Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Cameron International Corporation

Technology area: Computing & Software

4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Cameron International Corporation currently has 2 pending office actions. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, meaning each action is being reviewed by a different person. The busiest examiner, LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM, is responsible for 1 pending office action. There are 0 distinct art units associated with these 2 actions. This indicates that the company must manage separate examiner relationships for its current pending matters across 2 examiners.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
75% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM 1 100.0% +0.0%
PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER 1 80.6% +18.0%
MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J 1 75.1% +18.7%
KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA 1 75.0% +33.3%

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
19177966 GEOREFERENCING AND INTEGRATION OF FIBER OPTICS WITH PIPELINE PIGGING INSPECTIONS LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM —
18964891 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND DETECTION OF CHANGES IN A FACILITY PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER —

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18714856 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION MANAGEMENT MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J —
18249094 REAL-TIME SCALE PRECIPITATION PREDICTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18964891 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND DETECTION OF CHANGES IN A FACILITY PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER —
18714856 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION MANAGEMENT MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J —
18249094 REAL-TIME SCALE PRECIPITATION PREDICTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2117 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19177966 GEOREFERENCING AND INTEGRATION OF FIBER OPTICS WITH PIPELINE PIGGING INSPECTIONS LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2025
18964891 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND DETECTION OF CHANGES IN A FACILITY PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18714856 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION MANAGEMENT MALKOWSKI, KENNETH J — §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18249094 REAL-TIME SCALE PRECIPITATION PREDICTION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA 2117 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2023

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