Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Zilka-Kotab, Pc - Lyt1P

14 pending office actions • 2 clients • 12 examiners • 9 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1281 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1281
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1281
4.2
OAs to Allowance
n=865
+0.51σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=865
1229 days
Time to Allowance
n=865
+1.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1281
38.0%
RCE Rate
n=1281
5.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1281

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

94.1%
§101 Overcome
n=256
88.7%
§102 Overcome
n=399
89.3%
§103 Overcome
n=684
86.7%
§112 Overcome
n=263

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06T, G09G
Top CPC Subclasses
42%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1281
0
Practitioners
n=1281
Apps / Practitioner
n=1281 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

7
Hard (50%)
6
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only5 (36%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (36%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

7
Life Sciences
50% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
2
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
3
Business / Other
21% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BLOUNT, ERIC 2 78.2% +3.3%
PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 2 55.3% +16.7%
DUNN, DARRIN D 1 75.2% +24.3%
ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K 1 11.0% +8.9%
TIMILSINA, SHARAD 1 76.3% +14.9%
GOLDEN, ANDREW J 1 42.4% +38.8%
DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES 1 49.6% +16.8%
RUTISER, CLAIRE A 1 42.0% +21.7%
TRAN, UYEN M 1 30.5% +40.2%
OTERO, KENNETH MAX 1 50.0% +33.3%

Hard Cases (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18122599 MEMBRANE-BASED ALKALI METAL SALT PRECIPITATION PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 82d
19384938 APPLICATION-SPECIFIC AI-ENABLED ENERGY STORAGE APPLIANCES DUNN, DARRIN D
18440769 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THROUGHOUT A PRODUCT'S LIFECYCLE ABOUZAHRA, REHAM K
18440741 METHOD OF FIELD RECALIBRATION OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYTE SENSORS BASED ON LEARNED PRECISE SENSING FINGERPRINTS TIMILSINA, SHARAD
18571867 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL GOLDEN, ANDREW J
18566838 A CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY CELL WITH A TERMINAL SURFACE WITH DIFFERENT ROUGHNESS DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES
18216379 SUBSTANTIALLY NON-METALLIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME LIZARAZU, JESSICA NICOLE
18122606 MEMBRANE-BASED ALKALI METAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18241681 FREE-STANDING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ANODE HAVING CONTINUOUS, ION-CONDUCTING NETWORK RUTISER, CLAIRE A 4d overdue
18122599 MEMBRANE-BASED ALKALI METAL SALT PRECIPITATION PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 82d
19384938 APPLICATION-SPECIFIC AI-ENABLED ENERGY STORAGE APPLIANCES DUNN, DARRIN D
18440741 METHOD OF FIELD RECALIBRATION OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYTE SENSORS BASED ON LEARNED PRECISE SENSING FINGERPRINTS TIMILSINA, SHARAD
18571867 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL GOLDEN, ANDREW J
18566838 A CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY CELL WITH A TERMINAL SURFACE WITH DIFFERENT ROUGHNESS DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES
18263156 CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY CELL TRAN, UYEN M
18216351 POLYMERIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME OTERO, KENNETH MAX

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Lyten 10
Northvolt AB 4

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26852
17252
17952
21171
36251
41001
17511
17261
17241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19384938 APPLICATION-SPECIFIC AI-ENABLED ENERGY STORAGE APPLIANCES Lyten, Inc. DUNN, DARRIN D 2117 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2025
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
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
18440741 METHOD OF FIELD RECALIBRATION OF MULTIVARIATE ANALYTE SENSORS BASED ON LEARNED PRECISE SENSING FINGERPRINTS Lyten, Inc. TIMILSINA, SHARAD 4100 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18571867 ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL Northvolt AB GOLDEN, ANDREW J §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2023
18566838 A CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY CELL WITH A TERMINAL SURFACE WITH DIFFERENT ROUGHNESS Northvolt AB DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18241681 FREE-STANDING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) ANODE HAVING CONTINUOUS, ION-CONDUCTING NETWORK Lyten, Inc. RUTISER, CLAIRE A 1751 §103Other Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18263156 CYLINDRICAL SECONDARY CELL Northvolt AB TRAN, UYEN M 1726 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 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
18216379 SUBSTANTIALLY NON-METALLIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR BATTERIES, FABRICATION TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME Lyten, Inc. LIZARAZU, JESSICA NICOLE 1725 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2023
18122606 MEMBRANE-BASED ALKALI METAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM Lyten, Inc. PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 16, 2023
18122599 MEMBRANE-BASED ALKALI METAL SALT PRECIPITATION Lyten, Inc. PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §102§103 Final Rejection 82d Pending Mar 16, 2023
17723825 TERMINAL PART FOR A SECONDARY CELL Northvolt AB THOMAS, BRENT C 1724 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2022

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