Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
21 pending office actions • 12 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
ConocoPhillips Company currently manages 19 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These active cases are handled by 19 distinct examiners across 10 distinct art units. This exact match between the number of pending actions and the number of examiners indicates that every single application is being reviewed by a different person.
RUNYAN, SILVANA C is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. Because there are 19 pending office actions and 19 distinct examiners, no individual examiner holds more than one case. This total lack of examiner overlap requires a prosecution strategy tailored to 19 different individual perspectives.
The 10 distinct art units involved show that ConocoPhillips Company has a broad reach within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector, touching many different specialized groups. With 19 pending office actions spread so thinly across examiners and art units, practitioners cannot rely on building a rapport with a single primary examiner for this portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 7 (33%) |
| §103 only | 7 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 1 | 82.4% | +16.9% |
| GUNN, JEREMY L | 1 | 29.9% | +45.8% |
| KANG, EDWIN G | 1 | 64.3% | +66.9% |
| GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS | 1 | 85.1% | +8.6% |
| WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 1 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
| ROBINSON, RENEE E | 1 | 73.6% | +24.2% |
| PERRIN, CLARE M | 1 | 68.0% | +42.7% |
| BUI, DUNG H | 1 | 77.8% | +25.4% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 1 | 26.0% | +21.8% |
| VARMA, AKASH K | 1 | 66.5% | +34.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18988252 | DROP & RETRIEVE TOOL CARRIER | GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS | 85d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16422364 | ENHANCED CAPROCK INTEGRITY INTEGRATION FOR SUBSURFACE INJECTION OPERATIONS | HAGOS, EYOB | 35d overdue |
| 18139534 | INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OPTIMIZATION PLATFORM FOR WELL SEQUENCING AND UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT | BROWN, SARA GRACE | 16d overdue |
| 19255039 | ANALYSIS OF DRILLING CUTTINGS | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | — |
| 19235086 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION | GUNN, JEREMY L | — |
| 18963104 | UV PHOTO SCAVENGING OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — |
| 18667714 | DISPOSAL OF EFFLUENT WATER FROM AN OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INSTALLATION | PERRIN, CLARE M | — |
| 18524665 | REFRIGERANT SUPPLY TO A COOLING FACILITY | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| 18481977 | REMOVAL OF CHELATED IRON FROM PRODUCED WATER | VARMA, AKASH K | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18987666 | OBTAINING DATA FROM A WELL | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 1d overdue |
| 19255039 | ANALYSIS OF DRILLING CUTTINGS | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | — |
| 19235086 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION | GUNN, JEREMY L | — |
| 19024486 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES OF GAS TURBINE COOLING | KANG, EDWIN G | — |
| 18963104 | UV PHOTO SCAVENGING OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — |
| 18667714 | DISPOSAL OF EFFLUENT WATER FROM AN OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INSTALLATION | PERRIN, CLARE M | — |
| 18615568 | LOOP LINE FOR H2S TREATMENT | BUI, DUNG H | — |
| 18524665 | REFRIGERANT SUPPLY TO A COOLING FACILITY | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 3 |
| 3623 | 2 |
| 1773 | 2 |
| 3763 | 2 |
| 3625 | 2 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3672 | 1 |
| 3676 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19255039 | ANALYSIS OF DRILLING CUTTINGS | RUNYAN, SILVANA C | 3674 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19235086 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION | GUNN, JEREMY L | 3623 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19024486 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES OF GAS TURBINE COOLING | KANG, EDWIN G | 3741 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18988252 | DROP & RETRIEVE TOOL CARRIER | GAY, JENNIFER HAWKINS | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 85d | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18987666 | OBTAINING DATA FROM A WELL | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 3672 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18963104 | UV PHOTO SCAVENGING OF HYDROGEN SULFIDE | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18667714 | DISPOSAL OF EFFLUENT WATER FROM AN OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INSTALLATION | PERRIN, CLARE M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18615568 | LOOP LINE FOR H2S TREATMENT | BUI, DUNG H | 1773 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18524665 | REFRIGERANT SUPPLY TO A COOLING FACILITY | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18481977 | REMOVAL OF CHELATED IRON FROM PRODUCED WATER | VARMA, AKASH K | 1773 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18200020 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-PERIOD OPTIMIZATION FORECASTING WITH PARALLEL EQUATION-ORIENTED MODELS | WATHEN, BRIAN W | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2023 |
| 18139534 | INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OPTIMIZATION PLATFORM FOR WELL SEQUENCING AND UNCONVENTIONAL RESERVOIR MANAGEMENT | BROWN, SARA GRACE | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2023 |
| 18174104 | STRENGTHENING FRACTURE TIPS FOR PRECISION FRACTURING | EDWARDS, ETHAN WESLEY | 2857 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 17982799 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLETION OPTIMIZATION FOR WATERFLOOD ASSETS | NORRIS, URSULA LEE | 3676 | §103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | Nov 08, 2022 |
| 17982839 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MODELING GEOLOGICAL FACIES FOR WELL DEVELOPMENT | SHARON, AYAL I | 3695 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2022 |
| 18045255 | UBIQUITOUS REAL-TIME FRACTURE MONITORING | WECHSELBERGER, ALFRED H. | 2187 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2022 |
| 17842304 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING SEISMIC DATA TO RESERVOIR PROPERTIES FOR RESERVOIR MODELING | FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L | 2857 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2022 |
| 17735909 | ALTERNATIVE TWO COLUMN HRU DESIGN WITH RICH REFLUX | KING, BRIAN M | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
| 17734856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTIVE RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT | DELICH, STEPHANIE ZAGARELLA | 3623 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2022 |
| 17668191 | GLOBAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR CRITICAL EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION | MEINECKE DIAZ, SUSANNA M | 3625 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2022 |
| 16422364 | ENHANCED CAPROCK INTEGRITY INTEGRATION FOR SUBSURFACE INJECTION OPERATIONS | HAGOS, EYOB | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | May 24, 2019 |
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