Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mann+Hummel Life Sciences & Environment Holding Singapore Pte. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 4 actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners across 4 distinct art units. This one-to-one ratio between actions, examiners, and units indicates a completely fragmented prosecution landscape for the current workload. BEEBE, JOSHUA R is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since each of the 4 pending actions is assigned to a different examiner, the workload is evenly split.
The involvement of 4 distinct art units for only 4 actions suggests that each application falls into a different technical sub-specialty. Practitioners must manage 4 separate relationships with 4 different examiners. There is no opportunity to leverage experience with a single examiner or art unit across multiple pending cases in this small portfolio. The prosecution strategy for these 4 pending office actions must be entirely individualized, as the standards and preferences of 4 different examiners and 4 different art units will apply. This level of dispersion for a small portfolio requires careful attention to the specific nuances of each separate matter.
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 | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEEBE, JOSHUA R | 1 | 67.6% | +26.1% |
| LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | 1 | 66.7% | +66.7% |
| LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 1 | 83.8% | +20.0% |
| JEONG, YOUNGSUL | 1 | 71.6% | +21.7% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18823642 | VACUUM CLEANER | LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | — |
| 18817812 | FILTER ELEMENT, CARTRIDGE AND FILTER SYSTEM | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19396493 | FILTER FAN UNIT | BEEBE, JOSHUA R | — |
| 18823642 | VACUUM CLEANER | LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | — |
| 18817812 | FILTER ELEMENT, CARTRIDGE AND FILTER SYSTEM | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | — |
| 18496128 | Method for Purifying Contaminated Water | JEONG, YOUNGSUL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 1776 | 1 |
| 1772 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19396493 | FILTER FAN UNIT | BEEBE, JOSHUA R | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2025 |
| 18823642 | VACUUM CLEANER | LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18817812 | FILTER ELEMENT, CARTRIDGE AND FILTER SYSTEM | LAWRENCE JR, FRANK M | 1776 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18496128 | Method for Purifying Contaminated Water | JEONG, YOUNGSUL | 1772 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMann+Hummel Life Sciences & Environment Holding Singapore Pte. Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Joshua R Beebe has the most, with 1 of Mann+Hummel Life Sciences & Environment Holding Singapore Pte. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
