Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cnx Resources Corporation currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The prosecution workload is distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating a fragmented oversight structure where each examiner handles a single action. This one-to-one ratio between pending actions and examiners suggests that no single individual or unit currently dominates the company's legal strategy or workflow.
AYALEW, TINSAE B is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though they are only responsible for 1 pending office action. This level of distribution means that the company must navigate the specific preferences and procedural tendencies of 3 different examiners simultaneously. Practitioners should prepare for varied feedback across these 3 distinct art units, as the lack of concentration prevents a unified examiner perspective. The presence of multiple art units further confirms that the portfolio's technical subject matter is being evaluated through several specialized lenses within the USPTO. This diversity requires a flexible approach to prosecution to accommodate the different standards encountered.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYALEW, TINSAE B | 1 | 75.8% | +9.1% |
| NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | 1 | 81.0% | +13.4% |
| WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 1 | 78.3% | +25.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841572 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-PHASE SEPARATION AT A WELL | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 33d |
| 18888826 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING COLD CNG FROM WELLHEAD GAS PRESSURE | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841572 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-PHASE SEPARATION AT A WELL | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 33d |
| 18888826 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING COLD CNG FROM WELLHEAD GAS PRESSURE | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1711 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19057373 | FLUID PURGING SYSTEM | AYALEW, TINSAE B | 1711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18888826 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING COLD CNG FROM WELLHEAD GAS PRESSURE | NOUKETCHA, LIONEL W | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18841572 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THREE-PHASE SEPARATION AT A WELL | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 3674 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCnx Resources Corporation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Tinsae B Ayalew has the most, with 1 of Cnx Resources Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
