Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days
Southwest Petroleum University currently manages 5 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These 5 pending office actions are distributed across 5 distinct examiners, which indicates that each examiner is handling a specific case. Furthermore, the portfolio is spread across 5 distinct art units, suggesting that the technical subject matter is diverse within the computing field.
WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, although he is currently responsible for only 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action is part of the total workload. The fact that 5 distinct examiners are involved across 5 distinct art units means that the university must navigate multiple different examination styles. This distribution suggests that the prosecution strategy is not centralized under any single examiner. The Computing & Software technology area remains the primary focus for the university and its 5 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN | 1 | 84.1% | +11.7% |
| CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | 1 | 69.6% | +27.7% |
| SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | 1 | 33.3% | +100.0% |
| TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| HANN, JAY B | 1 | 61.3% | +31.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17543426 | INTELLIGENT RECOGNITION METHOD FOR WHILE-DRILLING SAFETY RISK BASED ON CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK | HANN, JAY B | 30d |
| 19369171 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIUMS FOR FRACTURING DESIGN OF INFILL WELL BASED ON RECOVERABLE REGION | WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN | — |
| 18136703 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ACID FRACTURING METHOD FOR CARBONATE RESERVOIRS IN LONG INTERVALS | CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | — |
| 18151398 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STIMULATED RESERVIOR VOLUME OF HORIZONTAL WELLS BY COUPLING RESERVOIR FLOW | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | — |
| 17952993 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING FRACTURE HEIGHT DURING FRACTURING STIMULATION IN MULTI-LAYER FORMATION | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17543426 | INTELLIGENT RECOGNITION METHOD FOR WHILE-DRILLING SAFETY RISK BASED ON CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK | HANN, JAY B | 30d |
| 19369171 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIUMS FOR FRACTURING DESIGN OF INFILL WELL BASED ON RECOVERABLE REGION | WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN | — |
| 18136703 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ACID FRACTURING METHOD FOR CARBONATE RESERVOIRS IN LONG INTERVALS | CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | — |
| 18151398 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STIMULATED RESERVIOR VOLUME OF HORIZONTAL WELLS BY COUPLING RESERVOIR FLOW | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| 2189 | 1 |
| 2187 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19369171 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIUMS FOR FRACTURING DESIGN OF INFILL WELL BASED ON RECOVERABLE REGION | WLODARSKI, NICHOLAS NMN | 3672 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2025 |
| 18136703 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ACID FRACTURING METHOD FOR CARBONATE RESERVOIRS IN LONG INTERVALS | CALLE, ANGEL JAVIER | 2189 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2023 |
| 18151398 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STIMULATED RESERVIOR VOLUME OF HORIZONTAL WELLS BY COUPLING RESERVOIR FLOW | SHALABY, AHMAD HUSSAM | 2187 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 17952993 | METHOD FOR PREDICTING FRACTURE HEIGHT DURING FRACTURING STIMULATION IN MULTI-LAYER FORMATION | TAMIRU, ABRHAM ALEHEGN | 2188 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2022 |
| 17543426 | INTELLIGENT RECOGNITION METHOD FOR WHILE-DRILLING SAFETY RISK BASED ON CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK | HANN, JAY B | 2186 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Dec 06, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSouthwest Petroleum University has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Nicholas Nmn Wlodarski has the most, with 1 of Southwest Petroleum University's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
