Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software
15 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Svolt Energy Technology Co., Ltd. maintains a portfolio with 15 pending office actions focused in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are distributed across 11 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units, indicating a broad range of technical examination within the USPTO. ANDREW D STCLAIR is the busiest examiner for this company, handling 5 of the pending office actions. This concentration with a single examiner is a notable feature of the portfolio, while the remaining actions are spread among other distinct examiners.
The presence of 8 distinct art units suggests that the portfolio covers diverse chemical or material science classifications. With 11 distinct examiners involved, the company faces a variety of examination styles and perspectives. Managing 15 pending office actions requires coordination across these multiple art units to ensure consistency in prosecution strategy. The workload for ANDREW D STCLAIR is higher than the other examiners, as he manages 5 pending cases compared to the distribution across the rest of the 11 distinct examiners. The Chemistry & Materials technology area provides the primary context for these filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 4 (27%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 5 | 60.2% | +25.3% |
| USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER | 1 | 83.1% | +19.0% |
| JOHNSON, RYAN | 1 | 83.8% | +15.7% |
| FIORITO, JAMES A | 1 | 71.6% | +27.9% |
| SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1 | 15.8% | +16.1% |
| DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1 | 51.1% | +16.8% |
| LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM | 1 | 86.2% | +10.0% |
| ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1 | 64.0% | +38.4% |
| OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 1 | 52.4% | +43.3% |
| HANSEN, JARED A | 1 | 54.1% | +48.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17764568 | CATHODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE, LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND VEHICLE | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 488d overdue |
| 17764212 | CATHODE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING CATHODE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 475d overdue |
| 17764572 | QUATERNARY CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE AND BATTERY | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 448d overdue |
| 17764551 | COBALT-FREE LAMELLAR CATHODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING COBALT-FREE LAMELLAR CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE PIECE AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 442d overdue |
| 18039481 | LAYERED POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 2d overdue |
| 18023327 | GEL ELECTROLYTE PRECURSOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 12d |
| 18695761 | POLISHED ALUMINUM SHEET FOR LITHIUM BATTERY, TOP COVER, AND LITHIUM BATTERY | USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER | — |
| 18691012 | BATTERY THERMAL RUNAWAY PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | JOHNSON, RYAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17764568 | CATHODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE, LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND VEHICLE | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 488d overdue |
| 17764212 | CATHODE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING CATHODE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 475d overdue |
| 17764572 | QUATERNARY CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE AND BATTERY | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 448d overdue |
| 17764551 | COBALT-FREE LAMELLAR CATHODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING COBALT-FREE LAMELLAR CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE PIECE AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 442d overdue |
| 17766227 | Cathode electrode material and preparation method and application thereof | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 372d overdue |
| 17787933 | COBALT-FREE POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 60d overdue |
| 18039481 | LAYERED POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 2d overdue |
| 18023327 | GEL ELECTROLYTE PRECURSOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 12d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2178 | 5 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 1749 | 1 |
| 1724 | 1 |
| 1762 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18695761 | POLISHED ALUMINUM SHEET FOR LITHIUM BATTERY, TOP COVER, AND LITHIUM BATTERY | USYATINSKY, ALEXANDER | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18691012 | BATTERY THERMAL RUNAWAY PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | JOHNSON, RYAN | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18557394 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE COMPOSITE MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | FIORITO, JAMES A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
| 18555157 | IRON-MANGANESE-BASED POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | SMITH, CATHERINE P | 1735 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18039481 | LAYERED POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1749 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 18027081 | GEL ELECTROLYTE PRECURSOR AND USE THEREOF | LYNCH, VICTORIA HOM | 1724 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
| 18023327 | GEL ELECTROLYTE PRECURSOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN | 1762 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 17787933 | COBALT-FREE POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 1725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 17787923 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | HANSEN, JARED A | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jun 21, 2022 |
| 17785900 | GRADIENT DOPED COBALT-FREE POSITIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, LITHIUM-ION BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND LITHIUM BATTERY | MEDLEY, JOHN SAMUEL | 1751 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Jun 15, 2022 |
| 17766227 | Cathode electrode material and preparation method and application thereof | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 372d overdue | Pending | Apr 03, 2022 |
| 17764551 | COBALT-FREE LAMELLAR CATHODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING COBALT-FREE LAMELLAR CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE PIECE AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 442d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2022 |
| 17764572 | QUATERNARY CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE AND BATTERY | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 448d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2022 |
| 17764568 | CATHODE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PREPARING CATHODE MATERIAL, CATHODE, LITHIUM ION BATTERY AND VEHICLE | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 488d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2022 |
| 17764212 | CATHODE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARING CATHODE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY | STCLAIR, ANDREW D | 2178 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 475d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2022 |
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