Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co. Ltd. is managing a portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company currently has 3 pending office actions, which are being handled by 3 distinct examiners. This arrangement means that each active application is receiving independent review from a different examiner, which may result in varying prosecution timelines and outcomes for each matter. A strategy that accounts for these different examination styles is necessary to effectively manage these concurrent filings.
The active cases are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technology spans at least two different specialized classifications at the USPTO. RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A is identified as the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 busiest examiner pending action. This spread across 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units requires the company to maintain a consistent technical narrative across its filings. Practitioners must be prepared to adapt their arguments to the specific preferences of each examiner while ensuring that the broader technical goals of the portfolio are met within the different art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 1 | 81.1% | +11.9% |
| CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 1 | 78.9% | +34.9% |
| LE, JOHN H | 1 | 87.8% | +6.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18387804 | Method for Harmonic Detection and Apparatus, Frequency Converter, and Storage Medium | LE, JOHN H | 14d |
| 18564012 | AIR CONDITIONER | CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 15d |
| 18557572 | METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE PARAMETER RECORDING AND APPARATUS, FREQUENCY INVERTER, AIR CONDITIONER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18564012 | AIR CONDITIONER | CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 15d |
| 18557572 | METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE PARAMETER RECORDING AND APPARATUS, FREQUENCY INVERTER, AIR CONDITIONER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18557572 | METHOD FOR PERFORMANCE PARAMETER RECORDING AND APPARATUS, FREQUENCY INVERTER, AIR CONDITIONER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18564012 | AIR CONDITIONER | CARTER, AMY ELIZABETH | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Nov 24, 2023 |
| 18387804 | Method for Harmonic Detection and Apparatus, Frequency Converter, and Storage Medium | LE, JOHN H | 2857 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
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