Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Waga Energy currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. While there are 2 distinct examiners involved, all active prosecution is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. JOHN F PETTITT is the busiest examiner, managing 1 pending office action. This structure indicates that while the technical subject matter is consistent enough to remain within a single art unit, the USPTO has assigned the cases to different individuals for review, which may lead to different interpretive styles.
The use of 1 distinct art unit for 2 pending office actions suggests a consistent administrative environment. This allows the applicant to apply a unified understanding of art unit policies while tailoring specific technical arguments to the 2 distinct examiners. Since JOHN F PETTITT and the other examiner each handle 1 pending office action, the workload is evenly distributed. Practitioners should look for commonalities in the 2 pending office actions that might allow for shared research or consistent claim strategies. However, they must remain sensitive to the fact that 2 distinct examiners may reach different conclusions on similar technical points within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETTITT, JOHN F | 1 | 26.0% | +21.8% |
| MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 1 | 47.2% | +12.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210413 | PROCESS FOR CRYOGENIC SEPARATION OF A FEED STREAM CONTAINING METHANE AND AIR GASES, FACILITY FOR PRODUCING BIOMETHANE BY PURIFICATION OF BIOGASES DERIVED FROM NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE FACILITIES (NHWSF) IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESS | PETTITT, JOHN F | 41d |
| 18034717 | FACILITY FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS METHANE BY PURIFYING BIOGAS FROM LANDFILL, COMBINING MEMBRANES AND CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION FOR LANDFILL BIOGAS UPGRADING | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210413 | PROCESS FOR CRYOGENIC SEPARATION OF A FEED STREAM CONTAINING METHANE AND AIR GASES, FACILITY FOR PRODUCING BIOMETHANE BY PURIFICATION OF BIOGASES DERIVED FROM NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE FACILITIES (NHWSF) IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESS | PETTITT, JOHN F | 41d |
| 18034717 | FACILITY FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS METHANE BY PURIFYING BIOGAS FROM LANDFILL, COMBINING MEMBRANES AND CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION FOR LANDFILL BIOGAS UPGRADING | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18210413 | PROCESS FOR CRYOGENIC SEPARATION OF A FEED STREAM CONTAINING METHANE AND AIR GASES, FACILITY FOR PRODUCING BIOMETHANE BY PURIFICATION OF BIOGASES DERIVED FROM NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE FACILITIES (NHWSF) IMPLEMENTING THE PROCESS | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18034717 | FACILITY FOR PRODUCING GASEOUS METHANE BY PURIFYING BIOGAS FROM LANDFILL, COMBINING MEMBRANES AND CRYOGENIC DISTILLATION FOR LANDFILL BIOGAS UPGRADING | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
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