Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas)

9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

5
Hard (56%)
4
Medium (44%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (33%)
§103 only4 (44%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (22%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
33% of docket
2
Information Tech
22% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
22% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SECK, AHMED F 1 70.1% +18.4%
BUI, NHI QUYNH 1 71.8% +10.9%
BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1 53.5% +17.7%
SHINE, NICHOLAS B 1 40.5% +45.1%
CORDERO, LINA M 1 71.2% +37.2%
BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1 71.3% +17.4%
FRANK, RODNEY T 1 72.7% +3.6%
COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 1 39.9% +46.7%
LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 1 77.7% +22.7%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18272525 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD SUITABLE FOR PREDICTIVE BASED ANALYSIS OF A STRUCTURE SHINE, NICHOLAS B 13d
18844430 EXPLOSION PROOF LEGGED ROBOT BUI, NHI QUYNH 16d
18867511 AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD OF USE SECK, AHMED F
18037494 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD SUITABLE FOR ANALYTICS BASED ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS DATA AND/OR COMPLETION DATA CORDERO, LINA M
17800150 EQUIPMENT FAILURE PROBABILITY CALCULATION AND LIFETIME ESTIMATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17638814 METHOD FOR SEQUESTERING CARBON LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 11d overdue
18719740 AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITE AND A COMPOSITE ARTICLE BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 12d
18272525 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD SUITABLE FOR PREDICTIVE BASED ANALYSIS OF A STRUCTURE SHINE, NICHOLAS B 13d
18844430 EXPLOSION PROOF LEGGED ROBOT BUI, NHI QUYNH 16d
18867511 AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD OF USE SECK, AHMED F
18037494 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD SUITABLE FOR ANALYTICS BASED ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS DATA AND/OR COMPLETION DATA CORDERO, LINA M
18249591 BORONIC ESTERS AND COATINGS COMPRISING THEM BUTCHER, ROBERT T
17800150 EQUIPMENT FAILURE PROBABILITY CALCULATION AND LIFETIME ESTIMATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3656 1
1741 1
2126 1
2857 1
1764 1
2855 1
2188 1
1736 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18867511 AN ELECTRIC MACHINE AND METHOD OF USE SECK, AHMED F §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18844430 EXPLOSION PROOF LEGGED ROBOT BUI, NHI QUYNH 3656 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18719740 AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREPARING A COMPOSITE AND A COMPOSITE ARTICLE BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 13, 2024
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
18037494 SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND PROCESSING METHOD SUITABLE FOR ANALYTICS BASED ON GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS DATA AND/OR COMPLETION DATA CORDERO, LINA M 2857 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending May 17, 2023
18249591 BORONIC ESTERS AND COATINGS COMPRISING THEM BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2023
18013836 PIPELINE INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FRANK, RODNEY T 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 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
17638814 METHOD FOR SEQUESTERING CARBON LACLAIR, LOGAN EDWARD 1736 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2022

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