Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie -S R L has 7 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters are assigned to 7 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, indicating that nearly every pending matter has its own examination context.
BURKE, THOMAS P is the busiest examiner with 1 pending matter. The distribution leaves little examiner concentration, so portfolio-level assumptions are unlikely to replace file-specific analysis. Counsel may focus on preserving clear technical support and tailoring responses to the particular art unit and examiner in each case.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURKE, THOMAS P | 1 | 43.9% | +21.7% |
| WONG, ELTON K | 1 | 78.2% | +18.9% |
| PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | 1 | 69.0% | +22.0% |
| LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 1 | 77.0% | +15.6% |
| BIBBEE, JARED M | 1 | 80.4% | +13.5% |
| MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 1 | 73.3% | +27.1% |
| WALTHOUR, SCOTT J | 1 | 78.6% | +70.1% |
| WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 1 | 75.7% | +26.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19157896 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MIXING A RECIRCULATED EXHAUST GAS STREAM WITH AIR TO OBTAIN A GAS MIXTURE TO BE FED TO A GAS TURBINE | BURKE, THOMAS P | — |
| 19122078 | DRY GAS SEAL ARRANGEMENT, TURBOMACHINE INCLUDING THE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | WONG, ELTON K | — |
| 18871335 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ANALYSIS TASKS REGARDING COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS DATA | BIBBEE, JARED M | — |
| 18867219 | INTEGRAL EXPANDER GENERATOR FOR HYDROGEN APPLICATIONS WITH MAGNETIC BEARINGS | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | — |
| 18726972 | HEAT DAMPER FOR A WASTE HEAT RECOVERY UNIT AND WASTE HEAT RECOVERY UNIT COMPRISING A HEAT DAMPER | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18848777 | FIRING APPARATUS AND FIRING METHOD FOR HIGH REACTIVE FUEL GASES | WALTHOUR, SCOTT J | 14d |
| 19117271 | SELF-SUFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR EVAPORATION OF LNG | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 20d |
| 19157896 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MIXING A RECIRCULATED EXHAUST GAS STREAM WITH AIR TO OBTAIN A GAS MIXTURE TO BE FED TO A GAS TURBINE | BURKE, THOMAS P | — |
| 19122078 | DRY GAS SEAL ARRANGEMENT, TURBOMACHINE INCLUDING THE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | WONG, ELTON K | — |
| 19118190 | HYDRAULIC OR PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR FOR TRIP VALVES OF STEAM TURBINES OR TURBO-EXPANDERS | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | — |
| 18871335 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ANALYSIS TASKS REGARDING COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS DATA | BIBBEE, JARED M | — |
| 18867219 | INTEGRAL EXPANDER GENERATOR FOR HYDROGEN APPLICATIONS WITH MAGNETIC BEARINGS | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | — |
| 18726972 | HEAT DAMPER FOR A WASTE HEAT RECOVERY UNIT AND WASTE HEAT RECOVERY UNIT COMPRISING A HEAT DAMPER | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3741 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19157896 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR MIXING A RECIRCULATED EXHAUST GAS STREAM WITH AIR TO OBTAIN A GAS MIXTURE TO BE FED TO A GAS TURBINE | BURKE, THOMAS P | 3741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2025 |
| 19122078 | DRY GAS SEAL ARRANGEMENT, TURBOMACHINE INCLUDING THE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD | WONG, ELTON K | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19118190 | HYDRAULIC OR PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR FOR TRIP VALVES OF STEAM TURBINES OR TURBO-EXPANDERS | PRICE, CRAIG JAMES | 3753 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19117271 | SELF-SUFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR EVAPORATION OF LNG | LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18871335 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ANALYSIS TASKS REGARDING COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSES OF INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS DATA | BIBBEE, JARED M | 2161 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18867219 | INTEGRAL EXPANDER GENERATOR FOR HYDROGEN APPLICATIONS WITH MAGNETIC BEARINGS | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18848777 | FIRING APPARATUS AND FIRING METHOD FOR HIGH REACTIVE FUEL GASES | WALTHOUR, SCOTT J | 3741 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18726972 | HEAT DAMPER FOR A WASTE HEAT RECOVERY UNIT AND WASTE HEAT RECOVERY UNIT COMPRISING A HEAT DAMPER | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNuovo Pignone Tecnologie -S R L has 8 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.
Thomas P Burke has the most, with 1 of Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie -S R L's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
