Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sensia Netherlands B V has 3 pending office actions distributed across the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution involves 3 distinct examiners, showing that each pending action is currently assigned to a different individual. This distribution is further reflected in the 3 distinct art units involved in the company's patent portfolio, indicating that each matter is being reviewed by a separate technical group.
BOYCE, ANDRE D is identified as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This figure matches the workload of the other distinct examiners, as the 3 total pending office actions are spread evenly among them. Practitioners should note that the portfolio is currently fragmented across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units despite the relatively low volume of active actions. This decentralized structure requires the company to navigate 3 different examination styles and technical perspectives simultaneously within the mechanical systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYCE, ANDRE D | 1 | 36.4% | +18.4% |
| MORELLO, JEAN F | 1 | 68.6% | +9.0% |
| COOLEY, CHARLES E | 1 | 79.0% | +15.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900322 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING HYDROCARBON SITES | BOYCE, ANDRE D | 35d overdue |
| 18416250 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SELF-VERIFYING CAPACITIVE SENSOR SYSTEM | MORELLO, JEAN F | 19d |
| 17833413 | LOW PRESSURE JET NOZZLE AND OPTIMIZED JET PATTERN FOR MIXING PROCESS WATER IN CRUDE OIL | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900322 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING HYDROCARBON SITES | BOYCE, ANDRE D | 35d overdue |
| 17833413 | LOW PRESSURE JET NOZZLE AND OPTIMIZED JET PATTERN FOR MIXING PROCESS WATER IN CRUDE OIL | COOLEY, CHARLES E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3623 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18900322 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING HYDROCARBON SITES | BOYCE, ANDRE D | 3623 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18416250 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SELF-VERIFYING CAPACITIVE SENSOR SYSTEM | MORELLO, JEAN F | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 17833413 | LOW PRESSURE JET NOZZLE AND OPTIMIZED JET PATTERN FOR MIXING PROCESS WATER IN CRUDE OIL | COOLEY, CHARLES E | 1774 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2022 |
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