Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
BISN Tec Ltd. currently has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units, indicating a focus on mechanical systems with some technical variety. The 4 pending office actions are being reviewed by 4 distinct examiners, which means that each case is subject to a different individual's scrutiny. This lack of examiner overlap suggests that the company must manage multiple sets of examiner expectations and styles.
AVI T. SKAIST is the busiest examiner for the company, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action shows that the workload is not concentrated with any single examiner. The 3 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's technology spans several different mechanical or transportation niches. Successfully navigating the 4 pending office actions will require a flexible approach that addresses the specific concerns of each distinct examiner. Practitioners should note that the involvement of 3 distinct art units may lead to different prosecution timelines for the various applications.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKAIST, AVI T. | 1 | 64.2% | +42.4% |
| FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1 | 51.9% | +16.5% |
| CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 1 | 83.3% | +27.8% |
| MACDONALD, STEVEN A | 1 | 80.2% | +13.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18602493 | CHEMICAL HEAT SOURCES FOR USE IN DOWN-HOLE OPERATIONS | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 98d overdue |
| 18038205 | MULTI-TRIP ANNULAR SEAL REPAIR METHOD AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | MACDONALD, STEVEN A | 63d |
| 18707356 | A CHEMICAL REACTION HEAT SOURCE COMPOSITION FOR USE IN DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS | SKAIST, AVI T. | — |
| 18038202 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO DOWNHOLE HEATER ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF OPERATING SUCH | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18602493 | CHEMICAL HEAT SOURCES FOR USE IN DOWN-HOLE OPERATIONS | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 98d overdue |
| 18038205 | MULTI-TRIP ANNULAR SEAL REPAIR METHOD AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | MACDONALD, STEVEN A | 63d |
| 18707356 | A CHEMICAL REACTION HEAT SOURCE COMPOSITION FOR USE IN DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS | SKAIST, AVI T. | — |
| 18038202 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO DOWNHOLE HEATER ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF OPERATING SUCH | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3674 | 2 |
| 1734 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18707356 | A CHEMICAL REACTION HEAT SOURCE COMPOSITION FOR USE IN DOWNHOLE OPERATIONS AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS | SKAIST, AVI T. | 3674 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
| 18602493 | CHEMICAL HEAT SOURCES FOR USE IN DOWN-HOLE OPERATIONS | FELTON, AILEEN BAKER | 1734 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 98d overdue | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18038202 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO DOWNHOLE HEATER ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF OPERATING SUCH | CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS | 3676 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18038205 | MULTI-TRIP ANNULAR SEAL REPAIR METHOD AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | MACDONALD, STEVEN A | 3674 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 63d | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
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