Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc.

Portfolio Summary

67

Total Pending OAs

36

Non-Final OAs

6

Final Rejections

25

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

31

Overdue

2

Due this week

10

Due this month

14

Due in next 60 days

8

Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (31)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (14)Due later (8)

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.

1

Hard (1%)

60

Medium (90%)

2

Easy (3%)

4

Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (1%)
§103 only	52 (78%)
§102 only	7 (10%)
§112 only	2 (3%)
Double-patenting + other	1 (1%)
No statute on record	4 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

20

Life Sciences

30% of docket

3

Information Tech

4% of docket

1

Communications

1% of docket

3

Semiconductors

4% of docket

40

Mechanical / Eng

60% of docket

0

Business / Other

0% 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.

670 h

Manual time on pending OAs

134 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

234 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

5.9 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
CORMIER, DAVID G	4	64.0%	+29.0%
MARTIN, ELIZABETH J	3	78.6%	+21.1%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	3	55.4%	+15.6%
TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN	2	82.6%	+7.6%
OSTERHOUT, BENJAMIN LEE	2	81.7%	-23.2%
WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S	2	69.9%	+19.6%
SHAHINIAN, LEVON J	2	85.3%	-6.9%
OSWALD, KIRSTIN U	2	58.7%	+32.2%
ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R	2	48.5%	+18.7%
BABAA, NAEL N	2	77.0%	+4.0%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18582213	FLUID CIRCULATION SYSTEM WITH A FILTER ELEMENT IN A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE	OSTERHOUT, BENJAMIN LEE	81d overdue
18440392	FRONT ACCESS PANEL FOR AN ENERGY RECOVERY VENTILATOR OF AN AIR CONDITIONING APPLIANCE	TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN	71d overdue
18737285	DISHWASHING APPLIANCE SOUND INSULATION	OSTERHOUT, BENJAMIN LEE	1d overdue
18806267	APPLIANCE ICE MAKING ASSEMBLY	TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN	23d
18650637	LAUNDRY APPLIANCES PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS	SHAHINIAN, LEVON J	28d
18439108	DISHWASHING APPLIANCE WITH COLOR MATCHING SOUND INSULATION	SHAHINIAN, LEVON J	84d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18668992	LAUNDRY APPLIANCE TRANSACTION METHODS	MISIASZEK, MICHAEL	34d

Interview Candidates (16)

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
18499406	SIDE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY WITHIN A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE	WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S	171d overdue
18314538	SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-CHANNEL CONDUITS IN DISHWASHER APPLIANCES	CORMIER, DAVID G	162d overdue
18466304	INDICATOR LIGHTS IN STAND-ALONE ICE MAKING APPLIANCE	OSWALD, KIRSTIN U	125d overdue
18585200	DISPENSER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN OPEN CHANNEL LINE PURGE	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	112d overdue
18590201	DISHWASHER APPLIANCE INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE INPUT MEANS	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	111d overdue
18442697	DESCALE TANK FOR STAND-ALONE ICE MAKING APPLIANCE	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	107d overdue
18413880	REVERSING VALVE WITH INTEGRATED HEAT EXCHANGER AND BYPASS	OSWALD, KIRSTIN U	72d overdue
18410489	TEMPERATURE REGULATING FEATURES FOR A REFRIGERATOR ICEBOX	ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R	70d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
3763	15
1711	12
3761	7
3762	5
3637	4
1700	3
3799	3
3754	2
2654	1
2876	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18806267	APPLIANCE ICE MAKING ASSEMBLY	TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	23d	Pending	Aug 15, 2024
18790869	CONVERSATIONAL CONTROL OF AN APPLIANCE	TENGBUMROONG, NATHAN NARA	2654	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Jul 31, 2024
18787105	CONSUMER APPLIANCE DISPLAY PANELS AND METHODS OF LOW-POWER OPERATION	HABIB, ASIFA	2876	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Jul 29, 2024
18781327	LOCATOR RAIL FOR APPLIANCE DOOR HINGE	ROERSMA, ANDREW MARK	3637	§102	Non-Final OA	24d overdue	Pending	Jul 23, 2024
18760993	LAUNDRY APPLIANCE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SUCH ASSEMBLIES	CHAUDHRI, OMAIR	1711	§102	Non-Final OA	55d	Pending	Jul 01, 2024
18737285	DISHWASHING APPLIANCE SOUND INSULATION	OSTERHOUT, BENJAMIN LEE	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	1d overdue	Pending	Jun 07, 2024
18735557	BIN ASSEMBLY FOR A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE	WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S	3637	—	Non-Final OA	84d	Pending	Jun 06, 2024
18734558	REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR OPERATION	MARTIN, ELIZABETH J	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Jun 05, 2024
18668955	ICE MAKER APPLIANCE WITH ADDITIVE CONCENTRATION CONTROL	MARTIN, ELIZABETH J	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	May 20, 2024
18669082	POWER TAKE OFF PASTA EXTRUDER ATTACHMENT FOR A STAND MIXER APPLIANCE	MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD	1754	§103	Final Rejection	55d	Pending	May 20, 2024
18668992	LAUNDRY APPLIANCE TRANSACTION METHODS	MISIASZEK, MICHAEL	3688	§101	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	May 20, 2024
18650637	LAUNDRY APPLIANCES PAYMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS	SHAHINIAN, LEVON J	1711	§102	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Apr 30, 2024
18641563	APPLIANCE AND CAMERA BASED USER INTERFACE	NGUYEN, CAO H	2171	§103	Non-Final OA	72d	Pending	Apr 22, 2024
18639453	LAYERED ICE MAKER APPLIANCE	BAUER, CASSEY D	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Apr 18, 2024
18638316	METHOD OF OPERATING A DISPENSING ASSEMBLY OF A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE	MELARAGNO, MICHAEL	3754	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Apr 17, 2024
18632907	REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE CHILLED AIR SYSTEM	MARTIN, ELIZABETH J	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Apr 11, 2024
18620220	HANDLE ASSEMBLY FOR AN APPLIANCE DOOR	MORGAN, EMILY M	3677	§103	Non-Final OA	120d overdue	Pending	Mar 28, 2024
18615727	REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE HAVING A SEALED SYSTEM WITH SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT FEATURES AND METHODS OF OPERATION	VAZQUEZ, ANA M	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Mar 25, 2024
18610906	AIR CONDITIONER UNITS AND METHODS FOR COLD-WEATHER MITIGATION	TRPISOVSKY, JOSEPH F	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	120d overdue	Pending	Mar 20, 2024
18598165	APPLIANCE ICE MAKING ASSEMBLY	ZEC, FILIP	3763	§102	Non-Final OA	21d	Pending	Mar 07, 2024
18596169	METHOD OF SENSING LOAD IMBALANCES IN A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE	DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L	2855	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Mar 05, 2024
18590201	DISHWASHER APPLIANCE INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE INPUT MEANS	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	1700	§103	Non-Final OA	111d overdue	Pending	Feb 28, 2024
18585200	DISPENSER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN OPEN CHANNEL LINE PURGE	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	1700	§103	Non-Final OA	112d overdue	Pending	Feb 23, 2024
18582213	FLUID CIRCULATION SYSTEM WITH A FILTER ELEMENT IN A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE	OSTERHOUT, BENJAMIN LEE	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	81d overdue	Pending	Feb 20, 2024
18442697	DESCALE TANK FOR STAND-ALONE ICE MAKING APPLIANCE	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	1700	§103	Non-Final OA	107d overdue	Pending	Feb 15, 2024
18440428	USER-ACTIVATED DISH STATUS SIGNALING FOR A DISHWASHER APPLIANCE	LEE, DOUGLAS	1714	§103	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Feb 13, 2024
18440392	FRONT ACCESS PANEL FOR AN ENERGY RECOVERY VENTILATOR OF AN AIR CONDITIONING APPLIANCE	TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	71d overdue	Pending	Feb 13, 2024
18439108	DISHWASHING APPLIANCE WITH COLOR MATCHING SOUND INSULATION	SHAHINIAN, LEVON J	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	84d	Pending	Feb 12, 2024
18427233	PRESENCE-RESPONSIVE REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE AND FLUID DISPENSER	ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK	3754	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Jan 30, 2024
18419112	DISPENSER ASSEMBLY FOR STAND-ALONE ICE MAKING APPLIANCE	DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	133d overdue	Pending	Jan 22, 2024
18415899	OVEN APPLIANCE WITH FLAME PROVING	NGUYEN, NGOC T	3799	§103	Non-Final OA	46d	Pending	Jan 18, 2024
18413880	REVERSING VALVE WITH INTEGRATED HEAT EXCHANGER AND BYPASS	OSWALD, KIRSTIN U	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	72d overdue	Pending	Jan 16, 2024
18410489	TEMPERATURE REGULATING FEATURES FOR A REFRIGERATOR ICEBOX	ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R	3799	§103	Non-Final OA	70d overdue	Pending	Jan 11, 2024
18402250	AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM LEAK MITIGATION	BABAA, NAEL N	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	4d overdue	Pending	Jan 02, 2024
18529629	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE MONITORING AND CONTROL OF HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES	BARNES-BULLOCK, CRYSTAL JOY	2117	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Dec 05, 2023
18523302	WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM FOR A REFRIGERATOR	ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R	3799	§103	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	Nov 29, 2023
18516540	INWARD FIRED RADIAL GAS BURNER ASSEMBLY AND COOKTOP APPLIANCE	JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W	3762	§103	Non-Final OA	5d overdue	Pending	Nov 21, 2023
18499406	SIDE SUPPORT ASSEMBLY WITHIN A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE	WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S	3637	—	Non-Final OA	171d overdue	Pending	Nov 01, 2023
18480111	WATER HEATER APPLIANCE AND HEAT TRANSFER ASSEMBLY	BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY	3762	DPOther	Non-Final OA	76d	Pending	Oct 03, 2023
18477196	DETECTING A PRESENCE OF CHLORINE BLEACH DURING A WASH CYCLE OF A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE	CORMIER, DAVID G	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Sep 28, 2023
18469815	REMOVABLE MULTI-ZONE GRIDDLE FOR A COOKTOP APPLIANCE	WEINERT, WILLIAM C	3762	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Sep 19, 2023
18469803	REMOVABLE MULTI-ZONE GRIDDLE FOR A COOKTOP APPLIANCE	BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL	3746	§103	Non-Final OA	17d overdue	Pending	Sep 19, 2023
18466304	INDICATOR LIGHTS IN STAND-ALONE ICE MAKING APPLIANCE	OSWALD, KIRSTIN U	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	125d overdue	Pending	Sep 13, 2023
18458740	WASHING MACHINE FLUID SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS USING SOUND SIGNALS	LEE, KEVIN G	1711	§102	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Aug 30, 2023
18456278	TOP LOAD WASHER SPINNING WITH WATER	CORMIER, DAVID G	1711	§112	Final Rejection	50d	Pending	Aug 25, 2023
18450170	METHOD FOR REPLACING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS MODULE IN AN APPLIANCE	PATEL, HARESH N	2496	§103	Non-Final OA	147d overdue	Pending	Aug 15, 2023
18448828	AIR CONDITIONER WITH CROSS-OVER REFRIGERANT FLOW	BABAA, NAEL N	3763	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Aug 11, 2023
18359314	CLEANABLE WHISK ATTACHMENTS FOR STAND MIXER APPLIANCES	BHATIA, ANSHU	1774	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Jul 26, 2023
18357325	LAUNDRY APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF MOTION-BASED DRYING DETECTION	BELL, SPENCER E	1711	§103	Final Rejection	75d	Pending	Jul 24, 2023
18357337	OVEN APPLIANCES AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE STATE PREDICTIONS	LEFF, STEVEN N	1792	§103	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Jul 24, 2023
18356068	LAUNDRY TREATMENT APPLIANCE AND WASHING CYCLE FOR ICE HOCKEY EQUIPMENT	CORMIER, DAVID G	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	38d overdue	Pending	Jul 20, 2023
18339518	REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE AND WATER FILTER ASSEMBLY	GAYE, SAMBA NMN	3763	§103	Final Rejection	40d	Pending	Jun 22, 2023
18330406	ARTICULATING DOOR LATCH FOR A BUILT-IN ICEBOX	TRAN, HANH VAN	3637	§103	Non-Final OA	209d overdue	Pending	Jun 07, 2023
18326581	APPLIANCE PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION BASED ON CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OUTPUT	BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER	2858	§112	Final Rejection	9d	Pending	May 31, 2023
18314538	SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-CHANNEL CONDUITS IN DISHWASHER APPLIANCES	CORMIER, DAVID G	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	162d overdue	Pending	May 09, 2023
18300876	REMOVABLE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HEATING COIL OR COOKTOP	WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	77d	Pending	Apr 14, 2023
18300893	COOKTOP APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF BURNER LEVEL RESPONSE	QUANDT, MICHAEL M	3745	§102	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Apr 14, 2023
18119064	ADJUSTING A COOKING CYCLE ACCORDING TO THERMAL ATTRIBUTES OF COOKWARE ITEMS	TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN	3761	Other	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	Pending	Mar 08, 2023
18177483	WASHING MACHINE WITH ADAPTIVE ONE-STEP WASH AND DRY CYCLE	LEE, KEVIN G	1711	§103	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Mar 02, 2023
18168913	WATER FILTRATION ASSEMBLY WITH ENHANCED CONTAMINANT REDUCTION PERFORMANCE	HUANG, RYAN	1777	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Feb 14, 2023
18163634	COOKING ACCESSORY PLUG INCLUDING ONE OR MORE UNIQUE RESISTIVE VALUES	CHAMBERS, JOHN MICHAEL	3761	Other	Non-Final OA	40d	Pending	Feb 02, 2023
18097855	COOKTOP APPLIANCE HAVING A REMOVABLE GRIDDLE ASSEMBLY AND TEMPERATURE PROBE THEREFOR	BURNS, KRISTINA BABINSKI	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	62d	Pending	Jan 17, 2023
18094098	COOKTOP APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF BURNER OR UTENSIL DETECTION	WANG, FRANKLIN JEFFERSON	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	35d overdue	Pending	Jan 06, 2023
17965321	METHOD FOR SCHEDULING AND EXECUTING A WARMUP CYCLE IN A DRYER APPLIANCE	TREMARCHE, CONNOR J.	3762	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	Pending	Oct 13, 2022
17896225	HEAT PUMP LAUNDRY APPLIANCE WITH MULTI-PASS HEAT EXCHANGER	NGUYEN, BAO D	3762	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Aug 26, 2022
17882904	AIR CONDITIONER UNITS AND HEATING ELEMENTS THEREOF	LEE JR, WOODY A	3761	§103	Non-Final OA	—	Pending	Aug 08, 2022
17829418	METHODS FOR POWER LEVEL TRANSITIONING IN APPLIANCES	ECKARDT, ADAM MICHAEL	3761	§102	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	Jun 01, 2022

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