Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Eni S.p.A.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Eni S.p.A. is managing 8 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. This workload is handled by 8 distinct examiners, creating a broad distribution for the company's current legal strategy. The prosecution is situated within 7 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse technical focus for the pending applications.

The busiest examiner for this portfolio is TRIVISONNO, ANGELO, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending office action. As there are 8 pending office actions total, this examiner manages a portion of the current activity for Eni S.p.A. The alignment of 8 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units suggests that the company is navigating multiple examination paths across different office departments.

Practitioners should note that the prosecution of the pending workload depends on the review of 8 distinct examiners. With 7 distinct art units involved, the prior art landscape is likely varied across different groups. The company's presence in Chemistry & Materials is currently represented by these interactions at the patent office.

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

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

2
Hard (25%)
4
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
§112 only2 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
50% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
1
Business / Other
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1 53.0% +25.8%
SADLON, JOSEPH 1 63.4% +26.4%
CRUM, VIVIAN FLORENCE 1 100.0% +0.0%
DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1 56.4% +61.2%
MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1 72.0% +16.2%
LI, AIQUN 1 63.8% +23.1%
COLLINS, MICHAEL 1 70.8% +23.0%
JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1 46.9% +81.0%

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
18618216 BARRIER ASSEMBLY SADLON, JOSEPH —
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 (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18024645 ADVANCED SERVICE STATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL PROCESS COLLINS, MICHAEL 8d overdue
18873531 PEROVSKITE BASED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME TRIVISONNO, ANGELO —
18618216 BARRIER ASSEMBLY SADLON, JOSEPH —
18549402 CONJUGATED ANTHRADITHIOPHENE TERPOLYMERS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES CONTAINING THEM DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN —
18546179 GRAPHENE OXIDE HAVING ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES, PREPARATION PROCESS AND USE THEREOF TO CONFER ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES TO RUBBER ARTICLES MCCRACKEN, DANIEL —
18250045 MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRACERS FOR ANALYSIS OF OILFIELDS LI, AIQUN —
17414549 LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR COMPRISING DITHIENYLPYRIDINETHIADIOAZOLE COMPOUNDS JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1722 1
3635 1
2893 1
1736 1
1766 1
3655 1
1691 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18873531 PEROVSKITE BASED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18618216 BARRIER ASSEMBLY SADLON, JOSEPH 3635 §103§112 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 — §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
18546179 GRAPHENE OXIDE HAVING ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES, PREPARATION PROCESS AND USE THEREOF TO CONFER ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES TO RUBBER ARTICLES MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1736 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18250045 MULTIFUNCTIONAL TRACERS FOR ANALYSIS OF OILFIELDS LI, AIQUN 1766 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 21, 2023
18024645 ADVANCED SERVICE STATION SYSTEM AND CONTROL PROCESS COLLINS, MICHAEL 3655 §112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
17414549 LUMINESCENT SOLAR CONCENTRATOR COMPRISING DITHIENYLPYRIDINETHIADIOAZOLE COMPOUNDS JOHNSON, CHRISTOPHER LINDSAY 1691 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 16, 2021

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