Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ray Quinney & Nebeker-Marathon Petroleum has processed 307 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 97.65 percent. Prosecution involves 2.35 average office actions per allowance. There are 4 pending office actions currently.
The 97.65 percent allowance rate applies to the 307 applications handled in the chemistry sector. Practitioners can use the 2.35 average to benchmark prosecution timelines for the 4 pending chemical matters.
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 | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RODZIWICZ, AARON M | 1 | 70.4% | +17.2% |
| AVILA, STEPHEN P | 1 | 80.3% | +10.3% |
| VALENCIA, JUAN C | 1 | 86.5% | +7.7% |
| ROBINSON, RENEE E | 1 | 73.6% | +24.2% |
| MCCAIG, BRIAN A | 1 | 80.4% | +13.3% |
| SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J | 1 | 69.2% | +26.4% |
| SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | 1 | 79.2% | +0.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18970870 | EXHAUST VENT HOODS FOR MARINE VESSELS AND RELATED METHODS | AVILA, STEPHEN P | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18965025 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF HYDROTREATING AND FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING (FCC) PROCESSES USING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS | VALENCIA, JUAN C | — |
| 18890306 | METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF REFINING PROCESSES USING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — |
| 18738300 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING PROCESSING OF HYDROCARBONS IN A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT USING A RENEWABLE ADDITIVE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — |
| 18376117 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING NITROGEN OXIDES (NOx) IN A HEAT GENERATION UNIT USING SOUR WATER STRIPPER VAPOR | SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19226818 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO MANAGE VEGETATION ALONG A RIGHT-OF-WAY | RODZIWICZ, AARON M | — |
| 18970870 | EXHAUST VENT HOODS FOR MARINE VESSELS AND RELATED METHODS | AVILA, STEPHEN P | — |
| 18890306 | METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF REFINING PROCESSES USING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS | ROBINSON, RENEE E | — |
| 18738300 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING PROCESSING OF HYDROCARBONS IN A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT USING A RENEWABLE ADDITIVE | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | — |
| 18516412 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MOBILE PRODUCTIVITY PLATFORM | SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Marathon Petroleum Company L.P. | 7 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3642 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 1736 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19226818 | APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS TO MANAGE VEGETATION ALONG A RIGHT-OF-WAY | Marathon Petroleum Company LP | RODZIWICZ, AARON M | 3642 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2025 |
| 18970870 | EXHAUST VENT HOODS FOR MARINE VESSELS AND RELATED METHODS | Marathon Petroleum Company LP | AVILA, STEPHEN P | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 | |
| 18965025 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF HYDROTREATING AND FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING (FCC) PROCESSES USING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS | Marathon Petroleum Company LP | VALENCIA, JUAN C | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 | |
| 18890306 | METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR ENHANCING CONTROL OF REFINING PROCESSES USING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYZERS | Marathon Petroleum Company LP | ROBINSON, RENEE E | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 | |
| 18738300 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING PROCESSING OF HYDROCARBONS IN A FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT USING A RENEWABLE ADDITIVE | Marathon Petroleum Company LP | MCCAIG, BRIAN A | 1772 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18516412 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MOBILE PRODUCTIVITY PLATFORM | Marathon Petroleum Company LP | SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J | 2117 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18376117 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING NITROGEN OXIDES (NOx) IN A HEAT GENERATION UNIT USING SOUR WATER STRIPPER VAPOR | Marathon Petroleum Company LP | SEIFU, LESSANEWORK T | 1736 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
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