Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Technipfmc Subsea France currently manages 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is overseen by 1 distinct examiner, ESSAMA OMGBA, in 1 distinct art unit. ESSAMA OMGBA is the busiest examiner, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 1 pending office action, the company's current prosecution efforts are limited to this single examiner.
The 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit assigned to this Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering matter represent the full scope of the current pending workload. ESSAMA OMGBA, as the busiest examiner, is responsible for the 1 busiest examiner pending action, meaning there are no other examiners to consider in the current strategy. This singular focus allows for a direct and streamlined communication channel with the patent office. Practitioners should note that the success of the current portfolio depends entirely on the 1 pending office action being handled by this specific examiner within their assigned 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMSTRONG, KYLE | 1 | 72.0% | +29.6% |
| OMGBA, ESSAMA | 1 | 59.2% | +32.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18997441 | OFFSHORE MOORING STRUCTURE INTENDED TO CONNECT A SURFACE ASSEMBLY TO AN UNDERWATER ANCHOR, AND RELATED OFFSHORE INSTALLATION | ARMSTRONG, KYLE | — |
| 18562661 | FLEXIBLE UNDERWATER PIPE COMPRISING A WEAR-RESISTANT POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER LAYER | OMGBA, ESSAMA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18997441 | OFFSHORE MOORING STRUCTURE INTENDED TO CONNECT A SURFACE ASSEMBLY TO AN UNDERWATER ANCHOR, AND RELATED OFFSHORE INSTALLATION | ARMSTRONG, KYLE | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 18562661 | FLEXIBLE UNDERWATER PIPE COMPRISING A WEAR-RESISTANT POLYPROPYLENE HOMOPOLYMER LAYER | OMGBA, ESSAMA | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTechnipfmc Subsea France has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kyle Armstrong has the most, with 1 of Technipfmc Subsea France's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
