Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Emerson Process Management Chennai Private Limited has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, producing separate examination paths.
BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should review each action independently and coordinate only where the underlying technical disclosures or claim strategies overlap.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 1 | 77.0% | +20.7% |
| ERDMAN, CHAD G | 1 | 80.2% | +17.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18907449 | MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEM | ERDMAN, CHAD G | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19058566 | VALVE STATUS INDICATION DEVICE | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | — |
| 18907449 | MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEM | ERDMAN, CHAD G | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19058566 | VALVE STATUS INDICATION DEVICE | BALLMAN, CHRISTOPHER D | 3753 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 18907449 | MACHINE MONITORING SYSTEM | ERDMAN, CHAD G | 2116 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEmerson Process Management Chennai Private Limited has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Christopher D Ballman has the most, with 1 of Emerson Process Management Chennai Private Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
