Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
Zhejiang Ascenrise Heat Pump Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The concentration within 1 distinct art unit indicates that the company's heat pump or mechanical technology is being reviewed by a specific technical division. This single-unit focus applies to the 1 pending office action currently active for the portfolio.
Harry E. Arant is the busiest examiner, responsible for the 1 pending office action. This single action is the only one of the 1 pending office actions currently active. As the only one of the 1 distinct examiners involved, Harry E. Arant has sole responsibility for the company's current pending matter. The 1 busiest examiner pending action managed by this examiner represents the total prosecution activity for the company.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARANT, HARRY E | 1 | 49.6% | +21.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575731 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18575731 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18575731 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | ARANT, HARRY E | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
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