Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co. Ltd.

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units, creating a distributed portfolio with some shared technical-group structure.

DANGOL, ASHESH is the busiest examiner and handles 1 pending matter. Since the examiner assignments are spread across the portfolio, counsel should track each response separately while using the shared art-unit information to identify recurring examination themes.

The difference between examiner coverage and art-unit coverage suggests that multiple examiners may be working within overlapping technical classifications. A coordinated claim strategy can promote consistency, but each amendment should remain tied to the particular examiner's objections and record.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

5
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DANGOL, ASHESH 1 69.6% +51.5%
LIU, CHRIS Q 1 68.7% +39.3%
KERR, ELIZABETH M 1 64.8% +27.9%
ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH 1 0.0% +0.0%
AMAR, MARC J 1 75.2% +37.9%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18145914 Overturnable Dual-purpose Multifunctional Air Fryer AMAR, MARC J 72d
18604304 FRYER PLATE, FRYER BASKET ASSEMBLY, AND AIR FRYER DANGOL, ASHESH —
18229325 FRYING BASKET WITH DETACHABLE HANDLE AND AIR FRYER LIU, CHRIS Q —
18275495 AIR FRYER WITH TRANSPARENT WINDOW KERR, ELIZABETH M —
18113185 Frying Basket Assembly Having Separated Handle, and Air Fryer ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18145914 Overturnable Dual-purpose Multifunctional Air Fryer AMAR, MARC J 72d
18604304 FRYER PLATE, FRYER BASKET ASSEMBLY, AND AIR FRYER DANGOL, ASHESH —
18229325 FRYING BASKET WITH DETACHABLE HANDLE AND AIR FRYER LIU, CHRIS Q —
18275495 AIR FRYER WITH TRANSPARENT WINDOW KERR, ELIZABETH M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3761 3
3642 1
3741 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18604304 FRYER PLATE, FRYER BASKET ASSEMBLY, AND AIR FRYER DANGOL, ASHESH 3642 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18229325 FRYING BASKET WITH DETACHABLE HANDLE AND AIR FRYER LIU, CHRIS Q 3761 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 02, 2023
18275495 AIR FRYER WITH TRANSPARENT WINDOW KERR, ELIZABETH M 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 02, 2023
18113185 Frying Basket Assembly Having Separated Handle, and Air Fryer ULATOWSKI, EMMA ELIZABETH 3761 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 23, 2023
18145914 Overturnable Dual-purpose Multifunctional Air Fryer AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Dec 23, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co. Ltd. have?

Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co. Ltd. applications?

Ashesh Dangol has the most, with 1 of Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Ningbo Careline Electric Appliance Co. Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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