Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
124 pending office actions • 4 clients • 104 examiners • 44 art units • 0 of 124 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
LEE IP LAW, P.C. has 115 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials and 9162 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 92.31%, and the average number of office actions per allowance is 3.47.
The large application history provides the context for interpreting the resolved allowance result. The pending docket shows current unresolved work, while the average-action measure indicates recurring examination exchanges among allowed matters. For chemistry and materials practitioners, the profile points to the importance of managing both outcome expectations and the amendment or argument work reflected in individual prosecution records.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 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. 14 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 only | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (2%) |
| §103 only | 46 (37%) |
| §102 only | 10 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 56 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST, ROBERT GENE | 3 | 73.8% | +21.7% |
| D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 2 | 68.3% | +41.7% |
| GOLDEN, ANDREW J | 2 | 42.9% | +38.1% |
| MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK | 2 | 50.5% | +9.9% |
| DIAMOND, BRIAN GWYN | 2 | — | — |
| WILLS, MONIQUE M | 2 | 85.8% | -30.4% |
| VAN KIRK, DUSTIN KENWOOD | 2 | 72.0% | +9.0% |
| KNOWLAN, KEVIN MICHAEL | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD | 2 | 56.4% | +34.6% |
| TSO, EDWARD H | 2 | 87.0% | +6.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18672314 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | WILLS, MONIQUE M | — |
| 18607742 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD | TSO, EDWARD H | — |
| 18606247 | SECONDARY BATTERY | WILLS, MONIQUE M | — |
| 18384718 | BATTERY SYSTEM AND MONITORING METHOD OF BATTERY SYSTEM | TSO, EDWARD H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18635371 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE NOTCHING DEVICE, NOTCHING METHOD AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY USING THE SAME | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 46d overdue |
| 18381310 | SECONDARY BATTERY ACCELERATED IDLE LIFE EVALUATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF | NGUYEN, LAM S | 43d overdue |
| 18094748 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE, PREPARING METHOD THEREOF, AND ALL SOLID STATE BATTERY | LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE | 36d overdue |
| 18140118 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF HEALTH OF BATTERY | NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE | 32d overdue |
| 18405048 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTER-LAYER COMMUNICATION OF ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORED IN RECORDING MEDIUM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD | HENSON, JAMAAL R | 5d overdue |
| 18013289 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE LAYER FOR ALL SOLID SECONDARY BATTERY, AND ALL SOLID SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | KASS-MULLET, BENJAMIN ELI | 2d overdue |
| 18212876 | SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY CASE AND FIXING MEMBERS | FANG, MICHAEL | 6d |
| 17675137 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | BECKER, BRANDON J | 15d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17582313 | ALL-SOLID-STATE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY | ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD | 4d overdue |
| 18794204 | BATTERY PACK DETECTION CIRCUIT | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | — |
| 18742020 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF A THERMAL RUNAWAY | GOLDEN, ANDREW J | — |
| 18632389 | SEPARATOR FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD | — |
| 18599650 | BATTERY PACK | GOLDEN, ANDREW J | — |
| 18421043 | FASTENING DEVICE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING THE SAME | WEST, ROBERT GENE | — |
| 18371779 | BATTERY PACK | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | — |
| 18227582 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE AND PREPARING METHOD OF THE SAME | WEST, ROBERT GENE | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Samsung | 115 |
| Samsung Electronics | 4 |
| Hyundai Motor Group | 4 |
| POSTECH | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1786 | 12 |
| 1723 | 10 |
| 1727 | 6 |
| 1722 | 6 |
| 1737 | 6 |
| 1789 | 6 |
| 1726 | 5 |
| 1725 | 5 |
| 2859 | 5 |
| 1721 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18031233 | CORE-SHELL DYE, PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME, PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN FILM, COLOR FILTER, AND CMOS IMAGE SENSOR | Samsung Electronics | AHVAZI, BIJAN | 1763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 18968005 | BATTERY SUBSTRATE FOR SEPARATING POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FROM EACH OTHER IN RECHARGEABLE BATTERY, RECHARGEABLE BATTERY COMPRISING SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BATTERY SUBSTRATE FOR SEPARATING POSITIVE ELECTRODE AND NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FROM EACH OTHER IN RECHARGEABLE BATTERY | Samsung Electronics | DAM, DUSTIN Q | 1721 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18906265 | CAMERA CALIBRATION DEVICE, METHOD OF CALIBRATING CAMERA USING THE SAME, AND ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY MANUFACTURING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | 2668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18820563 | ALL-SOLID-STATE SECONDARY BATTERY | Samsung Electronics | PEREZ, JELITZA M | 1774 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18805712 | COMPOSITE FLAME RETARDANTS, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, ELASTIC SHEET FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AND ALL-SOLID-STATE RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES | Samsung Electronics | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18794204 | BATTERY PACK DETECTION CIRCUIT | Samsung Electronics | D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P | 1723 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18765496 | BATTERY PACK DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD | Samsung Electronics | HORNER, MINATO LEE | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18757717 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | Samsung Electronics | WANG, EUGENIA | 1759 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18756160 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1749 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18742020 | BATTERY SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINATION OF A THERMAL RUNAWAY | Samsung Electronics | GOLDEN, ANDREW J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 | |
| 18739412 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING SAME | Samsung Electronics | WEI, ZHONGQING | 1727 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18734276 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY | Samsung Electronics | DINH, BACH T | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18732918 | ALL-SOLID RECHARGEABLE BATTERY | Samsung Electronics | CHAU, LINDA N | 1785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18731582 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | Postech Research And Business Development Foundation | MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK | 1727 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18679563 | SEPARATOR FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | TAKEUCHI, YOSHITOSHI | 1723 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18676765 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND ALL-SOLIDSTATE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | Kia Corporation | DIAMOND, BRIAN GWYN | 1744 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18676695 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND ALL-SOLIDSTATE RECHARGEABLE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | Kia Corporation | DIAMOND, BRIAN GWYN | 1744 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18672314 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | Samsung Electronics | WILLS, MONIQUE M | 1723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18654354 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | Samsung Electronics | SUN, MICHAEL Y | 1728 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18650208 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR ALL SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND ALL SOLID-STATE BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | WEINER, LAURA S | 1723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18645467 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | VAN KIRK, DUSTIN KENWOOD | 1722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18643044 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SECONDARY BATTERY ID | Samsung Electronics | VO, TUYEN KIM | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 | |
| 18642975 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BATTERY TEMPERATURE | Samsung Electronics | HAMMOND, KRISHNA R | 1725 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18642885 | ALL SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND ALL SOLID-STATE BATTERY STACK | Samsung Electronics | SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM | 1785 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18642894 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD OF PREPARING SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | Samsung Electronics | OHARA, BRIAN R | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 | |
| 18640112 | ELASTIC SHEET FOR ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY AND ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | Samsung Electronics | BELNAP, JONATHAN REED | 1785 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18636367 | VENTING DEVICE AND BATTERY PACK WITH THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | KNOWLAN, KEVIN MICHAEL | 1783 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 18635371 | RECHARGEABLE BATTERY ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE NOTCHING DEVICE, NOTCHING METHOD AND RECHARGEABLE BATTERY USING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | CROSBY JR, RICHARD D | 3724 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18632389 | SEPARATOR FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | ALBAN, FELICITY BERNARD | 1728 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18631189 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MANFUACTURING SAME, AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | Samsung Electronics | CULLEN, SEAN P | 1725 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18630005 | SEPARATOR FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C | 1774 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18627573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING AND DISCHARGING BATTERY | Samsung Electronics | FANTU, YALKEW | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18617921 | DEVICE FOR PREVENTING MISALIGNMENT OF RECHARGEABLE BATTERY ELECTRODE | Samsung Electronics | COLTON, JENNA XIANXIAN | 1782 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18616534 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | Samsung Electronics | HSIEH, PING Y | 2664 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18613370 | NEGATIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING SAME | Samsung Electronics | BARCENA, CARLOS | 1723 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 22, 2024 |
| 18610478 | BATTERY PACK | Samsung Electronics | ROSENBAUM, AMANDA R | 1752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18607742 | BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD | Samsung Electronics | TSO, EDWARD H | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 | |
| 18606247 | SECONDARY BATTERY | Samsung Electronics | WILLS, MONIQUE M | 1723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18605937 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | DAULTON, CHRISTINA RENEE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| 18600984 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CHARGE OF BATTERY PACK | Samsung Electronics | KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18599650 | BATTERY PACK | Samsung Electronics | GOLDEN, ANDREW J | 1726 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18595544 | BATTERY PACK | Samsung Electronics | KRONE, TAYLOR HARRISON | 1725 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18595579 | BATTERY PACK | Samsung Electronics | HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G | 1754 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18588606 | HARDMASK COMPOSITION, HARDMASK LAYER, AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS | Samsung Electronics | COSGROVE, JAYSON D | 2818 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18583033 | HARDMASK COMPOSITION, HARDMASK LAYER, AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS | Samsung Electronics | MALLOY, ANNA E | 1737 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18422077 | BATTERY PACK | Samsung Electronics | YANCHUK, STEPHEN J | 1752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18421043 | FASTENING DEVICE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING THE SAME | Samsung Electronics | WEST, ROBERT GENE | 1721 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18417298 | HARDMASK COMPOSITION, HARDMASK LAYER AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS | Samsung Electronics | FRASER, STEWART A | 1724 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18411690 | HARDMASK COMPOSITION, HARDMASK LAYER AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERNS | Samsung Electronics | EOFF, ANCA | 1722 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18406400 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING BATTERY ENERGY | Samsung Electronics | BECKER, BRANDON J | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
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Start Free Trial92.3% of resolved applications prosecuted by Lee Ip Law, P.C. were allowed, across 9,162 applications in USPTO records.
3.47 office actions per allowed application on average.
124 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 104 examiners in 44 art units.
