Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications
17 pending office actions • 2 clients • 16 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zilka-Kotab, PC - LYT1P manages 1296 career applications within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm achieves a resolved allowance rate pct of 96.48. This rate suggests that nearly all applications handled by the firm eventually result in a patent grant.
The avg office actions per allowance stands at 4.23, which indicates a prosecution strategy involving multiple rounds of negotiation. There are 12 pending office actions currently being addressed. This level of activity is modest compared to the total volume of 1296 career applications.
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 | 6 (35%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (24%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOUNT, ERIC | 2 | 78.2% | +3.4% |
| MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1 | 66.1% | +21.1% |
| RASHID, MAHBUBUR | 1 | 67.8% | +20.4% |
| AMPONSAH, OSEI K | 1 | 72.4% | +33.1% |
| RUTISER, CLAIRE A | 1 | 41.8% | +21.9% |
| BAIRD, CAMERON MICHAEL | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| HUANG, RYAN | 1 | 52.9% | +31.1% |
| CHANDLER, KAITY V | 1 | 63.9% | +23.4% |
| ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | 1 | 10.5% | +8.6% |
| DAULTON, CHRISTINA RENEE | 1 | 34.8% | +3.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18733246 | TERMINAL RIVET FOR A SECONDARY CELL | BAIRD, CAMERON MICHAEL | — |
| 18440769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THROUGHOUT A PRODUCT'S LIFECYCLE | ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | — |
| 18392062 | CYLINDRICAL CAN FOR SECONDARY CELLS | DAULTON, CHRISTINA RENEE | — |
| 18390132 | CYLINDRICAL CAN FOR SECONDARY CELLS | LEE, DANIEL H. | — |
| 18571867 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | GOLDEN, ANDREW J | — |
| 18263156 | CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY CELL | TRAN, UYEN M | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18793550 | ENERGY RECLAMATION AND CARBON-NEUTRAL SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-EFFICIENT EV BATTERY RECYCLING | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | — |
| 18792423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM USING RESONANT SENSORS | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | — |
| 18764907 | ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS INCLUDING PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING ADDITIVES, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS INCLUDING THE SAME | AMPONSAH, OSEI K | — |
| 18724057 | CENTER PIN FOR A SECONDARY CELL HAVING AN ENGAGEMENT PROFILE | RUTISER, CLAIRE A | — |
| 18626221 | COLLOCATING A LARGE-SCALE DISSOCIATING REACTOR NEAR A GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR GREEN REFINEMENT OF CRITICAL MINERALS FROM BRINES | HUANG, RYAN | — |
| 18687198 | SECONDARY CELL | CHANDLER, KAITY V | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Lyten | 9 |
| Northvolt AB | 8 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2685 | 2 |
| 1723 | 2 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 1726 | 1 |
| 1725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19112937 | DEPLOYABLE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING DEVICE WITH ANALYTE DETECTION CAPABILITIES | Lyten, Inc. | BLOUNT, ERIC | 2685 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19083318 | FREQUENCY SELECTIVE METAMATERIAL FOR PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURES | Lyten, Inc. | BLOUNT, ERIC | 2685 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18793550 | ENERGY RECLAMATION AND CARBON-NEUTRAL SYSTEM FOR ULTRA-EFFICIENT EV BATTERY RECYCLING | Lyten, Inc. | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | 1794 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18792423 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SENSING VEHICLE BRAKE SYSTEM USING RESONANT SENSORS | Lyten, Inc. | RASHID, MAHBUBUR | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 | |
| 18764907 | ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS INCLUDING PERFORMANCE-ENHANCING ADDITIVES, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS INCLUDING THE SAME | Lyten, Inc. | AMPONSAH, OSEI K | 1752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18724057 | CENTER PIN FOR A SECONDARY CELL HAVING AN ENGAGEMENT PROFILE | Northvolt AB | RUTISER, CLAIRE A | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 | |
| 18733246 | TERMINAL RIVET FOR A SECONDARY CELL | Northvolt AB | BAIRD, CAMERON MICHAEL | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 | |
| 18626221 | COLLOCATING A LARGE-SCALE DISSOCIATING REACTOR NEAR A GEOTHERMAL ENERGY SOURCE FOR GREEN REFINEMENT OF CRITICAL MINERALS FROM BRINES | Lyten, Inc. | HUANG, RYAN | 1736 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2024 |
| 18687198 | SECONDARY CELL | Northvolt AB | CHANDLER, KAITY V | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 | |
| 18440769 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THROUGHOUT A PRODUCT'S LIFECYCLE | Lyten, Inc. | ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K | 3625 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18392062 | CYLINDRICAL CAN FOR SECONDARY CELLS | Northvolt AB | DAULTON, CHRISTINA RENEE | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 | |
| 18390132 | CYLINDRICAL CAN FOR SECONDARY CELLS | Northvolt AB | LEE, DANIEL H. | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 | |
| 18571867 | ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL | Northvolt AB | GOLDEN, ANDREW J | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| 18263156 | CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY CELL | Northvolt AB | TRAN, UYEN M | 1726 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18216384 | POST-FABRICATION CURING OF SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME | Lyten, Inc. | VO, JIMMY | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18216351 | POLYMERIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME | Lyten, Inc. | OTERO, KENNETH MAX | 1725 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 17818901 | TERMINAL RIVET AND A METHOD FOR FASTENING THE SAME TO A TERMINAL FOR A SECONDARY CELL | Northvolt AB | ZHANG, HAIXIA | 1723 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
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