Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD. is currently processing 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. Each action is assigned to 1 of 3 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. OTT, PATRICK S is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending action currently assigned. The involvement of 3 distinct art units indicates that the company's battery technology spans several different material classifications.
Because 3 distinct examiners are involved, each of the 3 pending office actions receives an independent review. This distribution requires the company to address the specific requirements of 3 different art units within the chemistry sector. OTT, PATRICK S is responsible for 1 of the 3 pending actions, which is typical for this decentralized portfolio. With 3 pending office actions total, the company must coordinate its prosecution strategy across three separate examiner perspectives. This structure ensures that no single examiner has a disproportionate impact on the company's pending patent applications within the Chemistry & Materials area.
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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTT, PATRICK S | 1 | 68.0% | +23.7% |
| MARTIN, TRAVIS LYNDEN | 1 | 61.1% | +44.6% |
| SHEIKH, HAROON S | 1 | 70.7% | +18.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18609473 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE AND BATTERY | OTT, PATRICK S | — |
| 18360503 | BATTERY | SHEIKH, HAROON S | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18609473 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE AND BATTERY | OTT, PATRICK S | — |
| 18530104 | ELECTRODE PIECE, BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY | MARTIN, TRAVIS LYNDEN | — |
| 18360503 | BATTERY | SHEIKH, HAROON S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1751 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18609473 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE PLATE AND BATTERY | OTT, PATRICK S | 1794 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18530104 | ELECTRODE PIECE, BATTERY CELL AND BATTERY | MARTIN, TRAVIS LYNDEN | 1721 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18360503 | BATTERY | SHEIKH, HAROON S | 1751 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Patrick S Ott has the most, with 1 of ZHUHAI COSMX BATTERY CO., LTD.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.