Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The Furukawa Battery Co., Ltd.

7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

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.

2
Hard (29%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (71%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
71% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
14% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LE, SON T 1 82.5% +14.2%
MARROQUIN, DOUGLAS C 1 47.8% +78.6%
AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1 72.3% +33.2%
MERKLING, MATTHEW J 1 68.2% +13.2%
GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 1 66.7% +32.6%
HARRIS, MARY GRACE 1 69.0% +32.3%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1 50.8% +16.1%

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
18330668 Bipolar Electrode and Bipolar Storage Battery GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 26d overdue
18738603 Lead-Acid Battery System And Lead-Acid Battery Life Estimation Method LE, SON T 28d

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
18330668 Bipolar Electrode and Bipolar Storage Battery GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 26d overdue
18362893 Bipolar Storage Battery MERKLING, MATTHEW J 15d overdue
18323089 Bipolar Storage Battery KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 5d
18325319 Lead Alloy, Lead Storage Battery Electrode, Lead Storage Battery, and Power Storage System HARRIS, MARY GRACE 21d
18738603 Lead-Acid Battery System And Lead-Acid Battery Life Estimation Method LE, SON T 28d
18576304 POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY MARROQUIN, DOUGLAS C
18489483 Lead Foil And Bipolar Lead Acid Storage Battery AMPONSAH, OSEI K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2858 1
1752 1
1725 1
1721 1
1729 1
1722 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18738603 Lead-Acid Battery System And Lead-Acid Battery Life Estimation Method LE, SON T 2858 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 10, 2024
18576304 POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY MARROQUIN, DOUGLAS C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2024
18489483 Lead Foil And Bipolar Lead Acid Storage Battery AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1752 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2023
18362893 Bipolar Storage Battery MERKLING, MATTHEW J 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18330668 Bipolar Electrode and Bipolar Storage Battery GARCIA, BETHANY CLAIRE 1721 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18325319 Lead Alloy, Lead Storage Battery Electrode, Lead Storage Battery, and Power Storage System HARRIS, MARY GRACE 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending May 30, 2023
18323089 Bipolar Storage Battery KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 24, 2023

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