Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Saipem S.p.a. is currently managing 7 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 7 pending office actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, resulting in a unique examiner for every pending matter. The prosecution of these applications is spread across 4 distinct art units, showing some concentration of technical review despite the variety of examiners.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL, who is currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending office action. The fact that 7 distinct examiners are involved means that the workload is not concentrated under 1 distinct examiner. Practitioners must manage interactions across 4 distinct art units while addressing the specific requirements of the various examiners. This structure suggests that the company's work in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering is being evaluated by several different specialized teams.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 | 1 | 81.4% | +22.0% |
| RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | 1 | 55.3% | +21.1% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 1 | 26.0% | +21.8% |
| ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | 1 | 69.0% | +37.4% |
| ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | 1 | 50.9% | +57.7% |
| KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT | 1 | 48.3% | +33.3% |
| ROSARIO-APONTE, ALBA T | 1 | 55.4% | +25.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT | 61d |
| 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 | — |
| 18252666 | INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR PURIFYING AND LIQUEFYING NATURAL GAS | ADENIJI, IBRAHIM M | — |
| 17598119 | CARBONIC ANHYDRASE VARIANTS FOR IMPROVED CO2 CAPTURE | ESPINOSA, CLAUDIA EDILMA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 2 |
| 1654 | 1 |
| 1795 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18995055 | LAUNCH AND RECOVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD | HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | — | §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 | — | §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 |
| 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 |
| 17258966 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING CARBON MONOXIDE AND DIHYDROGEN FROM A CO2-CONTAINING GAS | KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Jan 08, 2021 |
| 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 |
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