Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has 5 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters are assigned to 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, showing complete dispersion across the recorded examination assignments. Counsel should therefore manage the docket through matter-specific issue tracking rather than a single examiner-centered strategy.
WALKER, AJA ARYANNA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has a larger recorded allocation, so responses should be tailored to each action and art unit. Consistent descriptions of software functionality and system relationships can support portfolio coherence, but the separate examination channels make independent analysis of claim scope and amendment options important.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1 | 66.7% | +42.9% |
| SHINE, NICHOLAS B | 1 | 37.2% | +41.5% |
| BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN | 1 | 80.0% | +27.2% |
| FRANK, RODNEY T | 1 | 72.8% | +3.8% |
| COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | 1 | 40.9% | +47.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18272525 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD SUITABLE FOR PREDICTIVE BASED ANALYSIS OF A STRUCTURE | SHINE, NICHOLAS B | 13d |
| 18571044 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | — |
| 18037504 | SWEET SPOT-BASED MACHINE LEARNING (SSML) IN ASSOCIATION WITH COMPLETION-BASED MACHINE LEARNING (COMML) | BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN | — |
| 17800150 | EQUIPMENT FAILURE PROBABILITY CALCULATION AND LIFETIME ESTIMATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS | COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18272525 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD SUITABLE FOR PREDICTIVE BASED ANALYSIS OF A STRUCTURE | SHINE, NICHOLAS B | 13d |
| 18571044 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | — |
| 18037504 | SWEET SPOT-BASED MACHINE LEARNING (SSML) IN ASSOCIATION WITH COMPLETION-BASED MACHINE LEARNING (COMML) | BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN | — |
| 17800150 | EQUIPMENT FAILURE PROBABILITY CALCULATION AND LIFETIME ESTIMATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS | COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1761 | 1 |
| 2126 | 1 |
| 2125 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18571044 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS | WALKER, AJA ARYANNA | 1761 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18272525 | SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD SUITABLE FOR PREDICTIVE BASED ANALYSIS OF A STRUCTURE | SHINE, NICHOLAS B | 2126 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18037504 | SWEET SPOT-BASED MACHINE LEARNING (SSML) IN ASSOCIATION WITH COMPLETION-BASED MACHINE LEARNING (COMML) | BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN | 2125 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
| 18013836 | PIPELINE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | FRANK, RODNEY T | 2855 | §103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 17800150 | EQUIPMENT FAILURE PROBABILITY CALCULATION AND LIFETIME ESTIMATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS | COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD | 2188 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPetroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Aja Aryanna Walker has the most, with 1 of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas)'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
