Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Saipem S.p.a. has 6 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The portfolio includes 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, indicating that every pending matter is represented in a separate examiner and art unit context. This distribution limits the value of relying on a single examiner-specific prosecution pattern.
HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner concentration is shown in the available data, so counsel should emphasize matter-level review, consistent technical disclosure, and coordinated treatment of recurring claim concepts across the portfolio.
The full spread across examiners and art units makes docket organization especially important. A common portfolio strategy can support consistent positions, but office action responses will need to account for the distinct examination environments associated with each pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | 2 | 81.2% | +20.5% |
| ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 1 | 55.6% | +25.3% |
| RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | 1 | 55.5% | +21.5% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 1 | 25.9% | +21.6% |
| ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | 1 | 50.9% | +56.1% |
| VAN, LUAN V | 1 | 34.5% | +40.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19110907 | FLOATING SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH MULTIPLE CENTRAL COLUMNS FOR OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A STRUCTURE | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | — |
| 18995055 | LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | — |
| 18879018 | METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING AND PRODUCING ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH OXY-COMBUSTION WITHOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | — |
| 18259126 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR ACCUMULATING POWER OR FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER AND NATURAL GAS | PETTITT, JOHN 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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18491997 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECT ELECTRIC HEATING OF A DOUBLE-WALLED PIPE FOR TRANSPORTING FLUIDS | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 72d overdue |
| 17258966 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING CARBON MONOXIDE AND DIHYDROGEN FROM A CO2-CONTAINING GAS | VAN, LUAN V | 61d |
| 19110907 | FLOATING SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH MULTIPLE CENTRAL COLUMNS FOR OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A STRUCTURE | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | — |
| 18995055 | LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | — |
| 18879018 | METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING AND PRODUCING ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH OXY-COMBUSTION WITHOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | — |
| 18259126 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR ACCUMULATING POWER OR FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER AND NATURAL GAS | PETTITT, JOHN F | — |
| 17598119 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE VARIANTS FOR IMPROVED CO2 CAPTURE | ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3644 | 2 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19110907 | FLOATING SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH MULTIPLE CENTRAL COLUMNS FOR OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING SUCH A STRUCTURE | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | 3644 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 18491997 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIRECT ELECTRIC HEATING OF A DOUBLE-WALLED PIPE FOR TRANSPORTING FLUIDS | ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18995055 | LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | 3644 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18879018 | METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING AND PRODUCING ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH OXY-COMBUSTION WITHOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | 3798 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18259126 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR ACCUMULATING POWER OR FOR GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER AND NATURAL GAS | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 17598119 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE VARIANTS FOR IMPROVED CO2 CAPTURE | ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | 1654 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2021 |
| 17258966 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING CARBON MONOXIDE AND DIHYDROGEN FROM A CO2-CONTAINING GAS | VAN, LUAN V | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Jan 08, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSaipem S.p.a. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Justin Michael Heston has the most, with 2 of Saipem S.p.a.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
