Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sercel Inc. is currently dealing with 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is located in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the company's current filings. The prosecution is being handled by examiner ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN, who is the only distinct examiner with an active case for the company.
The presence of only 1 pending office action means that the company's current interaction with the patent office is limited to this single examiner. ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. This concentrated prosecution profile in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector highlights the importance of the ongoing dialogue with the patent office. A successful outcome here will require a thorough understanding of the examiner's perspective within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | 1 | 46.9% | +31.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19206363 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING UNDERWATER SEISMIC SOURCE PRESSURE | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19206363 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING UNDERWATER SEISMIC SOURCE PRESSURE | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19206363 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING UNDERWATER SEISMIC SOURCE PRESSURE | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialSercel Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Vikas Nmn Atmakuri has the most, with 1 of Sercel Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
