Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Emerson Automation Solutions Final Control US LP has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating examiner dispersion with some shared technical-unit context.
LE, MINH Q is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can coordinate technical analysis within the 2 art units while preserving separate examiner-specific response strategies.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LE, MINH Q | 1 | 80.7% | +16.3% |
| CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 1 | 78.6% | +22.7% |
| POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | 1 | 76.5% | +32.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19021060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FAILURE IN A BACK PRESSURE BALANCED RELIEF VALVE | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 4d overdue |
| 19222775 | SPRING-LOADED RELIEF VALVES HAVING GUIDED SEATS | LE, MINH Q | — |
| 18971499 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES NEARING ACTIVATION | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19021060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FAILURE IN A BACK PRESSURE BALANCED RELIEF VALVE | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 4d overdue |
| 19222775 | SPRING-LOADED RELIEF VALVES HAVING GUIDED SEATS | LE, MINH Q | — |
| 18971499 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES NEARING ACTIVATION | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 2 |
| 2115 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19222775 | SPRING-LOADED RELIEF VALVES HAVING GUIDED SEATS | LE, MINH Q | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19021060 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING FAILURE IN A BACK PRESSURE BALANCED RELIEF VALVE | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18971499 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT PRESSURE RELIEF VALVES NEARING ACTIVATION | POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ | 2115 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEmerson Automation Solutions Final Control US LP has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Minh Q Le has the most, with 1 of Emerson Automation Solutions Final Control US LP's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
