Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 08, 2026

Engie

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
60% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1 54.3% +13.8%
CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN 1 44.6% +40.2%
DINH, BACH T 1 55.2% +31.6%
KING, BRIAN M 1 70.1% +23.9%
PETTITT, JOHN F 1 25.7% +21.6%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18716633 Method for liquefying a methane-rich gas to be processed, and corresponding facility PETTITT, JOHN F 17d overdue
19106650 VERTICAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SUCH A SYSTEM GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA
18721887 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LIQUEFYING A GAS KING, BRIAN M

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18716633 Method for liquefying a methane-rich gas to be processed, and corresponding facility PETTITT, JOHN F 17d overdue
19106650 VERTICAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SUCH A SYSTEM GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA
18859794 VERTICAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A SYSTEM CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN
18729710 VERTICAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SUCH A SYSTEM DINH, BACH T
18721887 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LIQUEFYING A GAS KING, BRIAN M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1721 2
3763 2
1726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19106650 VERTICAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SUCH A SYSTEM GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA 1721 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
18859794 VERTICAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A SYSTEM CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN 1721 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18729710 VERTICAL PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTALLING SUCH A SYSTEM DINH, BACH T 1726 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 17, 2024
18721887 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LIQUEFYING A GAS KING, BRIAN M 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18716633 Method for liquefying a methane-rich gas to be processed, and corresponding facility PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024

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