Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Honeywell Lng LLC is managing 7 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 7 actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, indicating some concentration in the workload. BRIAN M KING is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 2 pending office actions. This means that while most examiners handle one case, some examiners are responsible for a larger share of the pending matters.
The 7 pending office actions are situated within 3 distinct art units, which suggests a relatively focused technical scope despite the involvement of 5 examiners. With 7 pending actions and 3 art units, the company may benefit from some consistency in technical review across its applications. However, the need to manage 5 different examiners, including BRIAN M KING who holds 2 pending actions, still requires a varied prosecution strategy.
The presence of 7 pending office actions across 5 examiners and 3 art units indicates a moderately fragmented prosecution environment. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the preferences of BRIAN M KING, who manages 2 of the 7 pending cases. The concentration within 3 art units may allow for some technical synergy, but the diverse examiner pool still necessitates a case-by-case approach for the majority of the pending workload.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KING, BRIAN M | 2 | 70.1% | +23.8% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 2 | 26.0% | +21.8% |
| COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | 1 | 67.5% | +22.5% |
| PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 1 | 60.5% | +28.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17464773 | INTEGRATED NITROGEN REJECTION FOR LIQUEFACTION OF NATURAL GAS | PETTITT, JOHN F | 14d |
| 18616711 | Apparatus and Method for Horizontal Transport and Vertical Installation of Heat Exchanger | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | — |
| 18477644 | Coil Wound Heat Exchanger Deformable Support System And Method | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — |
| 18219808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONDENSING BOIL-OFF GAS FROM A LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS TANK | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| 17168770 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECARBONIZED LNG PRODUCTION | KING, BRIAN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17464773 | INTEGRATED NITROGEN REJECTION FOR LIQUEFACTION OF NATURAL GAS | PETTITT, JOHN F | 14d |
| 19018768 | OPEN LOOP LIQUEFACTION PROCESS WITH NGL RECOVERY | KING, BRIAN M | — |
| 18616711 | Apparatus and Method for Horizontal Transport and Vertical Installation of Heat Exchanger | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | — |
| 18477644 | Coil Wound Heat Exchanger Deformable Support System And Method | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | — |
| 18219808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONDENSING BOIL-OFF GAS FROM A LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS TANK | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| 17168770 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECARBONIZED LNG PRODUCTION | KING, BRIAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| 3725 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19018768 | OPEN LOOP LIQUEFACTION PROCESS WITH NGL RECOVERY | KING, BRIAN M | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 18616711 | Apparatus and Method for Horizontal Transport and Vertical Installation of Heat Exchanger | COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES | 3612 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18477644 | Coil Wound Heat Exchanger Deformable Support System And Method | PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK | 3725 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18219808 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONDENSING BOIL-OFF GAS FROM A LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS TANK | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 17464773 | INTEGRATED NITROGEN REJECTION FOR LIQUEFACTION OF NATURAL GAS | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 02, 2021 |
| 17168770 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DECARBONIZED LNG PRODUCTION | KING, BRIAN M | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2021 |
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