Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Flowserve Pte. Ltd. is currently managing 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This single matter is assigned to examiner REID, MICHAEL ROBERT, who is the 1 distinct examiner active for the portfolio. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the current prosecution activity is limited to a specific technical niche. The involvement of only 1 distinct examiner means that the company's immediate outcomes are tied to the review of a single individual.
The 1 pending office action is the sole responsibility of REID, MICHAEL ROBERT for this applicant. Because the prosecution is confined to 1 distinct art unit, there is no diversification across different examining groups. Practitioners should evaluate the specific prosecution history of REID, MICHAEL ROBERT to better understand the likely path for the 1 pending action. This concentration under 1 distinct examiner and within 1 distinct art unit highlights a very focused current workload.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIN, KO-WEI | 1 | 76.1% | +20.1% |
| REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 1 | 79.0% | +19.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18520106 | PURGE ASSEMBLIES FOR VALVES AND RELATED DEVICES, APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18766957 | COMPOUND MODULAR VALVE FOR PRODUCING WIDE PARTICLE CURTAINS WITH ADJUSTABLE THICKNESS AND PROFILE | LIN, KO-WEI | — |
| 18520106 | PURGE ASSEMBLIES FOR VALVES AND RELATED DEVICES, APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18766957 | COMPOUND MODULAR VALVE FOR PRODUCING WIDE PARTICLE CURTAINS WITH ADJUSTABLE THICKNESS AND PROFILE | LIN, KO-WEI | 3762 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18520106 | PURGE ASSEMBLIES FOR VALVES AND RELATED DEVICES, APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 3753 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialFlowserve Pte. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Ko-Wei Lin has the most, with 1 of Flowserve Pte. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
