Otis Elevator Company

Portfolio Summary

39

Total Pending OAs

26

Non-Final OAs

11

Final Rejections

2

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

21

Overdue

0

Due this week

10

Due this month

7

Due in next 60 days

1

Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 39 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (21)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (7)Due later (1)

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.

1

Hard (3%)

35

Medium (90%)

3

Easy (8%)

0

Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (3%)
§103 only	31 (79%)
§102 only	4 (10%)
§112 only	3 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

1

Life Sciences

3% of docket

1

Information Tech

3% of docket

0

Communications

0% of docket

19

Semiconductors

49% of docket

18

Mechanical / Eng

46% 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.

390 h

Manual time on pending OAs

78 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

136 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

3.4 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J	8	62.2%	+9.6%
GLASS, ERICK DAVID	5	89.4%	+7.0%
CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L	4	81.4%	+15.4%
QIN, JIANCHUN	4	69.4%	+14.0%
DHAKAL, BICKEY	3	84.0%	+16.7%
RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A	2	78.0%	+15.0%
JORGENSEN, ABBY A	2	73.6%	+16.7%
DONELS, JEFFREY	2	85.9%	+10.9%
TRUONG, MINH D	1	66.9%	+24.2%
LE, BRIAN T	1	79.3%	+30.1%

Quick Wins (13)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17825753	ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR BRAKE, ELEVATOR BRAKE AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM	DHAKAL, BICKEY	77d overdue
18070848	ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELEVATOR	DHAKAL, BICKEY	30d overdue
17990844	SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF A PERSON IN A HOISTWAY	DONELS, JEFFREY	28d overdue
17987522	SAFETY SYSTEM FOR AN ELEVATOR	GLASS, ERICK DAVID	15d overdue
17985640	GUARDRAIL SYSTEM	GLASS, ERICK DAVID	15d overdue
17984811	CONVEYANCE SYSTEM WITH REGENERATIVE DRIVE	GLASS, ERICK DAVID	15d overdue
17525124	SMOOTH BRAKING CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR BRAKE	CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L	10d overdue
18311866	DUAL MACHINE ARRANGEMENT	DHAKAL, BICKEY	3d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17120606	PASSENGER GROUPING FOR ELEVATORS	GLASS, ERICK DAVID	35d

Interview Candidates (19)

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
16950995	ELEVATOR CARS	QIN, JIANCHUN	146d overdue
17971723	DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ELEVATOR CALL REQUEST	RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A	97d overdue
17399762	ELEVATOR POSITION REFERENCE SYSTEMS AND MONITORING BUILDING SETTLEMENT USING AN ELEVATOR POSITION REFERENCE SYSTEM	QIN, JIANCHUN	86d overdue
17825753	ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR BRAKE, ELEVATOR BRAKE AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM	DHAKAL, BICKEY	77d overdue
18447494	SYSTEM FOR DETECTING BROKEN COMBPLATE TEETH OF AN ESCALATOR	JORGENSEN, ABBY A	71d overdue
18070848	ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELEVATOR	DHAKAL, BICKEY	30d overdue
17990844	SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF A PERSON IN A HOISTWAY	DONELS, JEFFREY	28d overdue
17838878	COMPONENT MISALIGNMENT SENSING	QIN, JIANCHUN	17d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
2846	10
3619	8
2837	6
3654	4
3651	4
2896	3
2479	1
1713	1
3647	1
3658	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19175382	ELEVATOR DOOR COUPLER SYSTEM	TRUONG, MINH D	3654	§103	Non-Final OA	42d	Pending	Apr 10, 2025
18970079	ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND GUIDING DEVICE THEREFOR	RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A	3654	§103	Non-Final OA	49d	Pending	Dec 05, 2024
18928549	CONTROL METHOD FOR A CONVEYOR, CORRESPONDING CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL NODE, AND CONTROL END	JORGENSEN, ABBY A	3651	§102	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Oct 28, 2024
18817997	ELEVATOR DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM	LE, BRIAN T	2479	§103	Final Rejection	55d	Pending	Aug 28, 2024
18813948	CLEANING SYSTEM AND CLEANING METHOD FOR PASSENGER CONVEYOR SYSTEM	BERGNER, ERIN FLANAGAN	1713	§102	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Aug 23, 2024
18779753	COMB PLATE FOR CONVEYOR DEVICE, AND CONVEYOR DEVICE	SINGH, KAVEL	3651	§103	Non-Final OA	19d overdue	Pending	Jul 22, 2024
18760518	ELEVATOR SUSPENSION MEMBER WITH RODENT DETERRENT ADDITIVE	SHUR, STEVEN JAMES	3647	§103	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Jul 01, 2024
18447488	ESCALATOR ENTRAPMENT DETECTION SYSTEM	AWAIS, MUHAMMAD SUMRAIZ	3651	§103	Final Rejection	67d overdue	Pending	Aug 10, 2023
18447494	SYSTEM FOR DETECTING BROKEN COMBPLATE TEETH OF AN ESCALATOR	JORGENSEN, ABBY A	3651	§103	Final Rejection	71d overdue	Pending	Aug 10, 2023
18333229	ELEVATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR DETECTING OBJECT LOADING AND UNLOADING	CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L	2846	§103	Non-Final OA	35d	Pending	Jun 12, 2023
18311866	DUAL MACHINE ARRANGEMENT	DHAKAL, BICKEY	2896	§103	Non-Final OA	3d overdue	Pending	May 03, 2023
18166511	ELEVATOR MACHINE BRAKING	CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L	2846	§102	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Feb 09, 2023
18088148	SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ELEVATOR MECHANIC WORKING WITHIN AN ELEVATOR HOISTWAY	UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J	3619	§103	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Dec 23, 2022
18070848	ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM, ELEVATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELEVATOR	DHAKAL, BICKEY	2896	§103	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	Nov 29, 2022
18059452	ELEVATOR SUSPENSION MEMBER MONITORING	DUDA, RINA I	2846	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Nov 29, 2022
18070041	APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CALLING UNITS AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM	DONELS, JEFFREY	2837	§102	Non-Final OA	30d	Pending	Nov 28, 2022
17990844	SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF A PERSON IN A HOISTWAY	DONELS, JEFFREY	2837	§112	Non-Final OA	28d overdue	Pending	Nov 21, 2022
17987522	SAFETY SYSTEM FOR AN ELEVATOR	GLASS, ERICK DAVID	2846	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Nov 15, 2022
17985640	GUARDRAIL SYSTEM	GLASS, ERICK DAVID	2846	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Nov 11, 2022
17984811	CONVEYANCE SYSTEM WITH REGENERATIVE DRIVE	GLASS, ERICK DAVID	2846	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Nov 10, 2022
17980896	ELEVATOR BRAKING DEVICE AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM	GLASS, ERICK DAVID	2846	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Nov 04, 2022
17979433	SAFETY CHAIN DEVICE AND SAFETY PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR ESCALATOR	QIN, JIANCHUN	2837	§103	Final Rejection	72d	Pending	Nov 02, 2022
17977048	FAULT MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELEVATOR MOTOR	UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J	3619	§112	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Oct 31, 2022
17971723	DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING ELEVATOR CALL REQUEST	RIEGELMAN, MICHAEL A	3654	§103	Non-Final OA	97d overdue	Pending	Oct 24, 2022
17901933	MULTIPLE DRIVE SYSTEM FOR REGENERATIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN AN ELEVATOR INSTALLATION	CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L	2846	§103	Final Rejection	34d	Pending	Sep 02, 2022
17838878	COMPONENT MISALIGNMENT SENSING	QIN, JIANCHUN	2837	§103	Final Rejection	17d overdue	Pending	Jun 13, 2022
17825753	ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR BRAKE, ELEVATOR BRAKE AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM	DHAKAL, BICKEY	2896	§103	Non-Final OA	77d overdue	Pending	May 26, 2022
17525124	SMOOTH BRAKING CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR BRAKE	CARRASQUILLO, JORGE L	2846	§103	Final Rejection	10d overdue	Pending	Nov 12, 2021
17513499	DYNAMIC STOPPER/S IN AN ELEVATOR CAR	MUDWILDER, MICHELLE MARIE PETERS	3654	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Oct 28, 2021
17400933	METHOD FOR TRIGGERING AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR CALLS	UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J	3619	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Aug 12, 2021
17399762	ELEVATOR POSITION REFERENCE SYSTEMS AND MONITORING BUILDING SETTLEMENT USING AN ELEVATOR POSITION REFERENCE SYSTEM	QIN, JIANCHUN	2837	§103	Final Rejection	86d overdue	Pending	Aug 11, 2021
17390309	CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF DETERMINING TRIGGERING OF THE CONTROL DEVICE AND ELEVATOR SYSTEM	UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J	3619	§103	Final Rejection	74d overdue	Pending	Jul 30, 2021
17120606	PASSENGER GROUPING FOR ELEVATORS	GLASS, ERICK DAVID	2846	§101	Non-Final OA	35d	Pending	Dec 14, 2020
16950995	ELEVATOR CARS	QIN, JIANCHUN	2837	§103	Non-Final OA	146d overdue	Pending	Nov 18, 2020
17095425	CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION OF A ROBOT PASSENGER WHEN WAITING FOR AN ELEVATOR	UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J	3619	§103	Final Rejection	23d overdue	Pending	Nov 11, 2020
16819576	ELEVATOR INSPECTION SYSTEM WITH ROBOTIC PLATFORM CONFIGURED TO INSPECT OPERATIONAL AND ALIGNMENT CONDITIONS OF COMPONENTS IN A HOISTWAY	O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN	3658	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Mar 16, 2020
16747803	MONITORING DEVICE FOR ELEVATOR COMPENSATION ROPING	UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J	3619	§103	Non-Final OA	42d overdue	Pending	Jan 21, 2020
16164146	RESISTANCE-BASED INSPECTION OF ELEVATOR SYSTEM SUPPORT MEMBERS	UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J	3619	§103	Final Rejection	71d overdue	Pending	Oct 18, 2018
15940014	SUPER GROUP DISPATCHING	UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J	3619	§112	Non-Final OA	107d overdue	Pending	Mar 29, 2018