Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie -S R L has 9 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 9 actions are handled by 9 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for exactly a case. The prosecution activity is spread across 5 distinct art units, which indicates that the company's mechanical and medical device innovations are reviewed by several different specialized groups within the patent office.
BURKE, THOMAS P is identified as the busiest examiner, though he only manages 1 pending office action. This reflects the total dispersion of the 9 pending actions among the 9 distinct examiners. With 5 distinct art units involved, the company's filings are reviewed by several different specialized groups, even within this small portfolio. Because no single examiner handles more than a case, practitioners cannot rely on examiner-specific trends and must instead adapt to the varied standards of the 5 distinct art units. The busiest examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 5 (62%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIS, JASON GREGORY | 2 | 74.4% | +17.8% |
| PRUITT, JUSTIN A | 1 | 61.9% | +15.4% |
| MIAN, SHAFIQ A | 1 | 78.8% | +25.1% |
| HANSEN, KENNETH J | 1 | 81.2% | +7.4% |
| JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 1 | 62.3% | +27.3% |
| MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 1 | 48.9% | +35.8% |
| SHAH, SAMIR | 1 | 36.4% | +34.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18859811 | LOW CARBON EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITH DUAL USE CAPABILITY | HANSEN, KENNETH J | 8d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17436877 | A TURBOMACHINERY COMPONENT WITH A METALLIC COATING | SHAH, SAMIR | 5d overdue |
| 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 | — |
| 18859826 | LOW EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITHOUT DEDICATED POWER GENERATION ISLAND | MIAN, SHAFIQ A | — |
| 18726965 | MAGNETIC BEARING FOR SUPPORTING AN RC PISTON | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | — |
| 18681983 | OPTIMIZED ARRANGEMENT OF A MID SCALE LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION UNIT | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 3 |
| 3746 | 3 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19471028 | A ROTOR, A POWER-GENERATION TURBOMACHINE COMPRISING SAID ROTOR, AND A THERMODYNAMIC CIRCUIT USING SAID TURBOMACHINE | PRUITT, JUSTIN A | 3745 | §103§112 | 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 |
| 18859826 | LOW EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITHOUT DEDICATED POWER GENERATION ISLAND | MIAN, SHAFIQ A | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18859811 | LOW CARBON EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITH DUAL USE CAPABILITY | HANSEN, KENNETH J | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 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 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2021 |
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