Arafat Shat has the most, with 1 of Sslm Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Sslm Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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