Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cooler Master Co., Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 6 distinct examiners, meaning each case is being reviewed by a different individual. The portfolio is distributed across 3 distinct art units, showing a focused technical scope within the mechanical engineering field for these pending matters.
DUONG, THO V is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. With 6 distinct examiners involved in 6 pending actions, there is no concentration of examiner influence. This requires a prosecution strategy that can adapt to 6 different examiner preferences while operating within 3 distinct art units. The company's current engagement with the patent office is characterized by this high ratio of examiners to pending actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUONG, THO V | 1 | 67.0% | +17.5% |
| SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 1 | 78.5% | +21.0% |
| SMITH, COURTNEY L | 1 | 85.5% | +12.0% |
| PAPE, ZACHARY | 1 | 72.4% | +19.4% |
| ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | 1 | 66.6% | +18.1% |
| VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 1 | 70.0% | +13.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19081531 | LIQUID COOLING ASSEMBLY | DUONG, THO V | — |
| 18942472 | Liquid Pump Unit | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | — |
| 18930406 | IMMERSION-TYPE HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE | SMITH, COURTNEY L | — |
| 18898352 | LIQUID COOLING DEVICE | ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | — |
| 18207630 | WATER COOLING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19081531 | LIQUID COOLING ASSEMBLY | DUONG, THO V | — |
| 18942472 | Liquid Pump Unit | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | — |
| 18930406 | IMMERSION-TYPE HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE | SMITH, COURTNEY L | — |
| 18909099 | Cooling System Assembly | PAPE, ZACHARY | — |
| 18898352 | LIQUID COOLING DEVICE | ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | — |
| 18207630 | WATER COOLING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 2835 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19081531 | LIQUID COOLING ASSEMBLY | DUONG, THO V | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 18942472 | Liquid Pump Unit | SANCHEZ-MEDINA, REINALDO | 3753 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2024 |
| 18930406 | IMMERSION-TYPE HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE | SMITH, COURTNEY L | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18909099 | Cooling System Assembly | PAPE, ZACHARY | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18898352 | LIQUID COOLING DEVICE | ROJOHN III, CLAIRE E | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18207630 | WATER COOLING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 2835 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
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