Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security
6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Standard Energy Inc. currently manages 6 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These 6 actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, providing a variety of individual perspectives on the company's filings. The actions are concentrated within 2 distinct art units, suggesting that while many examiners are involved, the technical focus remains within 2 primary specialized divisions.
PLECHA, THADDEUS J is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. Because there are 6 examiners for 6 actions, each official is responsible for exactly 1 matter. The distribution of 6 actions across only 2 art units implies that multiple examiners are working within the same technical groups. This structure allows the company to potentially identify common themes or standards within each art unit, even as they address the specific feedback of 6 different individuals. Practitioners should prepare for a focused art unit environment while managing 6 separate examiner relationships. This balanced profile allows for specialized review within a limited number of divisions while benefiting from the diverse insights of multiple examiners in the Networking & Security field.
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 | 2 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 1 | 87.1% | +10.2% |
| OLSEN, KAJ K | 1 | 55.1% | +31.6% |
| JELSMA, JONATHAN G | 1 | 69.8% | +14.9% |
| LEE, DANIEL H. | 1 | 70.6% | +25.3% |
| LI, AIQUN | 1 | 63.8% | +23.1% |
| BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1 | 13.8% | +28.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18859530 | ESS SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 15d |
| 18396426 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ASSESSMENT OF REDOX BATTERY | JELSMA, JONATHAN G | — |
| 18526255 | POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-BASED SEPARATOR FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PREPARING FABRICATING SAME AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18859530 | ESS SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 15d |
| 18763017 | AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CONTAINING VANADIUM ION AND VANADIUM ION BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | OLSEN, KAJ K | — |
| 18396426 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ASSESSMENT OF REDOX BATTERY | JELSMA, JONATHAN G | — |
| 18392910 | Battery | LEE, DANIEL H. | — |
| 18526178 | POST-TREATMENT METHOD OF POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-BASED SEPARATOR FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND THE POST-TREATED POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-BASED SEPARATOR | LI, AIQUN | — |
| 18526255 | POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-BASED SEPARATOR FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PREPARING FABRICATING SAME AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2438 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18859530 | ESS SECURITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 2438 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18763017 | AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE CONTAINING VANADIUM ION AND VANADIUM ION BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | OLSEN, KAJ K | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18396426 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING ASSESSMENT OF REDOX BATTERY | JELSMA, JONATHAN G | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
| 18392910 | Battery | LEE, DANIEL H. | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18526178 | POST-TREATMENT METHOD OF POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-BASED SEPARATOR FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND THE POST-TREATED POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-BASED SEPARATOR | LI, AIQUN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18526255 | POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-BASED SEPARATOR FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD OF PREPARING FABRICATING SAME AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME | BAREFORD, KATHERINE A | 1718 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
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