Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Guangdong Arcair Appliance Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners but only 1 distinct art unit. The examiner workload is therefore distributed within a shared examination-group setting. Counsel can compare the common art-unit treatment while still preparing separate responses for each examiner.
BASICHAS, ALFRED is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The examiner handles one of the current actions rather than the full docket. A coordinated approach to device and mechanical terminology may improve consistency, but each response should remain tied to the specific claims and grounds under examination.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASICHAS, ALFRED | 1 | 72.2% | +3.9% |
| SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | 1 | 74.3% | +27.9% |
| WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 1 | 57.9% | +35.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18842261 | OIL SMOKE EXTRACTION DEVICE, AND INDUCTION HOB INTEGRATED COOKER | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | — |
| 18724225 | PURIFICATION DEVICE AND RANGE HOOD | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18842261 | OIL SMOKE EXTRACTION DEVICE, AND INDUCTION HOB INTEGRATED COOKER | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | — |
| 18724225 | PURIFICATION DEVICE AND RANGE HOOD | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18842228 | FUME EXTRACTING MECHANISM AND INDUCTION COOKER INTEGRATED STOVE | BASICHAS, ALFRED | 3762 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18842261 | OIL SMOKE EXTRACTION DEVICE, AND INDUCTION HOB INTEGRATED COOKER | SHIRSAT, VIVEK K | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18724225 | PURIFICATION DEVICE AND RANGE HOOD | WEINERT, WILLIAM C | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialGuangdong Arcair Appliance Co. Ltd. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Alfred Basichas has the most, with 1 of Guangdong Arcair Appliance Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
