Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Orica International Pte. Ltd. currently has 5 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 5 pending office actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is handling exactly one case. The portfolio is spread across 3 distinct art units, which focuses the prosecution efforts within a few technical groups. BERGIN, JAMES S is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 pending office action.
The 5 distinct examiners involved provide a diverse set of perspectives for the 5 pending office actions. Because the 3 distinct art units are all within Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems, the company faces specialized scrutiny in those specific areas. BERGIN, JAMES S handles 1 pending office action, which is the same count as every other examiner in this portfolio. Practitioners should consider the specific tendencies of these 3 distinct art units when preparing responses.
The 5 pending office actions represent a small but focused portfolio at the USPTO. With 5 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, the company must ensure that its arguments remain consistent across these different points of contact. BERGIN, JAMES S is identified as the busiest examiner despite only having 1 pending office action, reflecting the even distribution of work across the 5 distinct examiners.
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 (40%) |
| §112 only | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERGIN, JAMES S | 1 | 79.4% | +10.0% |
| EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J | 1 | 89.8% | +8.5% |
| ABDOSH, SAMIR | 1 | 83.9% | +6.6% |
| ABULABAN, ABDALLAH | 1 | 71.0% | +14.1% |
| JENKINS, JERMAINE L | 1 | 88.1% | +8.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19168970 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING EXPLOSIVE COMPOSITIONS INTO BOREHOLES | BERGIN, JAMES S | — |
| 18935258 | Deployment Of Quasi-Planar Shock Wave Generators In Association With Seismic Exploration | ABULABAN, ABDALLAH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 2 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | §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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