Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
10 pending office actions • 6 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days
Weatherford Technology Holdings LLC is currently processing 10 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 6 distinct art units, which shows a relatively broad technical distribution for a portfolio of this size. The presence of 6 units indicates that the company's mechanical and transportation filings are being reviewed by several different specialized groups, requiring a strategy that accounts for diverse examination standards.
The company is working with 10 distinct examiners to resolve these 10 pending actions. Kipp Charles Wallace is the busiest examiner listed for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending action. Because the number of examiners and the number of office actions are both 10, each matter is being handled by a different individual. This lack of examiner overlap, even with Kipp Charles Wallace holding the busiest title at 1 action, means there is no opportunity to leverage experience with a single examiner across multiple pending cases. Practitioners must be prepared to engage with 10 different individuals across the 6 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (20%) |
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 1 | 78.3% | +25.5% |
| NORRIS, URSULA LEE | 1 | 81.7% | +6.5% |
| CULLER, JILL E | 1 | 57.2% | +13.9% |
| ALAM, MIRZA F | 1 | 74.3% | +33.9% |
| GARDNER, NICOLE | 1 | 69.1% | +14.5% |
| QUAIM, LAMIA | 1 | 74.0% | +17.8% |
| LAMBE, PATRICK F | 1 | 62.4% | +28.9% |
| TIMILSINA, SHARAD | 1 | 74.4% | +11.1% |
| ROBERTS, HERBERT K | 1 | 68.2% | +13.0% |
| HALL, KRISTYN A | 1 | 82.0% | -6.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903833 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR DOWNHOLE PUMP OF RECIPROCATING PUMP SYSTEM | GARDNER, NICOLE | 73d overdue |
| 18943094 | PUMPING UNIT INSPECTION SENSOR ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD | ALAM, MIRZA F | 22d overdue |
| 19053105 | Synchronized Actuator Having Multiple Motors for Downhole Well Tool | NORRIS, URSULA LEE | 9d overdue |
| 18166470 | Systems and Methods Having An Analytical Tool For Diagnosis Of The Source Of Water Production In An Oil And Gas Well | HALL, KRISTYN A | 84d |
| 19013898 | FLOW RATE AND RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT WITH ENHANCED ACCURACY AT LOW FLOW RATES | CULLER, JILL E | — |
| 18736072 | DETERMINING A DRILLING PATH IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION | QUAIM, LAMIA | — |
| 18647218 | MONITORING DOWNHOLE COMPONENTS OF COMPLETION ASSEMBLY USING DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903833 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR DOWNHOLE PUMP OF RECIPROCATING PUMP SYSTEM | GARDNER, NICOLE | 73d overdue |
| 18943094 | PUMPING UNIT INSPECTION SENSOR ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD | ALAM, MIRZA F | 22d overdue |
| 18513476 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EVALUATE A FOAMER FOR UNLOADING LIQUID IN OIL AND GAS WELLS OF MATURE FIELDS | ROBERTS, HERBERT K | 10d overdue |
| 18662614 | ELEVATOR FOR TUBULAR HANDLING | LAMBE, PATRICK F | 36d |
| 19335677 | LIMITLESS INJECTION SHOE | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | — |
| 19013898 | FLOW RATE AND RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT WITH ENHANCED ACCURACY AT LOW FLOW RATES | CULLER, JILL E | — |
| 18736072 | DETERMINING A DRILLING PATH IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION | QUAIM, LAMIA | — |
| 18647218 | MONITORING DOWNHOLE COMPONENTS OF COMPLETION ASSEMBLY USING DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3676 | 4 |
| 3674 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19335677 | LIMITLESS INJECTION SHOE | WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES | 3674 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19053105 | Synchronized Actuator Having Multiple Motors for Downhole Well Tool | NORRIS, URSULA LEE | 3676 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19013898 | FLOW RATE AND RHEOLOGY MEASUREMENT WITH ENHANCED ACCURACY AT LOW FLOW RATES | CULLER, JILL E | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18943094 | PUMPING UNIT INSPECTION SENSOR ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD | ALAM, MIRZA F | 2688 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18903833 | VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR DOWNHOLE PUMP OF RECIPROCATING PUMP SYSTEM | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 73d overdue | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18736072 | DETERMINING A DRILLING PATH IN A SUBTERRANEAN FORMATION | QUAIM, LAMIA | 3676 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18662614 | ELEVATOR FOR TUBULAR HANDLING | LAMBE, PATRICK F | 3676 | §103 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18647218 | MONITORING DOWNHOLE COMPONENTS OF COMPLETION ASSEMBLY USING DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18513476 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO EVALUATE A FOAMER FOR UNLOADING LIQUID IN OIL AND GAS WELLS OF MATURE FIELDS | ROBERTS, HERBERT K | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18166470 | Systems and Methods Having An Analytical Tool For Diagnosis Of The Source Of Water Production In An Oil And Gas Well | HALL, KRISTYN A | 3676 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
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