Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Eni S.p.a.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Eni S.p.A. has 7 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters are assigned to 7 examiners and 7 art units, showing complete dispersion across the recorded examination assignments. The equal figures indicate that each pending matter is associated with its own examiner and art unit in this profile.

LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has a larger recorded workload, so the docket does not present a single examiner concentration. Counsel should use matter-specific claim and prior-art strategies while maintaining a common portfolio position where the technology permits.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
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.

2
Hard (29%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 1 73.6% +21.9%
SADLON, JOSEPH 1 63.4% +26.5%
CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE 1 100.0% +0.0%
DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1 57.5% +57.2%
LI, AIQUN 1 63.7% +23.1%
SHEIKH, HAROON S 1 70.7% +18.5%
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1 48.6% +78.3%

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
18861472 ACOUSTIC WAVE GENERATOR FOR UNDERWATER APPLICATIONS LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN —
18567116 PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF ACID GASES, SPECIFICALLY CO2, FROM GASEOUS MIXTURES CONTAINING THEM THROUGH THE USE OF ABSORBENT COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING CYCLIC UREAS AS A PHYSICAL SOLVENT CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17785426 Energy Conversion System SHEIKH, HAROON S 59d overdue
18861472 ACOUSTIC WAVE GENERATOR FOR UNDERWATER APPLICATIONS LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN —
18618216 BARRIER ASSEMBLY SADLON, JOSEPH —
18549402 CONJUGATED ANTHRADITHIOPHENE TERPOLYMERS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES CONTAINING THEM DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN —
18250045 MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRACERS FOR ANALYSIS OF OILFIELDS LI, AIQUN —
17414549 LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR COMPRISING DITHIENYLPYRIDINETHIADIOAZOLE COMPOUNDS JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2837 1
3635 1
1738 1
2893 1
1766 1
1751 1
1691 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18861472 ACOUSTIC WAVE GENERATOR FOR UNDERWATER APPLICATIONS LUKS, JEREMY AUSTIN 2837 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18618216 BARRIER ASSEMBLY SADLON, JOSEPH 3635 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18567116 PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL OF ACID GASES, SPECIFICALLY CO2, FROM GASEOUS MIXTURES CONTAINING THEM THROUGH THE USE OF ABSORBENT COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING CYCLIC UREAS AS A PHYSICAL SOLVENT CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE 1738 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18549402 CONJUGATED ANTHRADITHIOPHENE TERPOLYMERS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES CONTAINING THEM DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 2893 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 07, 2023
18250045 MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRACERS FOR ANALYSIS OF OILFIELDS LI, AIQUN 1766 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 21, 2023
17785426 Energy Conversion System SHEIKH, HAROON S 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2022
17414549 LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR COMPRISING DITHIENYLPYRIDINETHIADIOAZOLE COMPOUNDS JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 16, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Eni S.p.a. have?

Eni S.p.a. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Eni S.p.a. applications?

Jeremy Austin Luks has the most, with 1 of Eni S.p.a.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Eni S.p.a.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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