Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Gree Electric Appliances Inc. Of Zhuhai

7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
2
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
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

3
Hard (43%)
3
Medium (43%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only1 (14%)
§102 only2 (29%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
4
Business / Other
57% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MANCHO, RONNIE M 1 75.9% +2.1%
PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C 1 79.2% +21.3%
CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE 1 76.8% +21.7%
RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND 1 58.5% +59.0%
SUN, GEORGE 1 69.2% +33.9%
EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1 100.0% +0.0%
PEO, KARA M 1 42.2% +39.6%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18916580 ROOM AREA ACQUISITION METHOD, AIR CONDITIONER OUTDOOR UNIT CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM MANCHO, RONNIE M
18739886 DIRT TREATMENT APPARATUS, CLEANING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CLEANING DEVICE RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND
18691825 HUMIDIFYING APPARATUS EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18711419 Airbag Assembly, Mattress and Bed SUN, GEORGE 41d
18838144 Method for Adjusting Electric Power Demand Response and Computer Device PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C
18725628 Air Conditioner Control System and Control Method CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE
18739886 DIRT TREATMENT APPARATUS, CLEANING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CLEANING DEVICE RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND
18042287 WATER SOFTENER, HUMIDIFIER BASE, AND HUMIDIFIER PEO, KARA M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3673 1
1776 1
1777 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18838144 Method for Adjusting Electric Power Demand Response and Computer Device PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18725628 Air Conditioner Control System and Control Method CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18739886 DIRT TREATMENT APPARATUS, CLEANING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CLEANING DEVICE RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18711419 Airbag Assembly, Mattress and Bed SUN, GEORGE 3673 §102 Final Rejection 41d Pending May 17, 2024
18691825 HUMIDIFYING APPARATUS EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU 1776 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18042287 WATER SOFTENER, HUMIDIFIER BASE, AND HUMIDIFIER PEO, KARA M 1777 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2023

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