Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
22 pending office actions • 13 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days
UChicago Argonne LLC manages a substantial portfolio featuring 19 pending office actions. These applications are situated within the Chemistry & Materials technology area, indicating a focus on chemical and material sciences. The prosecution workload is distributed among 19 distinct examiners, which means that every pending action is currently being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution of 19 distinct examiners suggests that the company must navigate a wide variety of examination styles and requirements across its active filings.
The portfolio's reach extends across 11 distinct art units, demonstrating a broad technical footprint within the Chemistry & Materials sector. MOORE, DUANE NEIL is identified as the busiest examiner, though this individual is currently handling only 1 pending office action. Given that there are 19 pending office actions in total, the workload is decentralized, with no single examiner holding a dominant share of the cases. This distribution requires practitioners to develop unique strategies for each of the 19 distinct examiners to ensure consistent results across the 11 distinct art units involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 | 2 (9%) |
| §103 only | 6 (27%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (55%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, DUANE NEIL | 1 | 27.5% | +14.3% |
| AYUB, HINA F | 1 | 84.9% | +17.4% |
| DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1 | 63.8% | +20.2% |
| STEPHENS, MATTHEW | 1 | 65.5% | +22.6% |
| ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 1 | 57.4% | +58.8% |
| BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH | 1 | 68.1% | +6.1% |
| LEE, RIP A | 1 | 83.5% | -4.2% |
| TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | 1 | 66.6% | +24.3% |
| SERVAGNO, SANTINO MICHALE | 1 | — | — |
| CHAU, LISA N | 1 | 25.2% | +17.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17954839 | HIGH ENERGY METAL SULFUR OR SELENIUM-SULFUR BATTERY | CASERTO, JULIA SHARON | 21d |
| 17367205 | SURFACTANT-TEMPLATED SYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURED XEROGEL ADSORBENT PLATFORMS | COONEY, JOHN M | 69d |
| 19091622 | TRANSACTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING CAPACITY DISTRIBUTION | MOORE, DUANE NEIL | — |
| 19089433 | LASER IMAGING AND RAMAN SCATTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD | AYUB, HINA F | — |
| 18962346 | RHENIUM-BASED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION PROCESS FOR DETECTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | — |
| 18958660 | RECOVERY OF CONTAMINANT FREE BATTERY MATERIALS | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | — |
| 18595327 | IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES | BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH | — |
| 18429019 | CROWN ETHER MODIFIED CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES FOR SELECTIVE RECOVERY OF IONIC SPECIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | LEE, RIP 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19091622 | TRANSACTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING CAPACITY DISTRIBUTION | MOORE, DUANE NEIL | — |
| 19089433 | LASER IMAGING AND RAMAN SCATTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD | AYUB, HINA F | — |
| 18962346 | RHENIUM-BASED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION PROCESS FOR DETECTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | — |
| 18958660 | RECOVERY OF CONTAMINANT FREE BATTERY MATERIALS | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | — |
| 18757037 | PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR ORGAN PROTECTION WITH NOBLE NANOPARTICLES | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | — |
| 18408979 | Disordered Rock-Salt Cathode Materials with Lithiated Spinel Character | TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | — |
| 18374914 | UNDULATOR PHASE TUNING WITH MECHANICAL SHIMMING | CHAU, LISA N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1717 | 2 |
| 1785 | 2 |
| 1723 | 2 |
| 1611 | 1 |
| 1691 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 3646 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19091622 | TRANSACTIVE FRAMEWORK FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING CAPACITY DISTRIBUTION | MOORE, DUANE NEIL | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19089433 | LASER IMAGING AND RAMAN SCATTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD | AYUB, HINA F | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 18962346 | RHENIUM-BASED ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION PROCESS FOR DETECTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE | DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18958660 | RECOVERY OF CONTAMINANT FREE BATTERY MATERIALS | STEPHENS, MATTHEW | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18757037 | PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR ORGAN PROTECTION WITH NOBLE NANOPARTICLES | ANTHOPOLOS, PETER | 1611 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18595327 | IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES | BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18429019 | CROWN ETHER MODIFIED CATION EXCHANGE MEMBRANES FOR SELECTIVE RECOVERY OF IONIC SPECIES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME | LEE, RIP A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18408979 | Disordered Rock-Salt Cathode Materials with Lithiated Spinel Character | TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18530818 | ORGANOSULFUR-BASED ELECTROLYTES FOR BATTERIES THAT CYCLE LITHIUM IONS AND BATTERIES INCLUDING THE SAME | SERVAGNO, SANTINO MICHALE | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18374914 | UNDULATOR PHASE TUNING WITH MECHANICAL SHIMMING | CHAU, LISA N | 1785 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18240418 | ELECTROLYTES FOR HIGH CAPACITY SILICON-BASED ANODE BATTERIES | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 31, 2023 |
| 18239838 | SILYL ENOLATES FOR USE IN LITHIUM BATTERY ELECTROLYTES | CHAU, LINDA N | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18205395 | SYNTHESIS OF ALKYL BIS(FLUOROSULFONYL)IMIDE | SAWYER, JENNIFER C | 1691 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18198026 | ACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS BASED ON CHARGE DENSITY WAVE AND BROKEN SYMMETRY | LIANG, LEONARD S | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2023 |
| 18115828 | COMPOSITE INORGANIC ELECTROLYTES FOR SOLID-STATE BATTERIES | GRANNUM, VERITA EUDORA EBUN | 1721 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 17955092 | COATINGS FOR BATTERY CATHODE MATERIALS | MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK | 1752 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
| 17954839 | HIGH ENERGY METAL SULFUR OR SELENIUM-SULFUR BATTERY | CASERTO, JULIA SHARON | 1789 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
| 17879722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING DAMAGED SPENT FUEL CANISTERS | KIL, JINNEY | 3646 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
| 17879468 | LITHIUM ION BATTERY RECYCLING PROCESS UTILIZING MAGNETIC SEPARATION OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS | MARTIN, ANGELA J | 1727 | §103 | Final Rejection | 202d overdue | Pending | Aug 02, 2022 |
| 17537093 | SCALABLE EMULATED CYBER RANGE ENVIRONMENT | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | 2187 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2021 |
| 17389762 | ELECTRODE AND ELECTROLYTE ADDITIVES FOR HIGH ENERGY LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES | WYROUGH, PAUL CHRISTIAN ST | 1723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2021 |
| 17367205 | SURFACTANT-TEMPLATED SYNTHESIS OF NANOSTRUCTURED XEROGEL ADSORBENT PLATFORMS | COONEY, JOHN M | 1765 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 69d | Pending | Jul 02, 2021 |
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