Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Technip Energies France

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Technip Energies France currently oversees 5 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, showing no overlap in personnel or administrative groups relative to the 5 active cases.

ROBINSON, RENEE E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. Since each of the 5 pending office actions is assigned to a different individual, the prosecution strategy must account for 5 unique examiner profiles across the active docket.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

4
Hard (80%)
1
Medium (20%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (80%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ROBINSON, RENEE E 1 73.7% +24.2%
HAYES, JOVON E 1 84.6% +9.8%
HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL 1 81.2% +20.5%
SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 1 74.3% +27.9%
PETTITT, JOHN F 1 25.9% +21.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18849903 OFFSHORE FLOATING INTERVENTION PLATFORM INTENDED TO DOCK ON AN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE PLATFORM, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND INTERVENTION METHOD HAYES, JOVON E —
18849891 OFFSHORE FLOATING INTERVENTION PLATFORM HAVING A LIFTING TOWER WITH A POSITION COMPENSATION DEVICE, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL —
18839912 COMBUSTION PROCESS USING A HYDROGEN-NITROGEN MIXTURE AS FUEL GAS SHIRSAT, VIVEK K —
17581302 Modular mid-scale liquefied natural gas production system and method PETTITT, JOHN F —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18958689 EFFICIENT CRACKING FURNACE SYSTEM WITH REDUCED EMISSION OF CO2 ROBINSON, RENEE E —
18849891 OFFSHORE FLOATING INTERVENTION PLATFORM HAVING A LIFTING TOWER WITH A POSITION COMPENSATION DEVICE, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL —
18839912 COMBUSTION PROCESS USING A HYDROGEN-NITROGEN MIXTURE AS FUEL GAS SHIRSAT, VIVEK K —
17581302 Modular mid-scale liquefied natural gas production system and method PETTITT, JOHN F —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1772 1
3615 1
3644 1
3762 1
3763 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18958689 EFFICIENT CRACKING FURNACE SYSTEM WITH REDUCED EMISSION OF CO2 ROBINSON, RENEE E 1772 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18849903 OFFSHORE FLOATING INTERVENTION PLATFORM INTENDED TO DOCK ON AN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINE PLATFORM, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND INTERVENTION METHOD HAYES, JOVON E 3615 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18849891 OFFSHORE FLOATING INTERVENTION PLATFORM HAVING A LIFTING TOWER WITH A POSITION COMPENSATION DEVICE, RELATED ASSEMBLY AND METHOD HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL 3644 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18839912 COMBUSTION PROCESS USING A HYDROGEN-NITROGEN MIXTURE AS FUEL GAS SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 3762 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 20, 2024
17581302 Modular mid-scale liquefied natural gas production system and method PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 21, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Technip Energies France have?

Technip Energies France has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Technip Energies France applications?

Renee E Robinson has the most, with 1 of Technip Energies France's pending office actions.

What technology area are Technip Energies France's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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