Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Belimo Holding AG

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
§102 only1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HICKS, ANGELISA 1 63.6% +22.3%
OGG, DAVID EARL 1 83.4% +11.9%
LINDSAY, BERNARD G 1 68.0% +46.8%
BUI, HUNG S 1 87.3% +10.2%
XU, PETER 1 0.0% +0.0%
JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 1 80.1% +17.3%
LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA 1
GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D 1 82.6% +19.7%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18019367 ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DATA ACCESS TO HVAC DEVICES OF AN HVAC SYSTEM GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18567594 A METHOD OF COMMISSIONING PHYSICAL HVAC DEVICES OF AN HVAC SYSTEM FOR AN HVAC APPLICATION XU, PETER 5d overdue
18708187 MODULAR ELECTRICAL INTERFACE BUI, HUNG S 75d
18832339 METHOD AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM OGG, DAVID EARL
18493982 FIELD-DEVICE COUPLING WITH TWO COUPLING ORIENTATIONS JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM
18283245 A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING HVAC FIELD DEVICE, AN HVAC FIELD DEVICE AND AN HVAC SYSTEM LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18708187 MODULAR ELECTRICAL INTERFACE BUI, HUNG S 75d
18905545 VALVE WITH COMBINED ROTATION STOP AND STEM BLOWOUT PREVENTION HICKS, ANGELISA
18832339 METHOD AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM OGG, DAVID EARL
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
18019367 ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING DATA ACCESS TO HVAC DEVICES OF AN HVAC SYSTEM GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 2
2841 1
2119 1
3762 1
2446 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18905545 VALVE WITH COMBINED ROTATION STOP AND STEM BLOWOUT PREVENTION HICKS, ANGELISA 3753 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2024
18832339 METHOD AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING A FLOW CONTROL SYSTEM OGG, DAVID EARL §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18727580 A METHOD OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A REMOTE COMPUTER AND HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING HVAC DEVICES LINDSAY, BERNARD G §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18708187 MODULAR ELECTRICAL INTERFACE BUI, HUNG S 2841 §102§103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending May 07, 2024
18567594 A METHOD OF COMMISSIONING PHYSICAL HVAC DEVICES OF AN HVAC SYSTEM FOR AN HVAC APPLICATION XU, PETER 2119 §103 Final Rejection 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
18283245 A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HEATING, VENTILATING AND AIR CONDITIONING HVAC FIELD DEVICE, AN HVAC FIELD DEVICE AND AN HVAC SYSTEM LEGASPI, EUGENE REY DEVERA 3762 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 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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