Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Combustion Consulting Italy S R L

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Combustion Consulting Italy S R L has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and a distinct art unit. With a single pending action, the company's immediate patent strategy in this field is focused on a single application, making the outcome of this specific case the focus of the portfolio's current activity in this area.

BASICHAS, ALFRED is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling the pending office action that constitutes the company's total pending workload. This concentration in a single art unit means the prosecution process is conducted through a single channel. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements and historical patterns of this examiner, as no other pending matters exist to provide alternative paths for intellectual property protection at this time. Consequently, the interaction with this individual examiner will determine the protection of the company's mechanical engineering patents.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BASICHAS, ALFRED 1 72.2% +3.9%

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
18699802 COMBUSTION APPARATUS, COMBUSTION SYSTEM, AND COMBUSTION METHOD BASICHAS, ALFRED —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3762 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18699802 COMBUSTION APPARATUS, COMBUSTION SYSTEM, AND COMBUSTION METHOD BASICHAS, ALFRED 3762 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Combustion Consulting Italy S R L have?

Combustion Consulting Italy S R L has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Combustion Consulting Italy S R L applications?

Alfred Basichas has the most, with 1 of Combustion Consulting Italy S R L's pending office actions.

What technology area are Combustion Consulting Italy S R L's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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