Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Owen Oil Tools L.P. maintains a portfolio with 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, concentrating the current workload entirely under the assigned individual's review. This centralization means that the company's immediate patent outcomes are dependent on a very specific administrative path. Practitioners should prepare for a focused interaction within the assigned art unit.
KIPP CHARLES WALLACE is the busiest examiner for this company, responsible for the pending workload. This figure represents the entirety of the active matters for the portfolio. With the assigned art unit involved, the current prosecution activity is highly centralized. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific requirements of KIPP CHARLES WALLACE and the procedural nuances of the art unit. The lack of diversity in examiners for these pending matters simplifies the coordination of legal arguments. However, it also increases the impact of the individual examiner's interpretation on the overall portfolio progress in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector. This concentrated environment requires a deep understanding of the specific examiner's tendencies to ensure successful outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 1 | 78.3% | +25.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19199116 | NOVEL PERFORATING TOOL WITH DYNAMIC UNDERBALANCE MITIGATION AND RELATED METHODS | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19199116 | NOVEL PERFORATING TOOL WITH DYNAMIC UNDERBALANCE MITIGATION AND RELATED METHODS | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3674 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19199116 | NOVEL PERFORATING TOOL WITH DYNAMIC UNDERBALANCE MITIGATION AND RELATED METHODS | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 3674 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialOwen Oil Tools L.P. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kipp Charles Wallace has the most, with 1 of Owen Oil Tools L.P.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
