Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tianmulake Excellent Anode Materials Co. Ltd. is managing 3 pending office actions in its patent portfolio. These cases are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, indicating that no two active matters are being reviewed by the same person. This distribution requires the company to address separate sets of examiner feedback simultaneously. KERNS, KEVIN P is identified as the busiest examiner, though this role involves only 1 pending office action. This parity among the examiners suggests a balanced but fragmented prosecution workload.
The data reports 0 distinct art units for these filings, which suggests the cases may be in a transitional administrative state or not yet fully categorized. Despite the active office actions, the lack of art unit data makes it difficult to pinpoint the specific technical subgrouping at the USPTO. KERNS, KEVIN P handles a single case, which accounts for a portion of the company's current active prosecution. With multiple examiners involved, the company must maintain separate lines of communication to resolve its active matters effectively. The 0 distinct art units recorded highlight a unique administrative profile for this portfolio. The 3 pending office actions represent the full scope of current activity.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KERNS, KEVIN P | 1 | 79.0% | +21.2% |
| NGUYEN, KHANH TUAN | 1 | 74.6% | +18.7% |
| ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE | 1 | 68.6% | +7.5% |
| CONLEY, OI K | 1 | 69.9% | +7.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18558080 | UNIFORMLY MODIFIED SILICON MONOXIDE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND USE THEREOF | KERNS, KEVIN P | — | §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 |
| 18558089 | SILICON-BASED NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
| 18558100 | UNIFORMLY MODIFIED CATHODE MATERIAL FOR SILICON-BASED LITHIUM ION BATTERY, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND APPLICATION THEREOF | CONLEY, OI K | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2023 |
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