Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Helmerich & Payne Technologies LLC

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Helmerich & Payne Technologies LLC has 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed among 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, requiring coordination across examiners within a narrower technical assignment structure.

QUAIM, LAMIA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should compare positions across the shared art-unit context while preparing separate responses for each examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
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 (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
QUAIM, LAMIA 1 74.6% +17.5%
SOTO, HENRIX 1 70.8% +29.3%
KNOX, KALERIA 1 68.3% +25.0%
NORRIS, URSULA LEE 1 81.7% +6.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18531494 DRILLING ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS AND METHODS NORRIS, URSULA LEE 202d overdue

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
18679721 SYSTEM SEQUENTIAL STATUS INDICATOR FOR DOWNHOLE TRACKING QUAIM, LAMIA —
18443088 AUTONOMOUS LOAD COUPLING AND ORIENTATION APPARATUS AND REMOTE LOCKING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS SOTO, HENRIX —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18540597 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRILLING KNOX, KALERIA 58d overdue
18679721 SYSTEM SEQUENTIAL STATUS INDICATOR FOR DOWNHOLE TRACKING QUAIM, LAMIA —
18443088 AUTONOMOUS LOAD COUPLING AND ORIENTATION APPARATUS AND REMOTE LOCKING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS SOTO, HENRIX —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3676 2
3654 1
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18679721 SYSTEM SEQUENTIAL STATUS INDICATOR FOR DOWNHOLE TRACKING QUAIM, LAMIA 3676 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2024
18443088 AUTONOMOUS LOAD COUPLING AND ORIENTATION APPARATUS AND REMOTE LOCKING SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 15, 2024
18540597 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DRILLING KNOX, KALERIA 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18531494 DRILLING ASSEMBLY SYSTEMS AND METHODS NORRIS, URSULA LEE 3676 §103 Final Rejection 202d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Helmerich & Payne Technologies LLC have?

Helmerich & Payne Technologies LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Helmerich & Payne Technologies LLC applications?

Lamia Quaim has the most, with 1 of Helmerich & Payne Technologies LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Helmerich & Payne Technologies LLC'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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