Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Whirlpool Corporation Global Headquarters currently manages 1 pending office action within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner working within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution footprint is highly concentrated, reflecting a specific focus for the company's current patent office interactions.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is GAYE, SAMBA NMN, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This one-to-one relationship between the examiner and the portfolio's pending matters simplifies the coordination of legal strategies. The narrow focus allows for a dedicated approach to resolving the outstanding issues in the 1 pending office action.
Practitioners should note that the 1 distinct art unit involved provides a stable environment for prosecution. With 1 distinct examiner, the company's immediate outcomes depend entirely on the interactions with GAYE, SAMBA NMN. This structure ensures that all current efforts are directed toward a single point of contact at the patent office.
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) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 1 | 62.2% | +32.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18651885 | ICE MAKER | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18651885 | ICE MAKER | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18651885 | ICE MAKER | GAYE, SAMBA NMN | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWhirlpool Corporation Global Headquarters has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Samba Nmn Gaye has the most, with 1 of Whirlpool Corporation Global Headquarters's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
