Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Orica International Pte. Ltd.

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Orica International Pte. Ltd. currently manages 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions involve 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. The data shows a high degree of examiner diversity, as each of the 5 pending office actions is assigned to a different individual.

BERGIN, JAMES S is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This matches the distribution where 5 distinct examiners each handle a portion of the pending office actions. The involvement of 4 distinct art units suggests that the mechanical systems being patented span several different classification areas. BERGIN, JAMES S is responsible for 1 of these cases.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
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 (40%)
3
Easy (60%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§112 only3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
60% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERGIN, JAMES S 1 79.4% +9.9%
EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J 1 89.8% +8.5%
ABDOSH, SAMIR 1 83.9% +6.6%
ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 1 71.3% +13.6%
JENKINS, JERMAINE L 1 88.2% +8.1%

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
19204207 WIRELESS INITIATION DEVICE EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J —
19039151 AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR STORING, TRANSPORTING, DISPENSING, AND TRACKING WIRELESS INITIATION DEVICE COMPONENTS CONFIGURABLE FOR INITIATING EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS ABDOSH, SAMIR —
18712568 MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD JENKINS, JERMAINE L —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18935258 Deployment Of Quasi-Planar Shock Wave Generators In Association With Seismic Exploration ABULABAN, ABDALLAH —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3641 2
2847 1
3645 1
2855 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19168970 SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS INTO BOREHOLES BERGIN, JAMES S 3641 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2025
19204207 WIRELESS INITIATION DEVICE EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J 2847 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 09, 2025
19039151 AUTOMATED SYSTEMS AND APPARATUSES FOR STORING, TRANSPORTING, DISPENSING, AND TRACKING WIRELESS INITIATION DEVICE COMPONENTS CONFIGURABLE FOR INITIATING EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL COMPOSITIONS ABDOSH, SAMIR 3641 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 28, 2025
18935258 Deployment Of Quasi-Planar Shock Wave Generators In Association With Seismic Exploration ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 3645 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18712568 MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD JENKINS, JERMAINE L 2855 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Orica International Pte. Ltd. have?

Orica International Pte. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Orica International Pte. Ltd. applications?

James S Bergin has the most, with 1 of Orica International Pte. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Orica International Pte. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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