Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 1700 1716 1717 1718 1722 1723 1724 1725 1726 1731

This examiner grants 55% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

55.4%
Allow Rate
-6.6% vs TC avg
966
Total Applications
+15.6%
Interview Lift
1445
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 551 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
9.5%
§102 Novelty
77.5%
§103 Obviousness
5.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17897484 COMPOSITE CATHODE, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE COMPOSITE CATHODE Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17745383 POTENTIOMETRIC MECHANICAL SENSORS AND TEMPERATURE SENSORS Final Rejection The Regents of the University of California
18034991 Positive Electrode for Lithium Secondary Battery and Lithium Secondary Battery Including the Same Non-Final OA LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
18128982 CARBON COMPOSITE FOR ELECTRODE OF BATTERY, BATTERY COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Non-Final OA LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
18577698 COMPOSITION FOR INORGANIC POWDER INJECTION MOLDING, AND MOLDED BODY AND SINTERED BODY USING THE SAME Non-Final OA ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18628843 SEPARATOR, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND RELATED SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY MODULE, BATTERY PACK, AND POWER CONSUMING DEVICE THEREOF Non-Final OA CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
18105428 STRUCTURAL CROSS-MEMBER ASSEMBLIES FOR TRACTION BATTERY PACKS Final Rejection FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
17943453 TRACTION BATTERY PACK ASSEMBLY HAVING A BARRIER BETWEEN CELL STACKS Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18757920 METHOD OF LAUNDERING FABRIC Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18188469 CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SK ON CO., LTD.
18028011 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY, AND SECONDARY BATTERY Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18082785 TARGET MOLECULE REDOX METHOD AND TARGET MOLECULE REDOX DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17792962 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE SUBSTANCE FOR NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
17481329 MEASUREMENT DEVICE, OPERATION PROGRAM FOR MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18584012 ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17844346 DUAL PLASMA PRE-CLEAN FOR SELECTIVE GAP FILL Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18091448 ALIPHATIC-AROMATIC POLYESTER RESIN AND MOLDED ARTICLE THEREOF Final Rejection MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
16303663 BUILDING APPARATUS, BUILDING METHOD, AND OBJECT Final Rejection MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
18339701 SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
17630975 Microfluidic Pipette Aspirators for Large-Scale Analysis of Single Cells, Clusters and Their Sub-Populations Non-Final OA Texas Tech University System
18190985 HEAT STORAGE MATERIAL Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18465701 AEROSOL GENERATOR Non-Final OA NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
18252742 AEROSOL PROVISION DEVICE Non-Final OA NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
17907525 DELIVERY SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
17800666 AEROSOL PROVISION DEVICE, AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
17785954 ARTICLE FOR USE IN AN AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
17309282 DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
17941822 RESIN COMPOSITION, MOLDED ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MOLDED ARTICLE Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
17596553 COMPRESSED MEMBER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE Non-Final OA DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
18024846 ACTIVE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRODE MIXTURE, AND BATTERY Non-Final OA Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.

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