Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

SPM Oil & Gas Inc.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHAUDRY, ATIF H 1 70.6% +16.8%
BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D 1 76.9% +20.9%
TON, TRI T 1 86.1% +10.4%
STANEK, KELSEY L 1 80.7% +15.7%
BASTIANELLI, JOHN 1 73.6% +28.6%
PEKARSKAYA, LILYA 1 67.9% +42.0%

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
18595897 ATTACHMENT FOR BORE INSPECTION SYSTEM TON, TRI T

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19247323 VALVE CARTRIDGE FOR A FLUID PUMP CHAUDRY, ATIF H
18582735 FLUID END FOR PUMP STANEK, KELSEY L

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18048514 CAVITY FILLER FOR A GATE VALVE BASTIANELLI, JOHN 66d overdue
17516222 FLUID END WITH SELECTIVELY COATED SURFACES PEKARSKAYA, LILYA 14d
19247323 VALVE CARTRIDGE FOR A FLUID PUMP CHAUDRY, ATIF H
18963248 AUTOMATED BLEED-OFF SYSTEM FOR A FLUID SYSTEM BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D
18595897 ATTACHMENT FOR BORE INSPECTION SYSTEM TON, TRI T
18582735 FLUID END FOR PUMP STANEK, KELSEY L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 2
2855 1
3741 1
3746 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19247323 VALVE CARTRIDGE FOR A FLUID PUMP CHAUDRY, ATIF H §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2025
18963248 AUTOMATED BLEED-OFF SYSTEM FOR A FLUID SYSTEM BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18595897 ATTACHMENT FOR BORE INSPECTION SYSTEM TON, TRI T 2855 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 05, 2024
18582735 FLUID END FOR PUMP STANEK, KELSEY L 3741 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2024
18048514 CAVITY FILLER FOR A GATE VALVE BASTIANELLI, JOHN 3753 §102 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2022
17516222 FLUID END WITH SELECTIVELY COATED SURFACES PEKARSKAYA, LILYA 3746 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Nov 01, 2021

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