Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Saipem S.p.a.

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

1
Hard (12%)
2
Medium (25%)
5
Easy (62%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (12%)
§102 only1 (12%)
§112 only5 (62%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
3
Business / Other
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL 1 55.4% +21.6%
WIBLIN, MATTHEW 1 74.4% +23.7%
TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 1 69.9% +32.4%
ANDRISH, SEAN D 1 71.6% +31.9%
ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M 1 68.2% +38.1%
ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA 1 52.9% +56.1%
LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS 1 100.0% +0.0%
MICHENER, BLAKE E 1 77.1% +25.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18716215 FLUID TRANSPORT PIPE HAVING A STEEL TUBE WITH A PROTECTIVE LINING PROVIDED WITH SLOTS FOR DISCHARGING GAS BUILT UP UNDER THE LINING LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS

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
18879018 METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING AND PRODUCING ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH OXY-COMBUSTION WITHOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18558653 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COUPLING PIPE SECTIONS IN A BODY OF WATER AND JUNCTION SYSTEM FOR JOINING PIPE SECTIONS IN THE BODY OF WATER ANDRISH, SEAN D 15d
18257448 SUB-SEA FACILITY AND METHOD FOR HEATING A MULTI-PHASE EFFLUENT FLOWING INSIDE A SUBSEA CASING MICHENER, BLAKE E 42d
18569153 AN ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF DATA AND ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES ON A STEEL LAZY WAVE RISER (SLWR) TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 75d
18879018 METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING AND PRODUCING ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH OXY-COMBUSTION WITHOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL
18867635 CONNECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AN UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE TO A FLOATING VEHICLE WIBLIN, MATTHEW
18252666 INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR PURIFYING AND LIQUEFYING NATURAL GAS ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M
17598119 CARBONIC ANHYDRASE VARIANTS FOR IMPROVED CO2 CAPTURE ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3678 2
3763 1
1654 1
3676 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18879018 METHOD FOR ACCUMULATING AND PRODUCING ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH OXY-COMBUSTION WITHOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
18867635 CONNECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING AN UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLE TO A FLOATING VEHICLE WIBLIN, MATTHEW §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18569153 AN ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR THE INSTALLATION OF DATA AND ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES ON A STEEL LAZY WAVE RISER (SLWR) TOLEDO-DURAN, EDWIN J 3678 §112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Dec 11, 2023
18558653 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COUPLING PIPE SECTIONS IN A BODY OF WATER AND JUNCTION SYSTEM FOR JOINING PIPE SECTIONS IN THE BODY OF WATER ANDRISH, SEAN D 3678 §112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Nov 02, 2023
18252666 INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR PURIFYING AND LIQUEFYING NATURAL GAS ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 11, 2023
17598119 CARBONIC ANHYDRASE VARIANTS FOR IMPROVED CO2 CAPTURE ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA 1654 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2021
18716215 FLUID TRANSPORT PIPE HAVING A STEEL TUBE WITH A PROTECTIVE LINING PROVIDED WITH SLOTS FOR DISCHARGING GAS BUILT UP UNDER THE LINING LEARY, JOSHUA DENNIS §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2024
18257448 SUB-SEA FACILITY AND METHOD FOR HEATING A MULTI-PHASE EFFLUENT FLOWING INSIDE A SUBSEA CASING MICHENER, BLAKE E 3676 §112 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Jun 14, 2023

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