Technology areas: Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Osmose Utilities Services Inc. currently manages 2 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, showing that each case is being handled independently by different personnel. This distribution suggests that the company's current patent efforts cover diverse technical sub-fields within the Communications sector. The involvement of 2 distinct art units implies that the applications are being reviewed by different specialized groups. The lack of concentration in a single art unit may require the legal team to adapt to different procedural styles.
PAULO ANDRES GARCIA is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. The alignment of 2 distinct examiners with 2 distinct art units suggests that the active prosecution spans different specialized groups within the technology area. With 2 pending office actions in total, the company's legal team must coordinate with 2 distinct examiners. This structure ensures that no single examiner's perspective dominates the company's current patent outcomes. Practitioners should focus on the 1 busiest examiner pending action while maintaining a flexible approach for the other distinct examiner.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES | 1 | 78.8% | +27.8% |
| BARRERA, JUAN C | 1 | 63.2% | +35.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18376578 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED UTILITY LINE AND POLE DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION, AND INSPECTION USING LIDAR POINT CLOUD DATA | GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES | — |
| 17712851 | FIRE SUPPRESSION DEVICE | BARRERA, JUAN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2669 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18376578 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED UTILITY LINE AND POLE DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION, AND INSPECTION USING LIDAR POINT CLOUD DATA | GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES | 2669 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2023 |
| 17712851 | FIRE SUPPRESSION DEVICE | BARRERA, JUAN C | 3752 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialOsmose Utilities Services Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Paulo Andres Garcia has the most, with 1 of Osmose Utilities Services Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
