Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vertiv S R L currently has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All 4 pending office actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a specialized technical focus for the company's current filings. The prosecution is being handled by 4 distinct examiners.
ARANT, HARRY E is the busiest examiner, managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Although all cases are in 1 distinct art unit, the use of 4 distinct examiners means that each of the 4 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different person. This requires the applicant to manage four different examiner relationships within a single departmental framework in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
The concentration of 4 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit provides a level of departmental consistency. However, the involvement of 4 distinct examiners means that the applicant must still address four different sets of examiner feedback. Success in this portfolio requires balancing the unified standards of the art unit with the specific requirements of ARANT, HARRY E and the other assigned examiners.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARANT, HARRY E | 1 | 50.0% | +21.4% |
| FURDGE, LARRY L | 1 | 62.5% | +16.7% |
| BABAA, NAEL N | 1 | 77.1% | +3.9% |
| MOORE, ADAM DORREL | 1 | 68.3% | +39.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19068928 | INDIRECT REFRIGERANT LEAK DETECTION | FURDGE, LARRY L | — |
| 19003375 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF CHILLERS IN AN ARRANGEMENT OR NETWORK | BABAA, NAEL N | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19087815 | OPTIMISING OPERATION OF COOLING UNITS | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
| 19068928 | INDIRECT REFRIGERANT LEAK DETECTION | FURDGE, LARRY L | — |
| 18850979 | HEAT PUMP | MOORE, ADAM DORREL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19087815 | OPTIMISING OPERATION OF COOLING UNITS | ARANT, HARRY E | 3763 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19068928 | INDIRECT REFRIGERANT LEAK DETECTION | FURDGE, LARRY L | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19003375 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF CHILLERS IN AN ARRANGEMENT OR NETWORK | BABAA, NAEL N | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18850979 | HEAT PUMP | MOORE, ADAM DORREL | 3763 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialVertiv S R L has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 4 examiners.
Harry E Arant has the most, with 1 of Vertiv S R L's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
