Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Emerson Electric Co.

86 pending office actions • 42 art units • 82 examiners • 0 of 86 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 299 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

86
Total Pending OAs
65
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
7
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (7)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (2%)
62
Medium (72%)
6
Easy (7%)
16
Unknown (19%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (2%)
§103 only52 (60%)
§102 only10 (12%)
§112 only5 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
No statute on record16 (19%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

4
Life Sciences
5% of docket
12
Information Tech
14% of docket
2
Communications
2% of docket
30
Semiconductors
35% of docket
19
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
19
Business / Other
22% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

860 h
Manual time on pending OAs
172 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
301 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2 87.2% +12.6%
COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 2 57.4% +39.1%
SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2 86.1% +3.6%
HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 2 72.3% +24.0%
SINGH, DAPINDER 1 82.4% +18.8%
DALLO, JOSEPH J 1 89.7% +7.1%
PERVIN, FARHANA 1 81.8% +7.7%
LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A. 1 80.9% +3.0%
MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 1 66.1% +13.1%
EDWARDS, LOREN C 1 81.6% +28.7%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19025573 ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATION-LOCKING MECHANISM EDWARDS, LOREN C 50d overdue
19057686 COMPACT DIRECT-ACTING E-LOCKER AND METHODS THEREFOR PERVIN, FARHANA 40d
18848027 IMPROVED DATA INTERFACE FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKER AND SYSTEM WITH SUCH A CIRUIT BREAKER YESHAW, ESAYAS G 54d
19145306 UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY WITH AN AUTONOMOUS UNDER FREQUENCY DETECTION AND LOAD SHEDDING FUNCTIONALITY YESHAW, ESAYAS G
19198617 Systems and Methods for Timing of Valve Lift Events DALLO, JOSEPH J

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18216667 OVERLOAD CAPABILITY AND REMAINING LIFE OF AN ELECTRICAL ASSET ZHANG, HAIDONG 67d overdue
18907015 HIGH IMPEDANCE FAULT LOCATION IN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19025573 ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATION-LOCKING MECHANISM EDWARDS, LOREN C 50d overdue
18613590 ELECTRONIC PRESSURE CONTROL OF DUAL PUMP SYSTEM COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 29d overdue
18461338 DUAL CONTACTOR ELECTRICAL PANELBOARD ASSEMBLY, SYSTEMS AND METHODS HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 2d overdue
19230801 REAR DRIVE EGR PUMP COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 12d
18995544 COMBINED AXLE DISCONNECT AND PARK LOCK SYSTEM MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 26d
18848027 IMPROVED DATA INTERFACE FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKER AND SYSTEM WITH SUCH A CIRUIT BREAKER YESHAW, ESAYAS G 54d
19288588 ENGINE BRAKE HYDRAULIC CAPSULE WITH PLUNGER RETURN MECHANISM SINGH, DAPINDER
19145306 UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY WITH AN AUTONOMOUS UNDER FREQUENCY DETECTION AND LOAD SHEDDING FUNCTIONALITY YESHAW, ESAYAS G

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 10
3746 5
2831 4
2836 3
2835 3
2858 2
2837 2
2857 2
2118 2
3753 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19288588 ENGINE BRAKE HYDRAULIC CAPSULE WITH PLUNGER RETURN MECHANISM SINGH, DAPINDER 3746 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2025
19145306 UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY WITH AN AUTONOMOUS UNDER FREQUENCY DETECTION AND LOAD SHEDDING FUNCTIONALITY YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2836 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2025
19230801 REAR DRIVE EGR PUMP COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 DP Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 06, 2025
19198617 Systems and Methods for Timing of Valve Lift Events DALLO, JOSEPH J §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2025
19057686 COMPACT DIRECT-ACTING E-LOCKER AND METHODS THEREFOR PERVIN, FARHANA 3655 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Feb 19, 2025
18998694 BUS ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A BUS ARRANGEMENT LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A. 2181 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
18995544 COMBINED AXLE DISCONNECT AND PARK LOCK SYSTEM MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 3618 §112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jan 16, 2025
19025573 ROCKER ARM ASSEMBLY WITH ROTATION-LOCKING MECHANISM EDWARDS, LOREN C 3746 §102 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19016254 SLEEVED ROCKER SHAFT FOR TYPE III HEAVY DUTY VALVE TRAIN TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 3726 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2025
19014493 UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER MODULES FOR UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES (UPSs) AND RELATED UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER MODULES AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2025
18879292 DETERMINING DEGRADATION OF AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE SANGHERA, JAS A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18984579 OPTIMIZED START-UP SCHEME FOR ISOLATED CASCADED AC/DC POWER CONVERTERS LEE, JYE-JUNE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2024
18959112 POLYMER LUMINAIRE TUMEBO, TSION M 2875 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Nov 25, 2024
18917200 MITIGATION OF CIRCULATING CURRENTS IN PARALLELED POWER CONVERTERS HAVING INDEPENDENT DC LINKS NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18856232 BIDIRECTIONAL POWER SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH NGUYEN, DANNY Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18909127 POWER CONVERTERS DE LEON DOMENECH, RAFAEL O §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18907015 HIGH IMPEDANCE FAULT LOCATION IN ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 2858 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18888356 SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFICATION DRIVE METHODS AND RELATED DRIVE CIRCUITS FOR TOTEM POLE POWER FACTOR CORRECTION (PFC) CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE 2838 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18848027 IMPROVED DATA INTERFACE FOR A CIRCUIT BREAKER AND SYSTEM WITH SUCH A CIRUIT BREAKER YESHAW, ESAYAS G 2849 §102 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Sep 17, 2024
18886537 ALUMINUM ALLOY MINIATURE CARTRIDGE FUSES SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 2835 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Sep 16, 2024
18884389 APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AC AND DC V2X AND SMART CHARGING USING A BIDIRECTIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT SWEET, JOSHUA JAMES 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 13, 2024
18809718 DIRECT CURRENT VOLTAGE SAMPLING CIRCUIT USED FOR MEDIUM-VOLTAGE POWER MODULE HAUSMAN, JARED RAYMOND 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18839955 HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICALLY INSULATED THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE BYPASS HEAT SPREADER DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18802242 CAPACITOR PROTECTION IN A POWER CONVERTER SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2838 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18792124 ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS WITH A BYPASS UNIT THAT COUPLES TO A LOAD AND ELECTRICALLY ENGAGES ONE OF TWO ALTERNATE UNITS FOR POWERING THE LOAD AND RELATED METHODS BAUER, SCOTT ALLEN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18785342 GOLF PUTTER GRIP WHITE, DYLAN C Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18786165 SOLVATED ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND METHOD PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 1746 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2024
18775114 SPRING-ACTUATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR HIGH-POWER APPLICATIONS PATEL, HARSHAD C 2831 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18728507 SWITCHGEAR WITH CONTACTLESS POWER TRANSMISSION SYSTEM FOR A TANK SENSOR HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18762913 HYBRID HIGH CURRENT, SURFACE MOUNT SWING INDUCTOR AND FABRICATION METHODS HOSSAIN, KAZI S 2837 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18760499 PRE-CHARGE CIRCUIT AND BRAKING ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR A POWER CONVERTER MOODY, KYLE J 2838 §102 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jul 01, 2024
18756556 ISOLATION SWITCHES WITH SHIELDED CONTACT STRUCTURES FOR MOTOR CONTROL CENTER APPLICATIONS JIMENEZ, ANTHONY R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18748373 CONVERTER FOR FORMING THE NEUTRAL IN AN ISLANDED SPLIT-PHASE POWER SYSTEM SHIAO, DAVID A 2836 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18720772 A METHOD OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM OF A BUILDING ZHANG, WILLIAM XIANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18737039 THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND A CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER HAVING THE SAME SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2835 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
35524846 Automotive inverter housing TISDELL, SUZANNE E 2962 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18702536 MULTI-SPEED CONCENTRIC TWIN-SHAFT TRANSMISSION ENGLISH, JAMES A 3614 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18618884 Multi-Gang Mounting Bracket for Electrical or Communication Device EPPS, TODD MICHAEL 3632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18694698 A TEMPERATURE CHANGE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COMPRESSOR-BASED REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18613590 ELECTRONIC PRESSURE CONTROL OF DUAL PUMP SYSTEM COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18589825 MEDIAN FILTER TO PREVENT SUB-CYCLE NUISANCE TRIGGERING IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER SYSTEM GO, RICKY Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18588427 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING POWER SETPOINTS FOR POWER DEMAND MANAGEMENT BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN 3666 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18441707 ARC CHUTE FOR AN ELECTRICAL SWITCH BOLTON, WILLIAM A 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2024
18428719 DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR AN ELECTRICAL SYSTEM POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 2115 §112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18425458 CONNECTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING AN INTERLOCK SYSTEM LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18292660 A CIRCUIT BREAKER EVANS, GEOFFREY T 2852 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18423953 3-PIECE COMPRESSION COUPLING FOR ELECTRICAL METALLIC TUBING DUNWOODY, AARON M 3679 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 26, 2024
18578156 ELECTRICAL SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND APPLIANCE MONITORING ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18577549 TRANSFER LEARNING METHOD FOR A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM SPRATT, BEAU D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18393144 EXTENDING CAPACITOR LIFETIME IN A POWER CONVERTER CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ, ULARISLAO 2838 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2023
18543720 FUSE MANAGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRIC MOBILE APPLICATION TRIGGS, JAMES J 3615 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18570975 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOTOR BEARING FAULT DETECTION USING SENSED CURRENT DEVITO, ALEX T 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18567578 SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Dec 06, 2023
18566489 UNLEARNABLE TASKS IN MACHINE LEARNING GIBSON, JONATHAN D §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18499700 RECTIFIER ASSEMBLY RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18286483 VOLTAGE BOOSTING RECTIFIER CIRCUIT LAXTON, GARY L 2838 Other Final Rejection 5d Pending Oct 11, 2023
18369287 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGER CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18368385 MODULAR ELECTRICAL SWITCH APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL SWITCH BASE SAEED, AHMED M 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18461338 DUAL CONTACTOR ELECTRICAL PANELBOARD ASSEMBLY, SYSTEMS AND METHODS HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18232898 ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM WITH CEILING MOUNTED ELECTRICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION PARK, SAMUEL SUNWOOK §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 11, 2023
18216667 OVERLOAD CAPABILITY AND REMAINING LIFE OF AN ELECTRICAL ASSET ZHANG, HAIDONG 2858 §101 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18253627 CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PERFORMANCE OF A SYSTEM BADERMAN, SCOTT T 2118 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 19, 2023
18310183 VEHICLE BATTERY PACK WITH A BOLTLESS CONNECTOR SYSTEM WANG, PIN JAN 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18309193 GAS MIXTURE INCLUDING A FLUORINATED NITRILE FOR GAS-INSULATED SWITCHGEAR ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1767 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18193077 CONTROL OF AN ELECTRIC WATER HEATER BASED ON A TWO-MASS MODEL LAZO, THOMAS E 3745 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2023
17999631 CONTINGENCY FORECASTING SYSTEM CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 2186 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Nov 22, 2022
17902315 BULK DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN MESH NODES FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH 2411 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 02, 2022
17883417 INDUCTIVE APPARATUS WITH HELICAL COIL FRAME HINSON, RONALD 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 08, 2022
17680586 RADIATION CURED THERMOPLASTIC POLYMERS FOR HIGH VOLTAGE INSULATION APPLICATIONS UNDER SEVERE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 25, 2022
17558759 GOLF CLUB GRIP WITH REMINDER RIB GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. 3711 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2021
19181646 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A GAS-DRIVEN COMPRESSOR BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 17, 2025
18946465 SLAM-SHUT SAFETY DEVICES FOR A FLUID REGULATOR GARDNER, NICOLE 3753 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18763142 Rapid Display Prototyping and Creation Using Gestures MIDKIFF, AARON 2621 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18611061 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO TRANSFORM PROCESS CONTROL DATA FOR USE IN A DISTRIBUTED CONTROL SYSTEM KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA 2117 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18506767 Quick Activation Techniques for Industrial Augmented Reality Applications LI, GRACE Q 2618 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 10, 2023
18382288 Compute Fabric Functionalities for a Process Control or Automation System WORKU, KIDEST 2119 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 20, 2023
18480036 Gateway for Facilitating Control System Upgrades RAHMAN, SHAH M 2413 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Oct 03, 2023
18375727 Automated Recipe Generation JARRETT, RYAN A 2116 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18223416 Monitoring and Operational Functionalities for an Enterprise Using Process Control or Automation System KASENGE, CHARLES R 2116 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jul 18, 2023
18223373 Embedded Device Identification in Process Control Devices MERCADO VARGAS, ARIEL 2118 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 18, 2023
14843323 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PROCESS PLANT WITH WEARABLE MOBILE CONTROL DEVICES PEACH, POLINA G 2165 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Sep 02, 2015
18738958 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POWER SELECTION GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18637202 GRADIENT-BASED ABSOLUTE ENCODERS BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18528398 Flow Control Assembly for a Valve ROST, ANDREW J 3753 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 04, 2023
18655120 Squeegee Attachment Assembly And Vacuum Accessory Including Same HENSON, KATINA N 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18305813 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLAME MONITORING IN GAS POWERED APPLIANCES BARGERO, JOHN E 3762 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 24, 2023

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