Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: KOPEC, MARK T

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1731 1761 1762 1796

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.4%
Allow Rate
+19.4% vs TC avg
1102
Total Applications
+12.8%
Interview Lift
910
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1082 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.4%
§101 Eligibility
18.3%
§102 Novelty
48.7%
§103 Obviousness
10.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17773385 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM TRANSITION METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18234314 Surface Modification of Silicon Particles for Electrochemical Storage Non-Final OA Enevate Corporation
18336182 INK COMPOSITION, LAYER USING THE SAME, AND ELECTROPHORESIS APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18277240 CONDUCTIVE POLYMER MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME Non-Final OA Georgia Tech Research Corporation
18420371 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL Non-Final OA Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
18275866 REDUCING AGENT COMPOSITION FOR IRON OXIDE AND/OR IRON HYDROXIDE Non-Final OA KAO CORPORATION
19046856 CONDUCTIVE COMPOSITES, INKS AND ADHESIVES WITH LOW SILVER NANOWIRE LOADING AND LOW RESISTIVITY, AND METHODS FOR FORMING CONDUCTIVE FEATURES Non-Final OA EKC Technology, Inc.
18686985 COMPOUND, COMPOSITION, ELECTROCONDUCTIVE AID, ELECTRODE, AND LAMINATE Non-Final OA THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
18258970 MODIFIED SILICON-CARBON NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND APPLICATION THEREOF Non-Final OA HENGDIAN GROUP DMEGC MAGNETICS CO., LTD
18748772 ELECTRODE SLURRY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE Non-Final OA ionobell, Inc.
18139947 DOPED NICKEL-RICH TERNARY MATERIAL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA HUNAN BRUNP EV RECYCLING CO., LTD.
18692191 Compound, Semiconductor Layer Comprising Compound and Organic Electronic Device Non-Final OA Novaled GmbH
18688643 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA POSCO CHEMICAL CO., LTD
18452208 METHOD FOR QUALITY EXAMINATION OF CATHODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Non-Final OA Advanced Lithium Electrochemistry Co., Ltd.
18301081 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CATHODE WITH HIGH STRUCTURAL LITHIUM CONTENT Non-Final OA A123 Systems LLC

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