Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Framatome

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Framatome has 7 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed across 5 examiners and 4 art units, indicating a portfolio with repeated assignments in both examination personnel and technical units.

KIL, JINNEY is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That examiner-specific concentration supports a dedicated review of common objections and claim positions, while the remaining matters require coordination across the other assignments.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

4
Hard (57%)
2
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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
KIL, JINNEY 3 46.2% +52.2%
WASIL, DANIEL D 1 79.9% +24.8%
ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 1 16.1% +67.6%
HENDRICKSON, STUART L 1 72.4% +8.1%
LAI, DYLAN HONG 1 — —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18723508 FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A MATERIAL TO BE ACTIVATED AND GRIPPER WASIL, DANIEL D —
18705363 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR SIMULATING AN OPERATION OF A REACTOR CORE ANTOINE, LISA HOPE —
18692733 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GRANULATED METAL OXIDE POWDER AND CORRESPONDING GRANULATED METAL OXIDE POWDER HENDRICKSON, STUART L —
18286934 METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLING A NUCLEAR REACTOR, NUCLEAR REACTOR EQUIPPED WITH SUCH AN ASSEMBLY KIL, JINNEY —
18200781 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATING THE CONVERGENCE OF AN ITERATIVE COMPUTATION CODE OF PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF A MULTI-PARAMETER SYSTEM LAI, DYLAN HONG —

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
18723508 FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A MATERIAL TO BE ACTIVATED AND GRIPPER WASIL, DANIEL D —
18717412 METHOD AND MACHINE FOR TESTING A SPACER GRID OF A NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY KIL, JINNEY —
18705363 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR SIMULATING AN OPERATION OF A REACTOR CORE ANTOINE, LISA HOPE —
18281608 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT KIL, JINNEY —
18286934 METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLING A NUCLEAR REACTOR, NUCLEAR REACTOR EQUIPPED WITH SUCH AN ASSEMBLY KIL, JINNEY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3646 4
3715 1
1736 1
2144 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18723508 FUEL ASSEMBLY FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT, METHOD FOR ACTIVATING A MATERIAL TO BE ACTIVATED AND GRIPPER WASIL, DANIEL D 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2024
18717412 METHOD AND MACHINE FOR TESTING A SPACER GRID OF A NUCLEAR FUEL ASSEMBLY KIL, JINNEY 3646 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18705363 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR SIMULATING AN OPERATION OF A REACTOR CORE ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 3715 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18692733 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A GRANULATED METAL OXIDE POWDER AND CORRESPONDING GRANULATED METAL OXIDE POWDER HENDRICKSON, STUART L 1736 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18281608 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT KIL, JINNEY 3646 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 25, 2024
18286934 METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR CONTROLLING A NUCLEAR REACTOR, NUCLEAR REACTOR EQUIPPED WITH SUCH AN ASSEMBLY KIL, JINNEY 3646 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2023
18200781 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCELERATING THE CONVERGENCE OF AN ITERATIVE COMPUTATION CODE OF PHYSICAL PARAMETERS OF A MULTI-PARAMETER SYSTEM LAI, DYLAN HONG 2144 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 23, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Framatome have?

Framatome has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Framatome applications?

Jinney Kil has the most, with 3 of Framatome's pending office actions.

What technology area are Framatome's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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