Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Belimo Holding AG is currently managing 8 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 8 pending office actions are distributed among 8 distinct examiners, indicating that no two pending applications are being reviewed by the same person. The portfolio's prosecution is spread across 6 distinct art units, reflecting a range of mechanical and medical innovations.
The busiest examiner, HUANG, WEN WU, is handling 1 busiest examiner pending action, which is consistent with the 8 distinct examiners assigned to the 8 pending office actions. This decentralized arrangement means that the outcome of the 8 pending office actions depends on 8 different individual examiners. Practitioners must be prepared to navigate the specific procedural and substantive preferences of 6 distinct art units. Because there is no examiner concentration, the strategy for the 8 pending office actions must be individualized for each of the 8 distinct examiners involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 (22%) |
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §102 only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, WEN WU | 1 | 73.0% | +15.6% |
| HICKS, ANGELISA | 1 | 63.3% | +22.1% |
| LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 1 | 68.2% | +46.9% |
| HOPKINS, BRANDI N | 1 | 85.4% | +12.1% |
| XU, PETER | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 1 | 80.1% | +17.3% |
| TURNER, SONJI | 1 | 73.8% | +20.1% |
| BARNES-BULLOCK, CRYSTAL JOY | 1 | 85.6% | -13.2% |
| GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | 1 | 82.3% | +18.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18292740 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-DIAGNOSING OF PREASSEMBLED ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER | HOPKINS, BRANDI N | — |
| 18019367 | ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DATA ACCESS TO HVAC DEVICES OF AN HVAC SYSTEM | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18567594 | A METHOD OF COMMISSIONING PHYSICAL HVAC DEVICES OF AN HVAC SYSTEM FOR AN HVAC APPLICATION | XU, PETER | 5d overdue |
| 18277951 | Air Treatment Device | TURNER, SONJI | 5d |
| 18276180 | NFC ENABLED HVAC FIELD DEVICE AND AN HVAC SYSTEM | BARNES-BULLOCK, CRYSTAL JOY | 22d |
| 18858023 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION OF A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE | HUANG, WEN WU | — |
| 18727580 | A METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A REMOTE COMPUTER AND HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING HVAC DEVICES | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | — |
| 18493982 | FIELD-DEVICE COUPLING WITH TWO COUPLING ORIENTATIONS | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18277951 | Air Treatment Device | TURNER, SONJI | 5d |
| 18858023 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION OF A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE | HUANG, WEN WU | — |
| 18905545 | VALVE WITH COMBINED ROTATION STOP AND STEM BLOWOUT PREVENTION | HICKS, ANGELISA | — |
| 18727580 | A METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A REMOTE COMPUTER AND HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING HVAC DEVICES | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | — |
| 18292740 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-DIAGNOSING OF PREASSEMBLED ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER | HOPKINS, BRANDI N | — |
| 18493982 | FIELD-DEVICE COUPLING WITH TWO COUPLING ORIENTATIONS | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
| 18019367 | ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DATA ACCESS TO HVAC DEVICES OF AN HVAC SYSTEM | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 2 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 2446 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18858023 | NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION OF A NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18905545 | VALVE WITH COMBINED ROTATION STOP AND STEM BLOWOUT PREVENTION | HICKS, ANGELISA | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18727580 | A METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A REMOTE COMPUTER AND HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING HVAC DEVICES | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18292740 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELF-DIAGNOSING OF PREASSEMBLED ULTRASONIC FLOWMETER | HOPKINS, BRANDI N | 2855 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2024 |
| 18567594 | A METHOD OF COMMISSIONING PHYSICAL HVAC DEVICES OF AN HVAC SYSTEM FOR AN HVAC APPLICATION | XU, PETER | 2119 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18493982 | FIELD-DEVICE COUPLING WITH TWO COUPLING ORIENTATIONS | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2023 |
| 18277951 | Air Treatment Device | TURNER, SONJI | 1776 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18276180 | NFC ENABLED HVAC FIELD DEVICE AND AN HVAC SYSTEM | BARNES-BULLOCK, CRYSTAL JOY | 2117 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Aug 07, 2023 |
| 18019367 | ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DATA ACCESS TO HVAC DEVICES OF AN HVAC SYSTEM | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | 2446 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2023 |
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