Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Shanghai Sany Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners, meaning each case is being reviewed by a different official. This distribution requires the company to manage two separate sets of examiner feedback simultaneously. The portfolio is spread across 2 distinct art units, matching the number of pending actions and examiners.
QUANDT, MICHAEL M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since both of the 2 distinct examiners are responsible for 1 action, the prosecution workload is evenly split between the two technical groups involved in the review process. Practitioners should prepare for 2 unique examination styles across the 2 distinct art units. With only 2 pending office actions, the company can focus on the specific requirements of each examiner to advance its applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUANDT, MICHAEL M | 1 | 62.8% | +19.3% |
| LI, HELEN | 1 | 69.1% | +13.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18577947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WORKING CONDITION OF EXCAVATOR | LI, HELEN | 22d |
| 19229129 | MOVABLE ARM DAMPING SYSTEM FOR LOADING MACHINE AND LOADING MACHINE | QUANDT, MICHAEL M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19229129 | MOVABLE ARM DAMPING SYSTEM FOR LOADING MACHINE AND LOADING MACHINE | QUANDT, MICHAEL M | 3745 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 18577947 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WORKING CONDITION OF EXCAVATOR | LI, HELEN | 3665 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialShanghai Sany Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Michael M Quandt has the most, with 1 of Shanghai Sany Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
