Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
BENNAMANN SERVICES LTD manages 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This indicates that while multiple examiners are involved, they are concentrated within a smaller number of technical units.
SCHERMERHORN, JON is the busiest examiner, currently handling 1 pending office action. With 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, each action has a dedicated reviewer. The use of 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's technologies are closely related, falling into two specific categories within the patent office.
The prosecution strategy involves individual attention for each filing. SCHERMERHORN, JON manages 1 pending office action within this framework. By operating across the technical divisions, the company maintains a presence in multiple specialized areas while focusing its Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering efforts. This approach allows for specialized review of mechanical systems while maintaining a cohesive strategy across the portfolio.
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.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHERMERHORN, JON | 1 | 58.0% | +33.0% |
| KING, BRIAN M | 1 | 70.3% | +23.7% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 1 | 25.9% | +21.6% |
| MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A | 1 | 20.0% | +17.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18021762 | LONG HEAT PATH SUPPORT STRUCTURE | KING, BRIAN M | 111d overdue |
| 17609726 | ANAEROBIC DIGESTER AND MOBILE BIOGAS PROCESSING PLANT | MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A | 52d overdue |
| 18838732 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZATION OF A LIQUID | SCHERMERHORN, JON | — |
| 17792590 | TANK WITH INTERNAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18021762 | LONG HEAT PATH SUPPORT STRUCTURE | KING, BRIAN M | 111d overdue |
| 17609726 | ANAEROBIC DIGESTER AND MOBILE BIOGAS PROCESSING PLANT | MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A | 52d overdue |
| 18838732 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZATION OF A LIQUID | SCHERMERHORN, JON | — |
| 17792590 | TANK WITH INTERNAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18838732 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZATION OF A LIQUID | SCHERMERHORN, JON | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18021762 | LONG HEAT PATH SUPPORT STRUCTURE | KING, BRIAN M | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 111d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2023 |
| 17792590 | TANK WITH INTERNAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17609726 | ANAEROBIC DIGESTER AND MOBILE BIOGAS PROCESSING PLANT | MARCHESCHI, MICHAEL A | 1796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 52d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialBENNAMANN SERVICES LTD has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Jon Schermerhorn has the most, with 1 of BENNAMANN SERVICES LTD's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
