Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 5 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days
Copeland L.P. has 16 pending office actions currently active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 11 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This shows some concentration of work, as 11 distinct examiners are handling the 16 total pending actions, suggesting a more focused interaction with certain patent office personnel.
COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 3 pending office actions. This is a notable portion of the 16 total pending actions. Given that the portfolio is concentrated in 5 distinct art units, practitioners should monitor the work of examiner COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT and the trends within these specific administrative groups. The 11 distinct examiners provide a variety of perspectives within the 5 distinct art units involved, requiring a strategy that balances individual examiner habits with broader group standards.
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.
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 | 7 (44%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3 | 57.8% | +38.9% |
| MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 2 | 52.8% | +18.3% |
| COMINGS, DANIEL C | 2 | 63.9% | +36.9% |
| JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 2 | 62.3% | +27.3% |
| BUSE, MARK KENNETH | 1 | 77.5% | +9.0% |
| DOUNIS, LAERT | 1 | 67.8% | +20.7% |
| SEHN, MICHAEL L | 1 | 81.1% | +12.7% |
| WAN, DEMING | 1 | 76.4% | +42.4% |
| BUI, DUNG H | 1 | 77.8% | +25.4% |
| AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI | 1 | 47.2% | +60.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19034340 | VARIABLE INLET GUIDE VANE APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING THE SAME | SEHN, MICHAEL L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048494 | ANTIROTATION REED VALVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSORS | DOUNIS, LAERT | 12d |
| 19343364 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| 19179497 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| 19056318 | OIL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE-COMPRESSOR SYSTEMS | BUSE, MARK KENNETH | — |
| 19032833 | Using Setpoint Changes to Defrost Evaporator Coils | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 19010907 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A COMPRESSOR COOLING SYSTEM | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 18970272 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING STARTUP PRESSURE RATIO FOR DYNAMIC COMPRESSORS | COMINGS, DANIEL C | — |
| 18409327 | LIQUID DESICCANT REGENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING AIR DIFFUSER | BUI, DUNG H | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19048494 | ANTIROTATION REED VALVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSORS | DOUNIS, LAERT | 12d |
| 19343439 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| 19343364 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| 19179497 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | — |
| 19034340 | VARIABLE INLET GUIDE VANE APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING THE SAME | SEHN, MICHAEL L | — |
| 19032833 | Using Setpoint Changes to Defrost Evaporator Coils | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 19010907 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A COMPRESSOR COOLING SYSTEM | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 18970272 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING STARTUP PRESSURE RATIO FOR DYNAMIC COMPRESSORS | COMINGS, DANIEL C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 6 |
| 3763 | 4 |
| 3654 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 1773 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19343439 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19343364 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19179497 | Compressor Having Capacity Modulation System | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19056318 | OIL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE-COMPRESSOR SYSTEMS | BUSE, MARK KENNETH | 3654 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19048494 | ANTIROTATION REED VALVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSORS | DOUNIS, LAERT | 3746 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19034340 | VARIABLE INLET GUIDE VANE APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING THE SAME | SEHN, MICHAEL L | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19032833 | Using Setpoint Changes to Defrost Evaporator Coils | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 21, 2025 |
| 19010907 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING A COMPRESSOR COOLING SYSTEM | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18970272 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING STARTUP PRESSURE RATIO FOR DYNAMIC COMPRESSORS | COMINGS, DANIEL C | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18954717 | Heat Pump Systems With Capacity Modulation | WAN, DEMING | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18809546 | Reciprocating Compressor And Fluid Injection System | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18809678 | Reciprocating Compressor And Fluid Injection System | JARIWALA, CHIRAG | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18671326 | Climate-Control System With Sensible and Latent Cooling | COMINGS, DANIEL C | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18409327 | LIQUID DESICCANT REGENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING AIR DIFFUSER | BUI, DUNG H | 1773 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18391384 | Liquid Desiccant Air Conditioner Modules Having A Liquid Desiccant Mist Trap | AL SAMIRI, KHALED AHMED ALI | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18482454 | THREE-WAY HEAT EXCHANGE MODULE HAVING UNIFORM FLUID DISTRIBUTION | LING, FOR K. | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
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