Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hisense (Guangdong) Air Conditioning Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions, involving 4 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The single art unit places all listed matters within the same examination unit.
SULLENS, TAVIA L is identified as the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the examiner total matches the action total, the listed matters are distributed across separate examiners.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 1 | 68.9% | +27.4% |
| SULLENS, TAVIA L | 1 | 49.8% | +46.9% |
| MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 1 | 52.8% | +18.6% |
| MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 78.8% | +20.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19096115 | SHIELDING ASSEMBLY AND WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER ASSEMBLY | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | — |
| 19096224 | WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER | SULLENS, TAVIA L | — |
| 18811185 | DEHUMIDIFIER | MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19096115 | SHIELDING ASSEMBLY AND WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER ASSEMBLY | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | — |
| 19096224 | WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER | SULLENS, TAVIA L | — |
| 18926298 | WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 18811185 | DEHUMIDIFIER | MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19096115 | SHIELDING ASSEMBLY AND WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER ASSEMBLY | DUKE, EMMANUEL E | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19096224 | WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER | SULLENS, TAVIA L | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 18926298 | WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18811185 | DEHUMIDIFIER | MARTIN, ELIZABETH J | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHisense (Guangdong) Air Conditioning Co. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 4 examiners.
Emmanuel E Duke has the most, with 1 of Hisense (Guangdong) Air Conditioning Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
