Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: MURATA, AUSTIN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 1712 1741 2813 3771

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

60.1%
Allow Rate
-9.9% vs TC avg
762
Total Applications
+20.6%
Interview Lift
1181
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 725 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
12.8%
§102 Novelty
57.9%
§103 Obviousness
24.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19010605 Method of Preparing Positive Electrode Non-Final OA LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
18684825 METHOD FOR REUSING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL Non-Final OA LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
18928560 DIRECT COATING OF ELECTRODES IN SILICON-DOMINANT ANODE CELLS Non-Final OA Enevate Corporation
18171884 ELECTRODES, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS, AND METHODS OF FORMING ELECTRODES AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS Non-Final OA ENEVATE CORPORATION
16683241 DIRECT COATING OF ELECTRODES IN SILICON-DOMINANT ANODE CELLS Final Rejection ENEVATE CORPORATION
19028922 MULTI-LAYERED COATING FORMED BY DIFFERENT PROCESSES Non-Final OA Ford Global Technologies, LLC
18719968 MEDICAL INSTRUMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA Aesculap AG
18232631 METHODS OF FORMING CONFORMAL TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE FILMS Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18606477 ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER, BATTERY, AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL LAYER Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18818410 APPARATUSES AND PROCESSES FOR FORMING A SEMI-SOLID ELECTRODE HAVING HIGH ACTIVE SOLIDS LOADING AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Kyocera Corporation
18889892 PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEGATIVE ELECTRODE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SECONDARY BATTERY Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
18836015 ELECTRODE PRODUCTION APPARATUS, STACK SEPARATOR PRODUCTION APPARATUS, LIQUID APPLICATION APPARATUS, ELECTRODE PRODUCTION METHOD, STACK SEPARATOR PRODUCTION METHOD, AND LIQUID APPLICATION METHOD Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18687336 COMPOSITION Final Rejection Merck Patent GmbH
18996599 METHOD FOR PROTECTION AGAINST OXIDATION OF A COMPOSITE MATERIAL PART COMPRISING CARBON Final Rejection UNIVERSITE DE LILLE
19013591 LITHIUM-STUFFED GARNET ELECTROLYTES WITH A REDUCED SURFACE DEFECT DENSITY AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME Non-Final OA QuantumScape Battery, Inc.
18541108 THIN FILM LITHIUM CONDUCTING POWDER MATERIAL DEPOSITION FROM FLUX Final Rejection QUANTUMSCAPE BATTERY, INC.
18943396 Multi-Component Electro-Mechanical Flame Spray Deposition System Non-Final OA Kennametal Inc.
18238063 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA ASM IP Holding B.V.
18969718 METHOD FOR FORMING ELECTROLESS PLATING ELECTRODE THROUGH SELECTIVE CROSS-LINKING LAYER FORMATION USING LASER Non-Final OA Andong National University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation
18293503 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A TIMEPIECE COMPONENT Non-Final OA ROLEX SA
18006659 CYCLOSILOXANES AND FILMS MADE THEREWITH Final Rejection VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC
18027813 A UV PRINTING PROCESS Final Rejection SUN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
18826556 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PP/CA SEPARATOR, AND BATTERY USING SEPARATOR Non-Final OA INNO EN INC.
18832175 IMPROVED PARTICLE COATING METHOD Final Rejection Rain Carbon Germany GmbH
18744310 GROUP IVA FUNCTIONALIZED PARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Non-Final OA KRATOS LLC
18579579 PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING SILICON-CONTAINING MATERIALS IN A CASCADE REACTOR SYSTEM Final Rejection Wacker Chemie AG

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