Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Hunt Innovative Technologies L L C

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

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Hunt Innovative Technologies L L C manages 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This indicates that multiple examiners are working within the same art units for this portfolio, which may lead to shared technical perspectives during examination.

The busiest examiner, RUNYAN, SILVANA C, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Each of the 4 distinct examiners handles exactly 1 pending action for the company. Because there are only 2 distinct art units for 4 actions, the company's prosecution is more concentrated at the art unit level than at the examiner level.

Practitioners should coordinate their responses to the 4 pending office actions to ensure consistency across the 2 distinct art units. While each examiner is different, the shared art units suggest that the applications involve closely related technologies. Navigating the 4 distinct examiners requires a strategy that addresses individual preferences while maintaining a unified technical narrative within each art unit.

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

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. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
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%)
1
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§112 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
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
RUNYAN, SILVANA C 1 82.5% +17.0%
CULLER, JILL E 1 57.2% +13.9%
BATES, ZAKIYA W 1 88.8% -2.0%
SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. 1 71.5% +27.7%

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
19095309 Method for Borehole Completion BATES, ZAKIYA W —

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
19205646 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FRACTURE AND SEAL SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS RUNYAN, SILVANA C 45d overdue
19174598 METHOD TO MEASURE FRACTURE WIDTH CULLER, JILL E —

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
19205646 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FRACTURE AND SEAL SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS RUNYAN, SILVANA C 45d overdue
18923257 Method for Generating Self-Propped Hydraulic Fractures SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. 6d
19174598 METHOD TO MEASURE FRACTURE WIDTH CULLER, JILL E —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3674 3
2853 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19205646 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO FRACTURE AND SEAL SUBTERRANEAN FORMATIONS RUNYAN, SILVANA C 3674 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending May 12, 2025
19174598 METHOD TO MEASURE FRACTURE WIDTH CULLER, JILL E 2853 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19095309 Method for Borehole Completion BATES, ZAKIYA W 3674 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 31, 2025
18923257 Method for Generating Self-Propped Hydraulic Fractures SUE-AKO, ANDREW B. 3674 §103Other Final Rejection 6d Pending Oct 22, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Hunt Innovative Technologies L L C have?

Hunt Innovative Technologies L L C has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Hunt Innovative Technologies L L C applications?

Silvana C Runyan has the most, with 1 of Hunt Innovative Technologies L L C's pending office actions.

What technology area are Hunt Innovative Technologies L L C'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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