Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
GRUNDFOS Holding A/S manages 8 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 8 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. The one-to-one ratio of 8 distinct examiners to 8 pending office actions indicates that no examiner is currently handling more than one matter for the company. This lack of examiner overlap requires a unique strategy for each individual application within the portfolio.
LAMBERT, WAYNE A is identified as the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This 1 pending office action is part of the 8 pending office actions that make up the company's active prosecution in the medical and mechanical fields. The 5 distinct art units involved suggest that while the technology is categorized under Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering, the specific filings are spread across several specialized technical groups. Practitioners should be prepared to navigate 5 distinct art unit environments for these 8 pending office actions. The distribution of 8 distinct examiners across 5 distinct art units suggests that prosecution is decentralized, requiring tailored arguments for each examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 3 (38%) |
| §103 only | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMBERT, WAYNE A | 1 | 62.1% | +23.4% |
| LIN, JASON | 1 | 72.8% | +23.5% |
| BOLDUC, DAVID J | 1 | 84.5% | +6.8% |
| HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 1 | 63.7% | +40.4% |
| TIMILSINA, SHARAD | 1 | 74.4% | +11.1% |
| DUNN, DARRIN D | 1 | 75.3% | +24.2% |
| FREAY, CHARLES GRANT | 1 | 77.0% | +30.5% |
| ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 1 | 82.9% | +17.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718882 | INTEGRATED ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE AND DRY RUNNER CENTRIFUGAL PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH SUCH AN INTEGRATED ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 149d overdue |
| 18037366 | A PUMP MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING A CURRENT OPERATING STATE OF A PUMP SYSTEM WITH ONE OR MORE FAULT SCENARIOS | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 44d overdue |
| 18869792 | ENERGY OPTIMIZATION OF A HEAT TRANSPORT SYSTEM | LIN, JASON | — |
| 18844879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEAKAGE DETECTION IN A FLUID SYSTEM | BOLDUC, DAVID J | — |
| 18716469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING HYDRAULIC SHOCK | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | — |
| 18611877 | PUMP UNIT | DUNN, DARRIN D | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18718882 | INTEGRATED ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE AND DRY RUNNER CENTRIFUGAL PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH SUCH AN INTEGRATED ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 149d overdue |
| 18037366 | A PUMP MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING A CURRENT OPERATING STATE OF A PUMP SYSTEM WITH ONE OR MORE FAULT SCENARIOS | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 44d overdue |
| 18688104 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONAL VIBRATIONS OF A PUMP OR PUMP ASSEMBLY | FREAY, CHARLES GRANT | 9d overdue |
| 19139932 | A VOLUTE MODULE | LAMBERT, WAYNE A | — |
| 18869792 | ENERGY OPTIMIZATION OF A HEAT TRANSPORT SYSTEM | LIN, JASON | — |
| 18716469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING HYDRAULIC SHOCK | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | — |
| 18611877 | PUMP UNIT | DUNN, DARRIN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19139932 | A VOLUTE MODULE | LAMBERT, WAYNE A | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 18869792 | ENERGY OPTIMIZATION OF A HEAT TRANSPORT SYSTEM | LIN, JASON | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18844879 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEAKAGE DETECTION IN A FLUID SYSTEM | BOLDUC, DAVID J | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18718882 | INTEGRATED ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE AND DRY RUNNER CENTRIFUGAL PUMP ASSEMBLY WITH SUCH AN INTEGRATED ELECTRIC MOTOR DRIVE | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 3746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 149d overdue | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18716469 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING HYDRAULIC SHOCK | TIMILSINA, SHARAD | 2853 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18611877 | PUMP UNIT | DUNN, DARRIN D | 2117 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18688104 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONAL VIBRATIONS OF A PUMP OR PUMP ASSEMBLY | FREAY, CHARLES GRANT | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18037366 | A PUMP MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING A CURRENT OPERATING STATE OF A PUMP SYSTEM WITH ONE OR MORE FAULT SCENARIOS | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 2857 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | May 17, 2023 |
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