Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co. Ltd.

12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (75%)
2
Easy (17%)
1
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (67%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only2 (17%)
No statute on record1 (8%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
12
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3 78.9% +19.4%
HANSEN, KENNETH J 1 81.0% +7.9%
GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 1 69.8% +46.4%
CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 1 78.3% +22.9%
WOLCOTT, BRIAN P 1 77.6% +29.7%
BABAA, NAEL N 1 77.0% +4.0%
ALVARE, PAUL 1 57.5% +38.3%
HERRMANN, JOSEPH S 1 63.4% +41.4%
LING, FOR K. 1 53.6% +19.1%
JONES, GORDON A 1 60.4% +39.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18998444 ELECTRIC PUMP HANSEN, KENNETH J 43d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18685252 FLUID CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 196d overdue
18687327 FLUID CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 74d overdue
18860032 FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DRIVING ASSEMBLY CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 38d overdue
18878897 FLUID ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 15d overdue
17916782 HEAT EXCHANGING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR JONES, GORDON A 9d overdue
18843323 CONTROL VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 14d
18275363 HEAT EXCHANGER LING, FOR K. 14d
18552857 ELECTRONIC OIL PUMP HERRMANN, JOSEPH S 26d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 4
3763 4
3746 2
3745 1
3711 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18998444 ELECTRIC PUMP HANSEN, KENNETH J 3746 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2025
18878897 FLUID ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 25, 2024
18860032 FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND DRIVING ASSEMBLY CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 3753 §112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2024
18860036 FLUID CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC PUMP DEVICE WOLCOTT, BRIAN P 3711 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Oct 25, 2024
18843323 CONTROL VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18687327 FLUID CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §103 Final Rejection 74d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18685252 FLUID CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL APPARATUS REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 Other Non-Final OA 196d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18560686 REFRIGERATING SYSTEM, EXPANSION VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRIGERATING SYSTEM BABAA, NAEL N 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18552920 HEAT EXCHANGER ALVARE, PAUL 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18552857 ELECTRONIC OIL PUMP HERRMANN, JOSEPH S 3746 §102 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 27, 2023
18275363 HEAT EXCHANGER LING, FOR K. 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 01, 2023
17916782 HEAT EXCHANGING APPARATUS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR JONES, GORDON A 3763 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2022

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