Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
Gree Electric Appliances Inc. Of Zhuhai is currently managing 3 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, indicating that each active application is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution suggests a decentralized approach to the company's current prosecution matters.
The portfolio is concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, which shows a very specific technical focus for all 3 pending office actions despite the involvement of different examiners. MA, KUN KAI is the busiest examiner for the company, currently handling 1 pending office action. Since all 3 distinct examiners are each responsible for 1 pending office action, the company's workload is evenly split among them. The fact that 3 pending office actions are all within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's materials-related innovations are being evaluated against a consistent set of technical standards, even as they are reviewed by 3 different people.
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%) |
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA, KUN KAI | 1 | 79.3% | +12.9% |
| MANCHO, RONNIE M | 1 | 76.0% | +2.2% |
| BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 62.4% | +28.9% |
| PEO, KARA M | 1 | 42.5% | +37.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTI-MODULE WATER CHILLING UNIT | MA, KUN KAI | — |
| 18916580 | ROOM AREA ACQUISITION METHOD, AIR CONDITIONER OUTDOOR UNIT CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM | MANCHO, RONNIE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18881168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTI-MODULE WATER CHILLING UNIT | MA, KUN KAI | — |
| 18727320 | SELF-STARTING SYNCHRONOUS RELUCTANCE COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE SYSTEM | BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | — |
| 18042287 | WATER SOFTENER, HUMIDIFIER BASE, AND HUMIDIFIER | PEO, KARA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18881168 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MULTI-MODULE WATER CHILLING UNIT | MA, KUN KAI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18916580 | ROOM AREA ACQUISITION METHOD, AIR CONDITIONER OUTDOOR UNIT CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM | MANCHO, RONNIE M | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18727320 | SELF-STARTING SYNCHRONOUS RELUCTANCE COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE SYSTEM | BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18042287 | WATER SOFTENER, HUMIDIFIER BASE, AND HUMIDIFIER | PEO, KARA M | 1777 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2023 |
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