Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Technip N-Power has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This activity is concentrated under 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE is the busiest examiner, with 1 busiest examiner pending office action. The company's current prosecution landscape is defined by its current matter. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the applicant faces a singular examination environment.
The 1 busiest examiner pending action under DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE represents the total current workload, allowing for a very specific and focused prosecution strategy. Because there is only a single official, the company can tailor its arguments to the specific preferences of this person. The 1 pending office action is the sole focus of the company's current efforts in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This concentration suggests that the company's technology is highly specialized. Successfully navigating the current matter is the primary goal for the company's patent office engagement. The workload is the only active matter requiring attention.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, CHAU N | 1 | 68.0% | +14.1% |
| DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 1 | 60.8% | +28.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256576 | PIPELINE JUNCTION COATING | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 4d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18256576 | PIPELINE JUNCTION COATING | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 4d overdue |
| 18258463 | UMBILICAL | NGUYEN, CHAU N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2841 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18258463 | UMBILICAL | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18256576 | PIPELINE JUNCTION COATING | DURDEN, RICHARD KYLE | 3753 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
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