Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
13 pending office actions • 4 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
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.
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.
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 (8%) |
| §103 only | 5 (38%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (54%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FEHR, JULIA MARIE | 2 | 51.6% | -2.0% |
| CULLEN, SEAN P | 2 | 69.1% | +28.0% |
| CREPEAU, JONATHAN | 1 | 73.1% | +18.0% |
| LEE, JAMES | 1 | 74.2% | +19.5% |
| CHENG, VIVIAN S | 1 | — | — |
| LIU, SHUYI S | 1 | 73.6% | +25.6% |
| BARCENA, CARLOS | 1 | 80.5% | +12.3% |
| BERHANU, SAMUEL | 1 | 73.3% | +14.2% |
| LAIOS, MARIA J | 1 | 69.0% | +18.3% |
| WYLUDA, KIMBERLY | 1 | 71.2% | +10.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17999935 | LITHIUM-ION CELL WITH HIGH SPECIFIC ENERGY DENSITY | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 24d overdue |
| 18002057 | LITHIUM-ION CELL HAVING SEPARATOR WITH INORGANIC MATERIAL AND WELDED CURRENT COLLECTOR CONNECTION | CULLEN, SEAN P | 23d overdue |
| 17928284 | LITHIUM-ION CELL INCLUDING CURRENT COLLECTOR IN DIRECT WELDED CONTACT WITH SHEET METAL MEMBER | CULLEN, SEAN P | 17d overdue |
| 18766851 | CLAMP ASSEMBLY WITH A CELL HOLDER AND A PLURALITY OF ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENTS | FEHR, JULIA MARIE | — |
| 18712255 | ENERGY STORAGE CELL, ARRAY OF ENERGY STORAGE CELLS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS | CREPEAU, JONATHAN | — |
| 18644155 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT | LEE, JAMES | — |
| 18287304 | METHOD AND SET FOR PRODUCING A ZINC-MANGANESE DIOXIDE CELL, AND CELL PRODUCED USING SAID METHOD | LIU, SHUYI S | — |
| 18279335 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT | BARCENA, CARLOS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18005619 | ENERGY STORAGE CELL AND PRODUCTION METHOD | WYLUDA, KIMBERLY | 23d overdue |
| 18002057 | LITHIUM-ION CELL HAVING SEPARATOR WITH INORGANIC MATERIAL AND WELDED CURRENT COLLECTOR CONNECTION | CULLEN, SEAN P | 23d overdue |
| 17928284 | LITHIUM-ION CELL INCLUDING CURRENT COLLECTOR IN DIRECT WELDED CONTACT WITH SHEET METAL MEMBER | CULLEN, SEAN P | 17d overdue |
| 18267013 | METAL-AIR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | LAIOS, MARIA J | 14d |
| 18712255 | ENERGY STORAGE CELL, ARRAY OF ENERGY STORAGE CELLS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS | CREPEAU, JONATHAN | — |
| 18644155 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT | LEE, JAMES | — |
| 18287304 | METHOD AND SET FOR PRODUCING A ZINC-MANGANESE DIOXIDE CELL, AND CELL PRODUCED USING SAID METHOD | LIU, SHUYI S | — |
| 18279335 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT | BARCENA, CARLOS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1725 | 4 |
| 1723 | 2 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 1727 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18766851 | CLAMP ASSEMBLY WITH A CELL HOLDER AND A PLURALITY OF ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENTS | FEHR, JULIA MARIE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18712255 | ENERGY STORAGE CELL, ARRAY OF ENERGY STORAGE CELLS, AND MANUFACTURING PROCESS | CREPEAU, JONATHAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18644155 | ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT | LEE, JAMES | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18691139 | ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT | CHENG, VIVIAN S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18287304 | METHOD AND SET FOR PRODUCING A ZINC-MANGANESE DIOXIDE CELL, AND CELL PRODUCED USING SAID METHOD | LIU, SHUYI S | 1774 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18279335 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ELECTROCHEMICAL ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT | BARCENA, CARLOS | 1723 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18275441 | MODULAR BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM WITH RECHARGEABLE ENERGY STORAGE MODULES, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM | BERHANU, SAMUEL | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18267013 | METAL-AIR CELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING | LAIOS, MARIA J | 1727 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jun 13, 2023 |
| 18038712 | ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT HAVING A PRISMATIC HOUSING | FEHR, JULIA MARIE | 1725 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 18005619 | ENERGY STORAGE CELL AND PRODUCTION METHOD | WYLUDA, KIMBERLY | 1725 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jan 16, 2023 |
| 18002057 | LITHIUM-ION CELL HAVING SEPARATOR WITH INORGANIC MATERIAL AND WELDED CURRENT COLLECTOR CONNECTION | CULLEN, SEAN P | 1725 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17928284 | LITHIUM-ION CELL INCLUDING CURRENT COLLECTOR IN DIRECT WELDED CONTACT WITH SHEET METAL MEMBER | CULLEN, SEAN P | 1725 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
| 17999935 | LITHIUM-ION CELL WITH HIGH SPECIFIC ENERGY DENSITY | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 1723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
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