Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie - S.r.l.

14 pending office actions • 7 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)

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.

6
Hard (43%)
7
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only7 (50%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
79% of docket
1
Business / Other
7% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 2 74.1% +17.9%
PRUITT, JUSTIN A 1 62.6% +14.4%
ARANT, HARRY E 1 49.0% +22.1%
KIM, CRAIG SANG 1 86.2% +9.9%
HANSEN, KENNETH J 1 81.2% +7.2%
MIAN, SHAFIQ A 1 78.9% +24.9%
BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 1 55.9% +1.6%
KIM, TAE JUN 1 63.9% +26.1%
RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM H 1 90.0% +3.3%
JARIWALA, CHIRAG 1 62.1% +27.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18993330 PLANT FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY FUEL TO MECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION KIM, CRAIG SANG 22d overdue
18859811 LOW CARBON EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITH DUAL USE CAPABILITY HANSEN, KENNETH J 8d overdue
18730642 GAS TURBINE SYSTEM WITH DIFFUSION-FLAME COMBUSTION AND FUEL BLENDING FOR REDUCING UNDESIRED EMISSIONS RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM H

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17103535 COLD SPRAY REINFORCED IMPELLER SHROUD BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 5d
19151174 ANTI-SURGE CONTROL IN A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR WORKING WITH CO2 IN SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS BASED ON FLOW MEASUREMENT AT DISCHARGE DAVIS, JASON GREGORY
19139038 MULTI-STAGE COMPRESSOR SYSTEM WITH ANTI-SURGE ARRANGEMENT, AND METHOD DAVIS, JASON GREGORY
18994953 HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR WITH PARALLEL TUBE BUNDLES ARANT, HARRY E
18843123 MULTI-COMPRESSION UNIT FOR AMMONIA PRODUCTION BANKS, KEONA LAUREN
18730949 A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING A GAS TURBINE WITH HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR AND CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE, AND METHOD KIM, TAE JUN

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19471028 A ROTOR, A POWER-GENERATION TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING SAID ROTOR, AND A THERMODYNAMIC CIRCUIT USING SAID TURBOMACHINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A
19151174 ANTI-SURGE CONTROL IN A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR WORKING WITH CO2 IN SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS BASED ON FLOW MEASUREMENT AT DISCHARGE DAVIS, JASON GREGORY
19139038 MULTI-STAGE COMPRESSOR SYSTEM WITH ANTI-SURGE ARRANGEMENT, AND METHOD DAVIS, JASON GREGORY
18994953 HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR WITH PARALLEL TUBE BUNDLES ARANT, HARRY E
18859826 LOW EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITHOUT DEDICATED POWER GENERATION ISLAND MIAN, SHAFIQ A
18730949 A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING A GAS TURBINE WITH HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR AND CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE, AND METHOD KIM, TAE JUN
18726965 MAGNETIC BEARING FOR SUPPORTING AN RC PISTON JARIWALA, CHIRAG

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3745 3
3746 3
3741 2
3763 2
3799 1
1787 1
1718 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19471028 A ROTOR, A POWER-GENERATION TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING SAID ROTOR, AND A THERMODYNAMIC CIRCUIT USING SAID TURBOMACHINE PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2025
19151174 ANTI-SURGE CONTROL IN A CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSOR WORKING WITH CO2 IN SUPERCRITICAL CONDITIONS BASED ON FLOW MEASUREMENT AT DISCHARGE DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 3745 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2025
19139038 MULTI-STAGE COMPRESSOR SYSTEM WITH ANTI-SURGE ARRANGEMENT, AND METHOD DAVIS, JASON GREGORY 3745 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2025
18994953 HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR WITH PARALLEL TUBE BUNDLES ARANT, HARRY E §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
18993330 PLANT FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY FUEL TO MECHANICAL ENERGY CONVERSION KIM, CRAIG SANG 3741 §112Other Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2025
18859811 LOW CARBON EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITH DUAL USE CAPABILITY HANSEN, KENNETH J 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2024
18859826 LOW EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITHOUT DEDICATED POWER GENERATION ISLAND MIAN, SHAFIQ A 3746 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18843123 MULTI-COMPRESSION UNIT FOR AMMONIA PRODUCTION BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18730949 A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM INCLUDING A GAS TURBINE WITH HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATOR AND CARBON DIOXIDE CAPTURE, AND METHOD KIM, TAE JUN 3799 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18730642 GAS TURBINE SYSTEM WITH DIFFUSION-FLAME COMBUSTION AND FUEL BLENDING FOR REDUCING UNDESIRED EMISSIONS RODRIGUEZ, WILLIAM H 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18726965 MAGNETIC BEARING FOR SUPPORTING AN RC PISTON JARIWALA, CHIRAG 3746 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 05, 2024
18681983 OPTIMIZED ARRANGEMENT OF A MID SCALE LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION UNIT MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2024
17436877 A TURBOMACHINERY COMPONENT WITH A METALLIC COATING SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2021
17103535 COLD SPRAY REINFORCED IMPELLER SHROUD BAREFORD, KATHERINE A 1718 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Nov 24, 2020

Managing Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie - S.r.l.'s Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month