Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Cantor Colburn Llp-Baker Hughes Oilfield

13 pending office actions • 1 client • 13 examiners • 7 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
13
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (92%)
§102 only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

3
Life Sciences
23% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
77% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YABUT, DANIEL D 1 56.7% +26.4%
LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 1 77.0% +15.8%
HANSEN, KENNETH J 1 81.0% +7.9%
LAMBE, PATRICK F 1 62.4% +29.2%
MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1 57.5% +22.7%
NORRIS, URSULA LEE 1 85.7% +8.8%
AKARAGWE, YANICK A 1 83.1% +12.3%
HOBSON, STEPHEN 1 65.3% +20.8%
BEMKO, TARAS P 1 84.7% +19.4%
WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES 1 78.4% +25.3%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18468175 SECTION MILLING, UNDER REAMING AND SETTING AN INFLATABLE PLUG IN ONE RUN BEMKO, TARAS P 25d overdue
18859811 LOW CARBON EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITH DUAL USE CAPABILITY HANSEN, KENNETH J 8d overdue
18478001 METHOD OF IDENTIFYING TOP OF CEMENT IN REAL TIME WHEN CEMENTING A LINER AKARAGWE, YANICK A 46d
18511398 STEERING DEVICE AUGMENTATION, METHOD AND SYSTEM NORRIS, URSULA LEE 77d

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18458581 BOREHOLE SYSTEM HAVING CONVERTER MODULE FOR SAFETY VALVE, CONVERTER MODULE, AND METHOD WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES 70d overdue
18468912 PULSED ABSORPTION CONTACTOR HOBSON, STEPHEN 29d overdue
18468175 SECTION MILLING, UNDER REAMING AND SETTING AN INFLATABLE PLUG IN ONE RUN BEMKO, TARAS P 25d overdue
19117271 SELF-SUFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR EVAPORATION OF LNG LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 20d
19171845 VISCOUS VIBRATION DAMPING OF TORSIONAL OSCILLATION YABUT, DANIEL D 23d
18598437 SEAL ASSEMBLY, DOWNHOLE TOOL AND SYSTEM LAMBE, PATRICK F 35d
18478001 METHOD OF IDENTIFYING TOP OF CEMENT IN REAL TIME WHEN CEMENTING A LINER AKARAGWE, YANICK A 46d
18428129 DYNAMIC ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION SYSTEM MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 70d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Baker Hughes 13

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36763
17763
37462
36722
36171
36741
36421

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19171845 VISCOUS VIBRATION DAMPING OF TORSIONAL OSCILLATION BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC YABUT, DANIEL D 3617 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Apr 07, 2025
19117271 SELF-SUFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR EVAPORATION OF LNG Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie -S.R.L. LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 31, 2025
18859811 LOW CARBON EMISSION COMPRESSION STATION WITH DUAL USE CAPABILITY Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie - S.r.l. HANSEN, KENNETH J 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2024
18598437 SEAL ASSEMBLY, DOWNHOLE TOOL AND SYSTEM BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC LAMBE, PATRICK F 3676 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18428129 DYNAMIC ADSORPTION AND DESORPTION SYSTEM Mosaic Materials, Inc. MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18511398 STEERING DEVICE AUGMENTATION, METHOD AND SYSTEM BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC NORRIS, URSULA LEE 3676 §103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18478001 METHOD OF IDENTIFYING TOP OF CEMENT IN REAL TIME WHEN CEMENTING A LINER BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC AKARAGWE, YANICK A 3672 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18468912 PULSED ABSORPTION CONTACTOR Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie Srl HOBSON, STEPHEN 1776 §102 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18468175 SECTION MILLING, UNDER REAMING AND SETTING AN INFLATABLE PLUG IN ONE RUN BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC BEMKO, TARAS P 3672 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Sep 15, 2023
18458581 BOREHOLE SYSTEM HAVING CONVERTER MODULE FOR SAFETY VALVE, CONVERTER MODULE, AND METHOD BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC WALLACE, KIPP CHARLES 3674 §103 Final Rejection 70d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18303987 RESETTABLE BACKUP AND SYSTEM BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC YAO, THEODORE N 3676 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18191657 METHOD OF PACKAGING AND DESIGNING BRAGG GRATING OPTICAL FIBER SYSTEM FOR SENSING CARBON DIOXIDE BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Mar 28, 2023
17880035 METHOD FOR PULLING CASING BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC RODDEN, JOSHUA E 3642 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Aug 03, 2022

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