Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Daikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing L P currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating a concentrated focus for their mechanical engineering portfolio. This concentration suggests that the company's current patent applications are being reviewed within a narrow set of technical classifications at the patent office.
The prosecution work involves 3 distinct examiners, which means that most of the company's active responses are directed toward different individuals. SHAIKH, MERAJ A is the busiest examiner for this company, personally handling 2 of the pending office actions. This specific examiner is responsible for half of the company's 4 total pending actions, making him a primary point of contact for their current prosecution strategy. Practitioners should note that while the portfolio is small, the workload is not entirely decentralized, as one examiner manages multiple filings simultaneously.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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% |
| NORMAN, MARC E | 1 | 84.0% | +10.8% |
| GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 1 | 76.9% | +18.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18156436 | HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH BYPASS LINE | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 91d overdue |
| 18446792 | CONTEMPORANEOUS HYBRID HEATING | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 9d |
| 19078933 | IMPROVED DEFROST CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT FOR HEAT PUMP APPLICATIONS | NORMAN, MARC E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18156436 | HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH BYPASS LINE | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 91d overdue |
| 18457881 | GAS FURNACE WITH HEAT SHIELDING PLATE | GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 3d overdue |
| 18446792 | CONTEMPORANEOUS HYBRID HEATING | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 9d |
| 19078933 | IMPROVED DEFROST CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT FOR HEAT PUMP APPLICATIONS | NORMAN, MARC E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19078933 | IMPROVED DEFROST CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT FOR HEAT PUMP APPLICATIONS | NORMAN, MARC E | 3763 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18457881 | GAS FURNACE WITH HEAT SHIELDING PLATE | GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18446792 | CONTEMPORANEOUS HYBRID HEATING | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Aug 09, 2023 |
| 18156436 | HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH BYPASS LINE | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 91d overdue | Pending | Jan 19, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDaikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing L P has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Meraj A Shaikh has the most, with 2 of Daikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing L P's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
