Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Carrier Japan Corporation has 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 4 pending office actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that at least one official is handling multiple cases. All filings are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a high degree of technical similarity among the applications currently under review.
SHAIKH, MERAJ A is the busiest examiner, managing 2 pending office actions. This examiner is responsible for 2 of the matters in the portfolio. The remaining workload is split among the other 3 distinct examiners. This concentration under SHAIKH, MERAJ A makes that official a central figure in the company's current prosecution efforts.
Because all actions are in the art unit, the examiners likely share similar internal guidelines and prior art resources. The legal team can leverage this by developing a consistent technical narrative for the applications. However, the primary focus should be on SHAIKH, MERAJ A, given the significant role this official plays within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 2 | 57.3% | +22.3% |
| YE, ZI | 1 | 85.2% | +17.8% |
| TADESSE, MARTHA | 1 | 67.2% | +14.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19075974 | EQUIPMENT DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD | YE, ZI | — |
| 19052875 | ACCUMULATOR FIXING MECHANISM AND COMPRESSOR | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | — |
| 19100111 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18848802 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS | TADESSE, MARTHA | 9d |
| 19075974 | EQUIPMENT DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD | YE, ZI | — |
| 19052875 | ACCUMULATOR FIXING MECHANISM AND COMPRESSOR | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | — |
| 19100111 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19075974 | EQUIPMENT DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD | YE, ZI | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19052875 | ACCUMULATOR FIXING MECHANISM AND COMPRESSOR | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19100111 | REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 18848802 | ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS | TADESSE, MARTHA | 3763 | — | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
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