Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ghsp Control Devices Inc. has 1 pending office action in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matter involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, so prosecution is centered in a single examination channel.
HARCUM, MARCUS E is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can use a focused response addressing the technical and claim issues identified in that semiconductor, circuit, or optics assignment.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER, NICOLE | 1 | 69.4% | +14.6% |
| MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 69.4% | +19.7% |
| SCHERMERHORN, JON | 1 | 58.0% | +33.0% |
| DINH, PHUONG K | 1 | 87.3% | +8.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18380461 | TRAILER TOW CONNECTOR WITH LIGHT AND MAGNETIC GUIDE | DINH, PHUONG K | 27d |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18621406 | EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS LEAK CHECK MODULE WITH PROPORTIONAL SOLENOID VALVE | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 14d |
| 18539422 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION VALVE HOUSING AND SEAL ARRANGEMENT | SCHERMERHORN, JON | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18621406 | EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS LEAK CHECK MODULE WITH PROPORTIONAL SOLENOID VALVE | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 14d |
| 18979925 | FLUID DISTRIBUTOR VALVE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSOR | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| 18539422 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION VALVE HOUSING AND SEAL ARRANGEMENT | SCHERMERHORN, JON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18979925 | FLUID DISTRIBUTOR VALVE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSOR | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18621406 | EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS LEAK CHECK MODULE WITH PROPORTIONAL SOLENOID VALVE | MERCADO, ALEXANDER A | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18539422 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION VALVE HOUSING AND SEAL ARRANGEMENT | SCHERMERHORN, JON | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18380461 | TRAILER TOW CONNECTOR WITH LIGHT AND MAGNETIC GUIDE | DINH, PHUONG K | 2831 | §102 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialGhsp Control Devices Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Nicole Gardner has the most, with 1 of Ghsp Control Devices Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
