Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 1 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Technip Energies France currently faces 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, yet they are all contained within 1 distinct art unit. RENEE E ROBINSON is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 1 pending office action.
The distribution of 5 pending office actions across distinct examiners suggests a diverse range of perspectives on the company's applications, even though they are grouped in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. However, the fact that all prosecution occurs within 1 distinct art unit indicates a high degree of administrative consistency. This concentration in a single art unit may lead to similar prior art citations across the pending matters.
RENEE E ROBINSON, as the busiest examiner, represents only a portion of the total workload, as the office actions are spread evenly across the 5 distinct examiners. This parity in examiner workload means that no single individual dominates the prosecution of the portfolio. Practitioners can expect a variety of examiner styles while navigating the specific rules and precedents of the involved 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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (80%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, RENEE E | 1 | 73.6% | +24.2% |
| HAYES, JOVON E | 1 | 84.5% | +9.9% |
| HESTON, JUSTIN MICHAEL | 1 | 81.4% | +22.0% |
| SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | 1 | 74.1% | +28.1% |
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 1 | 26.0% | +21.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18958689 | EFFICIENT CRACKING FURNACE SYSTEM WITH REDUCED EMISSION OF CO2 | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — | §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 | — | §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 | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18839912 | COMBUSTION PROCESS USING A HYDROGEN-NITROGEN MIXTURE AS FUEL GAS | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | — | §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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