Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Tianmulake Excellent Anode Materials Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Chemistry & Materials

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Tianmulake Excellent Anode Materials Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 4 examiners and 4 art units, so each pending action has a distinct identified examination assignment.

KERNS, KEVIN P is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should organize responses separately and avoid assuming that one examiner or art-unit strategy will govern the entire portfolio.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KERNS, KEVIN P 1 78.9% +21.2%
NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 1 74.5% +18.7%
CONLEY, OI K 1 70.0% +6.9%
ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE 1 66.7% +11.1%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18689155 NOVEL COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 46d
18558080 UNIFORMLY MODIFIED SILICON MONOXIDE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF KERNS, KEVIN P —
18558100 UNIFORMLY MODIFIED CATHODE MATERIAL FOR SILICON-BASED LITHIUM ION BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF CONLEY, OI K —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18689155 NOVEL COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 46d
18558080 UNIFORMLY MODIFIED SILICON MONOXIDE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF KERNS, KEVIN P —
18558089 SILICON-BASED NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1725 1
1761 1
1752 1
1726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18558080 UNIFORMLY MODIFIED SILICON MONOXIDE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF KERNS, KEVIN P 1725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18689155 NOVEL COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN 1761 §102§103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Mar 05, 2024
18558100 UNIFORMLY MODIFIED CATHODE MATERIAL FOR SILICON-BASED LITHIUM ION BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF CONLEY, OI K 1752 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18558089 SILICON-BASED NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE 1726 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Tianmulake Excellent Anode Materials Co. Ltd. have?

Tianmulake Excellent Anode Materials Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Tianmulake Excellent Anode Materials Co. Ltd. applications?

Kevin P Kerns has the most, with 1 of Tianmulake Excellent Anode Materials Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Tianmulake Excellent Anode Materials 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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