Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hitachi GE Vernova Nuclear Energy Ltd. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting that the company's current patent applications are technically similar or fall under the same administrative group. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, requiring the company to manage different sets of examiner expectations.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is GARNER, LILY CRABTREE, who is handling 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 pending actions and 2 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for a single case. This distribution means that the company must navigate the specific nuances of different individuals even though the cases are within the 1 distinct art unit.
Managing the active workload across 2 distinct examiners provides a narrow but varied look at how the patent office is treating the company's technology. Practitioners should be prepared to address different examiner perspectives on similar technical subject matter. The focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems indicates a strategic interest in these fields.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 1 | 68.2% | +16.2% |
| KIL, JINNEY | 1 | 46.9% | +53.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18636378 | Fuel Assembly for Sodium-Cooled Metal Fuel Fast Reactor, Reactor Core, and Manufacturing Method of Fuel Assembly | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
| 17512591 | IODINE TRAPPING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR POWER STRUCTURE | KIL, JINNEY | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18636378 | Fuel Assembly for Sodium-Cooled Metal Fuel Fast Reactor, Reactor Core, and Manufacturing Method of Fuel Assembly | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | — |
| 17512591 | IODINE TRAPPING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR POWER STRUCTURE | KIL, JINNEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3646 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18636378 | Fuel Assembly for Sodium-Cooled Metal Fuel Fast Reactor, Reactor Core, and Manufacturing Method of Fuel Assembly | GARNER, LILY CRABTREE | 3646 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2024 |
| 17512591 | IODINE TRAPPING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR POWER STRUCTURE | KIL, JINNEY | 3646 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2021 |
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