Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited manages 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This creates a direct alignment where each pending action is reviewed by a unique examiner in a unique art unit.
The busiest examiner, KENERLY, TERRANCE L, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Every examiner in this portfolio currently handles exactly 1 pending action. This distribution requires the company to navigate 4 different examiner perspectives across 4 separate art units simultaneously, as no single examiner oversees multiple files.
The involvement of 4 distinct art units suggests that the company's semiconductor and optics filings cover a variety of specialized sub-sectors. Practitioners must tailor their prosecution strategies to the specific standards of each of the 4 distinct examiners. The lack of overlap between examiners means that successes or setbacks in one matter may not directly influence the others.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENERLY, TERRANCE L | 1 | 73.8% | +15.2% |
| MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D | 1 | 67.7% | -10.5% |
| DINH, THAI T | 1 | 85.9% | +0.5% |
| WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 1 | 70.3% | +18.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18227539 | TRIM ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR APPLIANCE | WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 70d |
| 19099115 | TOE-KICK PLATE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR APPLIANCE | MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D | — |
| 18864967 | NOISE CANCELLATION FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES | DINH, THAI T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18227539 | TRIM ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR APPLIANCE | WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 70d |
| 19205133 | ELECTRIC MOTOR | KENERLY, TERRANCE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19205133 | ELECTRIC MOTOR | KENERLY, TERRANCE L | 2834 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19099115 | TOE-KICK PLATE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR APPLIANCE | MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D | 3632 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18864967 | NOISE CANCELLATION FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES | DINH, THAI T | 2837 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18227539 | TRIM ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR APPLIANCE | WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 3637 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFisher & Paykel Appliances Limited has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Terrance L Kenerly has the most, with 1 of Fisher & Paykel Appliances Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
