Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Petro Well Services AS

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Petro Well Services AS currently has 1 pending office action within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. This single action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, MEMULA, SURESH, who is also the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. Because the entire pending workload is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner, the company's prosecution strategy is highly dependent on the specific review style of this individual.

The portfolio's active prosecution is limited to 1 distinct art unit, which corresponds to the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. This concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests a focused technical scope for the company's current patent applications. For practitioners, this means there are no competing procedural requirements from different art units to manage at this time.

The presence of 1 pending office action across 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit indicates a very streamlined prosecution environment. MEMULA, SURESH holds the only active case, making this examiner the primary point of contact for the portfolio's current USPTO interactions. This simplicity allows for a highly targeted approach to addressing the 1 pending office action currently on record.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
1
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MEMULA, SURESH 1 87.6% +0.0%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18558613 CHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLES, INCLUDING FUEL BATTERY SYSTEM MEMULA, SURESH —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2851 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18558613 CHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLES, INCLUDING FUEL BATTERY SYSTEM MEMULA, SURESH 2851 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 02, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Petro Well Services AS have?

Petro Well Services AS has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Petro Well Services AS applications?

Suresh Memula has the most, with 1 of Petro Well Services AS's pending office actions.

What technology area are Petro Well Services AS's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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