Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Indian Oil Corporation Limited

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
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
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 (29%)
4
Medium (57%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
71% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STEIN, MICHELLE 1 44.4% +34.8%
HAILEY, PATRICIA L 1 88.1% +10.1%
FORRY, COLTON BUSA 1 100.0% +0.0%
DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1 32.6% +40.6%
MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1 71.8% +16.4%
KARIM, ZIAUL 1 81.8% +21.9%
RUBY, TRAVIS C 1 53.5% +27.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18187091 OPTIMIZED MULTI-MODEL ELECTRICAL HEATING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR KARIM, ZIAUL 22d
18524086 PROCESS FOR IN-SITU REGENERATION OF SPENT ION EXCHANGE RESIN CATALYST HAILEY, PATRICIA L

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
18227619 REUSABLE METAL SUBSTRATES FOR BI-FACIAL PHOTOACTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS FOR SOLAR WATER SPLITTING FORRY, COLTON BUSA
18134374 ANAEROBIC PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF METHANE RICH BIOGAS DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17969188 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT HEAT STORAGE AND RETENTION RUBY, TRAVIS C 43d overdue
18187091 OPTIMIZED MULTI-MODEL ELECTRICAL HEATING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR KARIM, ZIAUL 22d
18526544 INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL FROM CRUDE OIL USING SLURRY HYDROCRACKING STEIN, MICHELLE
18524086 PROCESS FOR IN-SITU REGENERATION OF SPENT ION EXCHANGE RESIN CATALYST HAILEY, PATRICIA L
18134374 ANAEROBIC PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF METHANE RICH BIOGAS DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH
18133311 REGEANT SOLUTION FOR PURIFICATION OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS AND A METHOD THEREOF MCCRACKEN, DANIEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1771 1
1732 1
1711 1
1657 1
1736 1
2119 1
3763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18526544 INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF CHEMICAL FROM CRUDE OIL USING SLURRY HYDROCRACKING STEIN, MICHELLE 1771 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 01, 2023
18524086 PROCESS FOR IN-SITU REGENERATION OF SPENT ION EXCHANGE RESIN CATALYST HAILEY, PATRICIA L 1732 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18227619 REUSABLE METAL SUBSTRATES FOR BI-FACIAL PHOTOACTIVE SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS FOR SOLAR WATER SPLITTING FORRY, COLTON BUSA 1711 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2023
18134374 ANAEROBIC PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF METHANE RICH BIOGAS DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1657 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 13, 2023
18133311 REGEANT SOLUTION FOR PURIFICATION OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS AND A METHOD THEREOF MCCRACKEN, DANIEL 1736 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2023
18187091 OPTIMIZED MULTI-MODEL ELECTRICAL HEATING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREFOR KARIM, ZIAUL 2119 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 21, 2023
17969188 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT HEAT STORAGE AND RETENTION RUBY, TRAVIS C 3763 §102 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2022

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