Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Daikin Europe N V currently has 1 pending office action in the Computing & Software technology area. This single active matter represents the company's current focus for patent protection within the software field and indicates a highly specific technical interest.
The prosecution is being handled by a distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a very specific and centralized review process for the company's intellectual property, where all feedback originates from a single administrative source within the patent office.
EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 1 pending office action. As the only examiner currently involved, their specific feedback and evaluation of the Computing & Software technology will be the primary driver of the company's patent outcomes. Practitioners should focus on the specific precedents set within this 1 distinct art unit to navigate the current prosecution successfully.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OSWALD, KIRSTIN U | 1 | 59.4% | +32.1% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19108651 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT SOURCE UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS | OSWALD, KIRSTIN U | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108651 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HEAT SOURCE UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS | OSWALD, KIRSTIN U | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialDaikin Europe N V has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kirstin U Oswald has the most, with 1 of Daikin Europe N V's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.