Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lennox Industries Inc. manages 7 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 7 actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending matter is under review by a different individual. The prosecution spans 3 distinct art units, showing a range of technical classifications for the company's applications within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
The busiest examiner, BRADFORD, JONATHAN, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 action is part of the total 7 pending office actions for the portfolio. With 7 distinct examiners for the actions, the workload is perfectly distributed, with each examiner handling exactly 1 action. This distribution across 3 distinct art units suggests a decentralized approach to the company's current patent office interactions involving its 7 pending office actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (17%) |
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADFORD, JONATHAN | 1 | 76.1% | +21.3% |
| GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 1 | 63.5% | +34.9% |
| MA, KUN KAI | 1 | 79.3% | +12.9% |
| SHARMIN, ANZUMAN | 1 | 79.0% | +31.8% |
| AUNG, SAN M | 1 | 77.7% | +20.4% |
| BHAT, ADITYA S | 1 | 81.1% | +10.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFROSTING OUTDOOR COILS IN REVERSIBLE ROOFTOP UNITS | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | — |
| 19007238 | SOUND-BASED MOTOR DIAGNOSTICS FOR A CONDENSING UNIT | MA, KUN KAI | — |
| 18299302 | Diagnostics of indoor unit of HVAC system based on sound signatures | BHAT, ADITYA S | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18521775 | Vibration reduction in refrigerant pipes of an HVAC system using a tuned mass damper | AUNG, SAN M | 71d |
| 19070003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A REFRIGERANT LEAK IN MULTIPLE REFRIGERATION CIRCUITS WITH ONE OR MORE COMPRESSORS | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | — |
| 19052455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFROSTING OUTDOOR COILS IN REVERSIBLE ROOFTOP UNITS | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | — |
| 19007238 | SOUND-BASED MOTOR DIAGNOSTICS FOR A CONDENSING UNIT | MA, KUN KAI | — |
| 18816985 | OCCUPANCY TRACKING USING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION | SHARMIN, ANZUMAN | — |
| 18299302 | Diagnostics of indoor unit of HVAC system based on sound signatures | BHAT, ADITYA S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19070003 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A REFRIGERANT LEAK IN MULTIPLE REFRIGERATION CIRCUITS WITH ONE OR MORE COMPRESSORS | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19052455 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEFROSTING OUTDOOR COILS IN REVERSIBLE ROOFTOP UNITS | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19007238 | SOUND-BASED MOTOR DIAGNOSTICS FOR A CONDENSING UNIT | MA, KUN KAI | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18816985 | OCCUPANCY TRACKING USING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION | SHARMIN, ANZUMAN | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18521775 | Vibration reduction in refrigerant pipes of an HVAC system using a tuned mass damper | AUNG, SAN M | 3616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18299302 | Diagnostics of indoor unit of HVAC system based on sound signatures | BHAT, ADITYA S | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
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