Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy Ltd.

4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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
§103 only1 (25%)
§102 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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
GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 2 68.1% +15.4%
DAVIS, SHARON M 1 68.2% +26.5%
KIL, JINNEY 1 46.8% +54.1%

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
17994576 CORE PERFORMANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 9d
17512591 IODINE TRAPPING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR POWER STRUCTURE KIL, JINNEY

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17994576 CORE PERFORMANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 9d
18636378 Fuel Assembly for Sodium-Cooled Metal Fuel Fast Reactor, Reactor Core, and Manufacturing Method of Fuel Assembly GARNER, LILY CRABTREE
18513776 FUEL ASSEMBLIES IN FAST REACTOR AND FAST REACTOR CORE DAVIS, SHARON M
17512591 IODINE TRAPPING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR POWER STRUCTURE KIL, JINNEY

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3646 4

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18636378 Fuel Assembly for Sodium-Cooled Metal Fuel Fast Reactor, Reactor Core, and Manufacturing Method of Fuel Assembly GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 3646 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18513776 FUEL ASSEMBLIES IN FAST REACTOR AND FAST REACTOR CORE DAVIS, SHARON M 3646 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 20, 2023
17994576 CORE PERFORMANCE CALCULATION APPARATUS GARNER, LILY CRABTREE 3646 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Nov 28, 2022
17512591 IODINE TRAPPING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR POWER STRUCTURE KIL, JINNEY 3646 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 27, 2021

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