Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are located within 2 distinct art units, indicating a relatively narrow technical focus for the current workload. The portfolio is being handled by 3 distinct examiners. This concentration within 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's current patenting efforts are focused on a specific subset of mechanical technologies.
MENGESHA, WEBESHET is the busiest examiner, overseeing 3 pending office actions. This represents a majority of the 5 pending office actions for the company. With several actions concentrated under one examiner, the prosecution strategy will likely be heavily influenced by the specific tendencies of MENGESHA, WEBESHET. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the preferences of this busiest examiner, as their decisions affect a significant portion of the workload. The remaining actions are split among the other 3 distinct examiners, providing some variety in the prosecution experience.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3 | 47.2% | +12.7% |
| MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 1 | 48.4% | +37.2% |
| TRAN, BINH Q | 1 | 88.2% | +6.6% |
| HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | 1 | 81.2% | +20.5% |
| KING, BRIAN M | 1 | 70.3% | +23.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712080 | SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 36d |
| 18691301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING BOIL-OFF GAS OF SHIP | KING, BRIAN M | 61d |
| 19127292 | INSULATING SYSTEM FOR LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE TANK, AND SHIP COMPRISING SAME | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | — |
| 19103209 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION IN VESSEL AND VESSEL OR OFFSHORE STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE SAME | TRAN, BINH Q | — |
| 19100767 | SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | — |
| 18702724 | PURGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION APPARATUS FOR SHIP | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18712080 | SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 36d |
| 18691301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING BOIL-OFF GAS OF SHIP | KING, BRIAN M | 61d |
| 19127292 | INSULATING SYSTEM FOR LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE TANK, AND SHIP COMPRISING SAME | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | — |
| 19100767 | SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | — |
| 18702724 | PURGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION APPARATUS FOR SHIP | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — |
| 18576695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELIQUEFYING BOIL-OFF GAS OF VESSEL | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 5 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3644 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19127292 | INSULATING SYSTEM FOR LIQUEFIED GAS STORAGE TANK, AND SHIP COMPRISING SAME | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19103209 | APPARATUS FOR REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION IN VESSEL AND VESSEL OR OFFSHORE STRUCTURE INCLUDING THE SAME | TRAN, BINH Q | 3746 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19100767 | SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | 3644 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 18712080 | SHIP BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18702724 | PURGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOIL-OFF GAS RELIQUEFACTION APPARATUS FOR SHIP | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18691301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING BOIL-OFF GAS OF SHIP | KING, BRIAN M | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18576695 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RELIQUEFYING BOIL-OFF GAS OF VESSEL | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.
Webeshet Mengesha has the most, with 3 of Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
