Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Hefei Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co. Ltd.

12 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

8
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (25%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
8% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
58% of docket
3
Business / Other
25% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DESAI, NAISHADH N 1 81.9% +8.8%
AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM 1 60.0% +50.0%
MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 1 78.8% +20.7%
LIN, KO-WEI 1 75.8% +20.4%
CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 1 74.7% +20.2%
HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 1 79.2% +13.5%
DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 1 63.4% +33.3%
SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 1 80.2% +26.5%
ALVARE, PAUL 1 57.7% +37.3%
LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN 1 53.8% +57.6%

Quick Wins (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18564102 HEAT DISSIPATION PLATE, HEAT DISSIPATION PLATE COMPONENT, HEAT DISSIPATION COMPONENT, ELECTRIC CONTROL BOX, AND AIR CONDITIONER SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN

Hard Cases (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18688358 AIR CHANNEL ASSEMBLY AND AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE HAVING SAME HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 163d overdue
18563910 WALL-MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONER LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN 9d overdue
18231243 Heat Exchanger, Electric Control Box and Air Conditioning System HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A 27d
18578315 COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY, AIR CONDITIONER OUTDOOR UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 33d
18850302 MOTOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE, AIR CONDITIONER INDOOR UNIT, AND AIR CONDITIONER DESAI, NAISHADH N
18888119 AIR CONDITIONER OUTDOOR UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONER MARTIN, ELIZABETH J
18610131 Air Conditioner Indoor Unit LIN, KO-WEI
18563969 DRAIN PAN AND AIR CONDITIONER ALVARE, PAUL

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18688358 AIR CHANNEL ASSEMBLY AND AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE HAVING SAME HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 163d overdue
18563910 WALL-MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONER LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN 9d overdue
18578315 COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY, AIR CONDITIONER OUTDOOR UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 33d
18848929 COUPLER, AIR CONDITIONER INDOOR UNIT, AND AIR CONDITIONER AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM
18888119 AIR CONDITIONER OUTDOOR UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONER MARTIN, ELIZABETH J
18610131 Air Conditioner Indoor Unit LIN, KO-WEI
18688754 MULTI-SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W
18564102 HEAT DISSIPATION PLATE, HEAT DISSIPATION PLATE COMPONENT, HEAT DISSIPATION COMPONENT, ELECTRIC CONTROL BOX, AND AIR CONDITIONER SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 4
2117 1
3745 1
2835 1
3762 1
3679 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18850302 MOTOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE, AIR CONDITIONER INDOOR UNIT, AND AIR CONDITIONER DESAI, NAISHADH N §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18848929 COUPLER, AIR CONDITIONER INDOOR UNIT, AND AIR CONDITIONER AIYASH, ALMUTASIM HEZAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18888119 AIR CONDITIONER OUTDOOR UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONER MARTIN, ELIZABETH J 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 17, 2024
18610131 Air Conditioner Indoor Unit LIN, KO-WEI §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2024
18688754 MULTI-SPLIT AIR CONDITIONER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CARTER, CHRISTOPHER W 2117 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 02, 2024
18688358 AIR CHANNEL ASSEMBLY AND AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE HAVING SAME HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 3745 §103§112 Non-Final OA 163d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18578315 COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY, AIR CONDITIONER OUTDOOR UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM DELEON, DARIO ANTONIO 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18564102 HEAT DISSIPATION PLATE, HEAT DISSIPATION PLATE COMPONENT, HEAT DISSIPATION COMPONENT, ELECTRIC CONTROL BOX, AND AIR CONDITIONER SUL, STEPHEN SANGJIN 2835 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18563969 DRAIN PAN AND AIR CONDITIONER ALVARE, PAUL 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2023
18563910 WALL-MOUNTED AIR CONDITIONER LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN 3762 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2023
18231243 Heat Exchanger, Electric Control Box and Air Conditioning System HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A 3763 §103§112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 07, 2023
17992807 Pipeline Connection Structure, Compressor Assembly, and Air Conditioner RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER 3679 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 22, 2022

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