Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BJ Energy Solutions, LLC

12 pending office actions • 6 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

1
Hard (8%)
8
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
3
Unknown (25%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§103 only7 (58%)
§102 only1 (8%)
No statute on record3 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
92% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HARCOURT, BRAD 2 84.1% +5.6%
BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 1 62.2% +29.3%
DOYLE, BENJAMIN C 1 67.5% +40.2%
BUCK, MATTHEW R 1 83.2% +14.5%
WOOD, DOUGLAS S 1 78.3% +11.4%
FREAY, CHARLES GRANT 1 77.1% +30.7%
CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1 80.8% +7.2%
NG, HENRY 1 63.1% +57.8%
NGUYEN, HUNG Q 1 83.6% +12.5%
JARIWALA, CHIRAG 1 61.5% +26.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18541638 SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT/FILTRATION OF INTAKE AIR FLOWS TO A GAS TURBINE ENGINE OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIT CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 9d
19019118 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ARRANGEMENT AND BLENDING SYSTEM BUCK, MATTHEW R 12d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19205841 STAGE PROFILES FOR OPERATIONS OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS HARCOURT, BRAD 36d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18945139 FUEL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND POWER CONNECTION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS WOOD, DOUGLAS S 253d overdue
18484105 BI-FUEL RECIPROCATING ENGINE TO POWER DIRECT DRIVE TURBINE FRACTURING PUMPS ONBOARD AUXILIARY SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS NGUYEN, HUNG Q 6d
19019118 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ARRANGEMENT AND BLENDING SYSTEM BUCK, MATTHEW R 12d
18583488 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZATION OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIT PROFILE TO OPERATE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNITS FREAY, CHARLES GRANT 28d
19193832 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PUMPS TO ENHANCE FLOW OF FRACTURING FLUID INTO WELLHEADS AND RELATED METHODS BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 30d
19046809 FLUID END ASSEMBLY DOYLE, BENJAMIN C 33d
18463950 POWER END FRAME ASSEMBLY JARIWALA, CHIRAG 36d
18523685 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING FUEL TO GAS TURBINE ENGINES NG, HENRY 54d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3746 4
3674 2
3672 2
3741 2
1773 1
3747 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19205841 STAGE PROFILES FOR OPERATIONS OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS HARCOURT, BRAD 3674 §101 Non-Final OA 36d Pending May 12, 2025
19193832 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING PUMPS TO ENHANCE FLOW OF FRACTURING FLUID INTO WELLHEADS AND RELATED METHODS BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Apr 29, 2025
19176002 AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTICS OF ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENTATION IN A SYSTEM FOR FRACTURING A WELL AND ASSOCIATED METHODS HARCOURT, BRAD 3674 Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2025
19046809 FLUID END ASSEMBLY DOYLE, BENJAMIN C 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 06, 2025
19019118 HYDRAULIC FRACTURING ARRANGEMENT AND BLENDING SYSTEM BUCK, MATTHEW R 3672 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jan 13, 2025
18945139 FUEL, COMMUNICATIONS, AND POWER CONNECTION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS WOOD, DOUGLAS S 3672 Other Non-Final OA 253d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2024
18583488 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF UTILIZATION OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIT PROFILE TO OPERATE HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNITS FREAY, CHARLES GRANT 3746 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 21, 2024
18541638 SYSTEMS, ASSEMBLIES, AND METHODS FOR TREATMENT/FILTRATION OF INTAKE AIR FLOWS TO A GAS TURBINE ENGINE OF A HYDRAULIC FRACTURING UNIT CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1773 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18523685 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING FUEL TO GAS TURBINE ENGINES NG, HENRY 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18484105 BI-FUEL RECIPROCATING ENGINE TO POWER DIRECT DRIVE TURBINE FRACTURING PUMPS ONBOARD AUXILIARY SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS NGUYEN, HUNG Q 3747 Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18463950 POWER END FRAME ASSEMBLY JARIWALA, CHIRAG 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Sep 08, 2023
17460754 DRIVE EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR MOBILE FRACTURING TRANSPORTATION PLATFORMS MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 3741 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2021

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