Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Munters Europe Aktiebolag

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 1 27.6% +21.4%
BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 1 63.4% +40.4%
JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 1 76.0% +24.9%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18524223 ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF GENERATING THE ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2d overdue
18557451 AN AIR TREATMENT ELEMENT, AN AIR TREATMENT UNIT AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE AIR TREATMENT ELEMENT JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 14d
18806968 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTING AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF TRAINING MODELS USED IN THESE SYSTEMS AND METHODS SULLIVAN, THOMAS J

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18524223 ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF GENERATING THE ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2d overdue
18557451 AN AIR TREATMENT ELEMENT, AN AIR TREATMENT UNIT AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE AIR TREATMENT ELEMENT JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 14d
18806968 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTING AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF TRAINING MODELS USED IN THESE SYSTEMS AND METHODS SULLIVAN, THOMAS J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3689 1
2858 1
1776 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18806968 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SELECTING AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF TRAINING MODELS USED IN THESE SYSTEMS AND METHODS SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 3689 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18524223 ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL FOR AN AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF GENERATING THE ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18557451 AN AIR TREATMENT ELEMENT, AN AIR TREATMENT UNIT AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE AIR TREATMENT ELEMENT JONES, CHRISTOPHER P 1776 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 26, 2023

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