Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
16 pending office actions • 5 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kyungdong Navien Co., Ltd. has 16 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed among 13 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This volume of 16 pending office actions represents a significant active portfolio. The involvement of 5 distinct art units suggests that the company's mechanical innovations span several specialized examination groups within the patent office.
Keith Stanley Myers is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 2 pending office actions. With 13 distinct examiners involved, the prosecution workload is widely distributed, though some examiners handle multiple matters. This decentralized structure means that the company is receiving feedback from a large group of 13 distinct examiners. The presence of 16 pending office actions indicates a robust and active engagement with the patent office. Practitioners should manage these matters across the 5 distinct art units, noting that the majority of examiners are handling only a single action each, while the busiest examiner manages 2. This broad engagement across multiple examiners and art units suggests a varied prosecution experience for the company's mechanical engineering portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 3 (19%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 2 | 52.8% | +18.3% |
| BAUER, CASSEY D | 2 | 74.7% | +16.3% |
| WILSON, GREGORY A | 2 | 81.8% | +6.9% |
| CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 1 | 78.5% | +22.8% |
| SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | 1 | 75.0% | +33.3% |
| VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | 1 | 79.6% | +13.6% |
| WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | 1 | 74.8% | +28.5% |
| RUBY, TRAVIS C | 1 | 53.9% | +27.4% |
| VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 1 | 66.7% | +18.9% |
| SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 1 | 57.3% | +22.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18725157 | WATER HEATER | WILSON, GREGORY A | — |
| 18752073 | HEAT EXCHANGER UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WILSON, GREGORY A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17414494 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION ELECTRODE,COMPOSITE CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION ELECTRODE, AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF | KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT | 50d overdue |
| 18719079 | FINS AND HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING SAME | RUBY, TRAVIS C | 34d |
| 19042251 | DEVICE FOR PREVENTING BREAKAGE OF DIAPHRAGM FOR NORMAL-OPEN SOLENOID VALVE | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | — |
| 19003252 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY, PUMP, AND BOILER INCLUDING THE SAME | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | — |
| 19002176 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATER SUPPLY MODULE USED THEREIN | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 19002157 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATER SUPPLY MODULE USED THEREIN | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 18965117 | WATER HEATER | BAUER, CASSEY D | — |
| 18965143 | WATER HEATER | BAUER, CASSEY D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18210254 | AIR HEATING APPARATUS | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 21d |
| 18719079 | FINS AND HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING SAME | RUBY, TRAVIS C | 34d |
| 18476755 | FLEXIBLE TANK | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 34d |
| 19042251 | DEVICE FOR PREVENTING BREAKAGE OF DIAPHRAGM FOR NORMAL-OPEN SOLENOID VALVE | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | — |
| 19003252 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY, PUMP, AND BOILER INCLUDING THE SAME | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | — |
| 19002176 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATER SUPPLY MODULE USED THEREIN | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 19002157 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATER SUPPLY MODULE USED THEREIN | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 18877361 | RECIRCULATION VALVE | VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3753 | 2 |
| 3762 | 2 |
| 3763 | 2 |
| 1795 | 2 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19042251 | DEVICE FOR PREVENTING BREAKAGE OF DIAPHRAGM FOR NORMAL-OPEN SOLENOID VALVE | CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19003252 | MOTOR ASSEMBLY, PUMP, AND BOILER INCLUDING THE SAME | SCHLAK, DANIEL KEITH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 19002176 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATER SUPPLY MODULE USED THEREIN | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 19002157 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WATER SUPPLY MODULE USED THEREIN | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18877361 | RECIRCULATION VALVE | VENKATESAN, UMASHANKAR | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18965117 | WATER HEATER | BAUER, CASSEY D | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18965143 | WATER HEATER | BAUER, CASSEY D | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18725157 | WATER HEATER | WILSON, GREGORY A | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18752073 | HEAT EXCHANGER UNIT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WILSON, GREGORY A | 3762 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18746442 | HOT WATER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND HOT WATER CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | WOLFORD, KURT JOSEPH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18719079 | FINS AND HEAT EXCHANGER COMPRISING SAME | RUBY, TRAVIS C | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18476755 | FLEXIBLE TANK | VOLZ, ELIZABETH J | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18210254 | AIR HEATING APPARATUS | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18202191 | AIR HEATING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISASSEMBLING AIR HEATING APPARATUS | GIORDANO, MICHAEL JAMES | 3762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2023 |
| 17414494 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION ELECTRODE,COMPOSITE CAPACITIVE DEIONIZATION ELECTRODE, AND ASSEMBLY THEREOF | KOLTONOW, ANDREW ROBERT | 1795 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2021 |
| 17295268 | ION REMOVAL KIT | PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE | 1795 | §103 | Final Rejection | 160d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2021 |
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