Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gaztransport et Technigaz currently has 8 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, indicating a slight concentration of work where at least one examiner is handling multiple cases. The portfolio spans 4 distinct art units, which suggests the company's mechanical engineering projects are categorized into several different specialized groups at the USPTO.
MOORE, DEVON TYLEN is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 2 pending office actions. This examiner is the only one in the current data set handling more than a single matter for the firm. For the legal team, this concentration provides a small opportunity to apply consistent arguments across multiple files, while the other actions require individual strategies for the 7 distinct examiners. The presence of 4 distinct art units indicates that the company must navigate various examination standards. Managing 8 pending office actions requires a highly organized approach to ensure that responses are consistent yet tailored to individual examiner preferences.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 + other | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 2 | 48.9% | +35.8% |
| ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 1 | 63.5% | +24.6% |
| OLSON, LARS A | 1 | 81.9% | +14.0% |
| RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | 1 | 55.3% | +21.1% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 1 | 26.0% | +21.8% |
| EPPS, TODD MICHAEL | 1 | 72.7% | +7.2% |
| MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 1 | 47.2% | +12.7% |
| GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 1 | 52.0% | +27.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17924587 | ESTIMATION OF A TANK SLOSHING RESPONSE USING A STATISTICAL MODEL TRAINED BY MACHINE LEARNING | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 28d overdue |
| 18043948 | BOTTOM WALL OF A LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE TANK | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3d overdue |
| 18856360 | WALL FOR A LEAKTIGHT AND THERMALLY INSULATING VESSEL | OLSON, LARS A | — |
| 18852621 | GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR HIGH- AND LOW PRESSURE GAS-CONSUMING DEVICES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A SYSTEM | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | — |
| 18852603 | GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR HIGH AND LOW-PRESSURE GAS- CONSUMING DEVICES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH SYSTEM | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | — |
| 18709839 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING A CONSUMER DESIGNED TO BE SUPPLIED WITH A FUEL PREPARED FROM A GAS GENERATED BY THE EVAPORATION OF A CRYOGENIC LIQUID COMPRISING AT LEAST METHANE | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| 18695204 | SYSTEM FOR TREATING A NATURAL GAS COMING FROM A TANK OF A FLOATING STRUCTURE CONFIGURED TO SUPPLY NATURAL GAS AS FUEL TO A NATURAL GAS CONSUMING APPARATUS | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17924587 | ESTIMATION OF A TANK SLOSHING RESPONSE USING A STATISTICAL MODEL TRAINED BY MACHINE LEARNING | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 28d overdue |
| 18043948 | BOTTOM WALL OF A LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE TANK | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3d overdue |
| 18876513 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A STORAGE TANK | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | — |
| 18856360 | WALL FOR A LEAKTIGHT AND THERMALLY INSULATING VESSEL | OLSON, LARS A | — |
| 18852621 | GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR HIGH- AND LOW PRESSURE GAS-CONSUMING DEVICES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A SYSTEM | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | — |
| 18852603 | GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR HIGH AND LOW-PRESSURE GAS- CONSUMING DEVICES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH SYSTEM | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | — |
| 18709839 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING A CONSUMER DESIGNED TO BE SUPPLIED WITH A FUEL PREPARED FROM A GAS GENERATED BY THE EVAPORATION OF A CRYOGENIC LIQUID COMPRISING AT LEAST METHANE | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| 18695204 | SYSTEM FOR TREATING A NATURAL GAS COMING FROM A TANK OF A FLOATING STRUCTURE CONFIGURED TO SUPPLY NATURAL GAS AS FUEL TO A NATURAL GAS CONSUMING APPARATUS | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 4 |
| 3736 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18876513 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A STORAGE TANK | ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA | 3736 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18856360 | WALL FOR A LEAKTIGHT AND THERMALLY INSULATING VESSEL | OLSON, LARS A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18852621 | GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR HIGH- AND LOW PRESSURE GAS-CONSUMING DEVICES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH A SYSTEM | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18852603 | GAS SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR HIGH AND LOW-PRESSURE GAS- CONSUMING DEVICES AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH SYSTEM | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18709839 | SYSTEM FOR SUPPLYING A CONSUMER DESIGNED TO BE SUPPLIED WITH A FUEL PREPARED FROM A GAS GENERATED BY THE EVAPORATION OF A CRYOGENIC LIQUID COMPRISING AT LEAST METHANE | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18695204 | SYSTEM FOR TREATING A NATURAL GAS COMING FROM A TANK OF A FLOATING STRUCTURE CONFIGURED TO SUPPLY NATURAL GAS AS FUEL TO A NATURAL GAS CONSUMING APPARATUS | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18190307 | DEVICE FOR HOLDING AT LEAST ONE COMPONENT ON A LOADING AND/OR OFFLOADING COLUMN OF A TANK OF A SHIP INTENDED TO CONTAIN A LIQUEFIED GAS | EPPS, TODD MICHAEL | 3632 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18043948 | BOTTOM WALL OF A LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE TANK | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2023 |
| 17924587 | ESTIMATION OF A TANK SLOSHING RESPONSE USING A STATISTICAL MODEL TRAINED BY MACHINE LEARNING | GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN | 3665 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Nov 10, 2022 |
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