Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vertiv S R L currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners but are both located within 1 distinct art unit. BABAA, NAEL N is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 1 pending office action. This means that the workload is distributed, with each of the 2 distinct examiners responsible for one action.
The concentration in 1 distinct art unit suggests that the company's current mechanical innovations are focused within a specific technical field. Practitioners must navigate the requirements of 2 different examiners while adhering to the standards of a single art unit. The 2 pending office actions constitute the company's active prosecution pipeline. Having 2 distinct examiners for only 2 actions ensures that no single examiner has a majority of the workload. This structure requires the company to address the specific feedback of both BABAA, NAEL N and the other assigned examiner. The company maintains a balanced examiner load for its current pending matters.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BABAA, NAEL N | 1 | 77.0% | +3.8% |
| SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 1 | 57.3% | +22.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18851190 | HEAT PUMP | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19003375 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A REFRIGERATION SYSTEM WITH A PLURALITY OF CHILLERS IN AN ARRANGEMENT OR NETWORK | BABAA, NAEL N | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18851190 | HEAT PUMP | SHAIKH, MERAJ A | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
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