Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Hydromax Usa LLC

3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Double-patenting only1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
67% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A 1 40.8% +39.5%
MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO 1 48.7% +18.9%
CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 1 75.4% +13.4%

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
19179835 CROSS-BORE RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A
18822587 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING COLLECTED UTILITY INSPECTION READINGS MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO
18669689 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING CROSS BORES CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2159 1
2425 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19179835 CROSS-BORE RISK ASSESSMENT AND RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL EL-HAGE HASSAN, ABDALLAH A DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2025
18822587 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING COLLECTED UTILITY INSPECTION READINGS MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO 2159 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18669689 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING CROSS BORES CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 2425 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 21, 2024

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