Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sub-Drill Supply Limited currently has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. This structure shows that each pending matter is being handled by a unique examiner in a unique art unit, providing no overlap in the current prosecution landscape. The use of 2 distinct art units for only 2 actions suggests that the company's technologies are being classified into different specialized categories.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is WOOD, DOUGLAS S, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. With 2 pending actions and 2 distinct examiners, the workload is evenly distributed between the individuals involved. This ratio between actions and examiners requires the company to manage separate negotiation processes for each matter. Furthermore, because the 2 actions are in 2 distinct art units, practitioners must navigate different sets of art unit-specific guidelines and technical standards within the USPTO.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 1 | 78.2% | +11.6% |
| PATEL, VISHAL A | 1 | 59.1% | +22.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288528 | GASKET APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING | PATEL, VISHAL A | 43d overdue |
| 19329012 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUBSEA EQUIPMENT REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288528 | GASKET APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING | PATEL, VISHAL A | 43d overdue |
| 19329012 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUBSEA EQUIPMENT REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3672 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19329012 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUBSEA EQUIPMENT REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION | WOOD, DOUGLAS S | 3672 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2025 |
| 18288528 | GASKET APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FORMING | PATEL, VISHAL A | 3675 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Oct 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSub-Drill Supply Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Douglas S Wood has the most, with 1 of Sub-Drill Supply Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
