Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Qingdao Hisense Hitachi Air-Conditioning Systems Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. MYERS, KEITH STANLEY is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. The 1 to 1 ratio of examiners to art units for these 2 actions indicates a diverse set of technical reviews.
The 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector are being handled by 2 distinct examiners. Because each action is also in a different art unit, there are 2 distinct art units involved in the portfolio. MYERS, KEITH STANLEY is one of the examiners and is responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution means that the company's 2 pending office actions are being evaluated independently by different officials in different technical groups. This lack of concentration across 2 examiners and 2 art units suggests that the company's technology covers multiple specialized areas within medical devices and mechanical engineering. Practitioners must manage these 2 actions as separate tracks, as the 1 pending office action under MYERS, KEITH STANLEY will be subject to different departmental standards than the other pending 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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 1 | 52.8% | +18.6% |
| LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L | 1 | 66.8% | +11.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18822793 | MULTI-SPLIT AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM, FAULT POSITIONING METHOD, AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS MODEL TRAINING METHOD | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 18365292 | AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18822793 | MULTI-SPLIT AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM, FAULT POSITIONING METHOD, AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS MODEL TRAINING METHOD | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 18365292 | AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18822793 | MULTI-SPLIT AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM, FAULT POSITIONING METHOD, AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS MODEL TRAINING METHOD | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 3763 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18365292 | AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | LAUGHLIN, NATHAN L | 2119 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialQingdao Hisense Hitachi Air-Conditioning Systems Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Keith Stanley Myers has the most, with 1 of Qingdao Hisense Hitachi Air-Conditioning Systems Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
