Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

1
Hard (20%)
4
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEFF, STEVEN N 2 41.3% +7.9%
KHLOK, BONITA 1 49.1% +48.3%
MANSINGH, GARGI 1 100.0% +0.0%
NGUYEN, PHUONG T 1 73.8% +37.0%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18263701 LID BODY ASSEMBLY AND COOKING APPARATUS MANSINGH, GARGI —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18259586 ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING DEVICE, NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD, HEATING CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGUYEN, PHUONG T 71d
18577671 COOKING APPLIANCE KHLOK, BONITA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3761 2
1792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18918927 COOKING CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM LEFF, STEVEN N — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024
18577671 COOKING APPLIANCE KHLOK, BONITA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 10, 2024
18405596 METHOD FOR COOKING, STORAGE MEDIUM, COOKING DEVICE, AND COOKING APPLIANCE LEFF, STEVEN N 1792 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 05, 2024
18263701 LID BODY ASSEMBLY AND COOKING APPARATUS MANSINGH, GARGI 3761 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2023
18259586 ELECTROMAGNETIC HEATING DEVICE, NOISE SUPPRESSION METHOD, HEATING CONTROL SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM NGUYEN, PHUONG T 3761 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jun 28, 2023

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