Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pipe Lining Enterprises Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and are located in 2 distinct art units. This means that every active matter in the company's portfolio is being reviewed by a different individual in a different technical group. For a practitioner, this requires a unique strategy for each of the 2 pending office actions, as there is no overlap in examiners or art units.
The busiest examiner for Pipe Lining Enterprises Inc. is FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that there are 2 pending office actions in total, the workload is split between the 2 distinct examiners. This distribution ensures that the company's patent prospects are not dependent on a single individual or art unit. Success in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area will depend on the independent outcomes of the 2 pending office actions. Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of 2 distinct art units and the individual preferences of FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F and the other assigned 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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F | 1 | 73.9% | +7.5% |
| LU, HAOTIAN | 1 | 61.8% | +35.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19036621 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO AN UNDERGROUND PIPE | FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18158956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINING PIPE WHILE MAINTAINING FLOW THERETHROUGH | LU, HAOTIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3678 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19036621 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO AN UNDERGROUND PIPE | FIORELLO, BENJAMIN F | 3678 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 18158956 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINING PIPE WHILE MAINTAINING FLOW THERETHROUGH | LU, HAOTIAN | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialPipe Lining Enterprises Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Benjamin F Fiorello has the most, with 1 of Pipe Lining Enterprises Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
