Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
18 pending office actions • 10 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 89 patents granted in the last 365 days
Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd. is currently managing 17 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 15 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units. This suggests that the company has actions concentrated in a relatively small number of art units compared to the 15 distinct examiners.
The busiest examiner, CHAUDHRI, OMAIR, is responsible for 2 pending office actions. This busiest examiner pending count of 2 indicates that the workload is distributed across the 15 distinct examiners. No single examiner manages a large portion of the 17 pending office actions, requiring the company to manage individual examiner relationships.
With 9 distinct art units involved, the prosecution strategy must account for the different internal cultures of these groups. The presence of 15 distinct examiners for 17 actions means that examiners are handling a limited number of cases for the company. This lack of concentration at the examiner level may limit the ability to leverage consistent examiner-specific patterns across the portfolio.
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 | 4 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (6%) |
| §112 only | 3 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (56%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | 2 | 65.9% | +22.7% |
| CORMIER, DAVID G | 2 | 64.4% | +28.8% |
| CARY, KELSEY E | 1 | 75.0% | +24.9% |
| PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | 1 | 47.6% | +49.6% |
| PHILLIPS, FORREST M | 1 | 83.2% | +14.2% |
| GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 1 | 63.5% | +34.9% |
| EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | 1 | 92.3% | +0.0% |
| DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 1 | 65.0% | +31.5% |
| NORTON, JENNIFER L | 1 | 49.8% | +2.5% |
| RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | 1 | 55.3% | +21.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18713499 | MUFFLING DEVICE AND REFRIGERATING AND FREEZING APPARATUS | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697453 | REFRIGERATOR WITH HEAT DISSIPATION COMPARTMENT AT BOOTOM | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 4d overdue |
| 18270453 | REFRIGERATOR WITH FREEZING STORAGE DEVICE | JENNISON, BRIAN W | 14d |
| 19109829 | WASHING ASSEMBLY AND WASHING DEVICE | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | — |
| 19099154 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS | CORMIER, DAVID G | — |
| 18730945 | FOAM LOCAL CLEANING DEVICE AND WASHING MACHINE | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | — |
| 18714136 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | — |
| 18695165 | SPARKLING WATER MIXING ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | — |
| 18291768 | CONNECTING PIPELINE OF EVAPORATOR, EVAPORATOR AND REFRIGERATOR | SULLENS, TAVIA L | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697453 | REFRIGERATOR WITH HEAT DISSIPATION COMPARTMENT AT BOOTOM | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 4d overdue |
| 19155250 | POWER DEVICE FOR DUAL WATER PATHS AND WASHING APPARATUS | CARY, KELSEY E | — |
| 19109829 | WASHING ASSEMBLY AND WASHING DEVICE | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | — |
| 19099154 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS | CORMIER, DAVID G | — |
| 19099133 | CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS | CORMIER, DAVID G | — |
| 18730945 | FOAM LOCAL CLEANING DEVICE AND WASHING MACHINE | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | — |
| 18714136 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | — |
| 18713499 | MUFFLING DEVICE AND REFRIGERATING AND FREEZING APPARATUS | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| 3761 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 3798 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19155250 | POWER DEVICE FOR DUAL WATER PATHS AND WASHING APPARATUS | CARY, KELSEY E | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2025 |
| 19109829 | WASHING ASSEMBLY AND WASHING DEVICE | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19099154 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS | CORMIER, DAVID G | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19099133 | CLOTHES TREATMENT APPARATUS | CORMIER, DAVID G | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 18730945 | FOAM LOCAL CLEANING DEVICE AND WASHING MACHINE | CHAUDHRI, OMAIR | 1711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18714136 | LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPARATUS | PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18713499 | MUFFLING DEVICE AND REFRIGERATING AND FREEZING APPARATUS | PHILLIPS, FORREST M | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18697453 | REFRIGERATOR WITH HEAT DISSIPATION COMPARTMENT AT BOOTOM | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18695165 | SPARKLING WATER MIXING ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME | EZELUOMBA, MIRIAM NCHEKWUBECHU | 1776 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18690546 | REFRIGERATOR CONTROL METHOD | DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18586170 | CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE | NORTON, JENNIFER L | 2117 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18682860 | FRESH-KEEPING STORAGE CONTAINER FOR REFRIGERATOR AND REFRIGERATOR | RAYMOND, KEITH MICHAEL | 3798 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18682788 | MAGNETIC FIELD-BASED FRESH-KEEPING STORAGE CONTAINER AND REFRIGERATOR | DANGOL, ASHESH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2024 |
| 18291768 | CONNECTING PIPELINE OF EVAPORATOR, EVAPORATOR AND REFRIGERATOR | SULLENS, TAVIA L | 3763 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18574639 | INSULATION PANEL, PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR AND REFRIGERATOR | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18270453 | REFRIGERATOR WITH FREEZING STORAGE DEVICE | JENNISON, BRIAN W | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jun 29, 2023 |
| 18246562 | MICROFLUIDIC TESTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND REFRIGERATOR | WHITE, DENNIS MICHAEL | 1758 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17783048 | CONTROL METHOD FOR HEATING DEVICE, AND HEATING DEVICE | MILLS JR., JOE E | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2022 |
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