Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co. Ltd.

9 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (22%)
§102 only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (67%)

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
9
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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HERRMANN, JOSEPH S 1 63.5% +40.0%
KASTURE, DNYANESH G 1 48.2% +26.9%
JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 1 80.1% +17.3%
GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 1 68.1% +47.7%
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 1 78.9% +19.8%
JONES, GORDON A 1 60.7% +38.0%
BABAA, NAEL N 1 76.9% +3.8%
MYERS, KEITH STANLEY 1 52.1% +19.5%
GARDNER, NICOLE 1 69.0% +14.8%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18878897 FLUID ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 15d overdue
18843323 CONTROL VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 14d
18560686 REFRIGERATING SYSTEM, EXPANSION VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRIGERATING SYSTEM BABAA, NAEL N 41d
19120775 ELECTRIC PUMP KASTURE, DNYANESH G
18995285 SHAFT ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRIC VALVE JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM
18710627 FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM JONES, GORDON A

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18878897 FLUID ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 15d overdue
18843323 CONTROL VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 14d
19149514 INTEGRATED COMPONENT HERRMANN, JOSEPH S
19120775 ELECTRIC PUMP KASTURE, DNYANESH G
18995285 SHAFT ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRIC VALVE JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM
18710627 FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM JONES, GORDON A
18282569 FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MYERS, KEITH STANLEY
18275004 ELECTRIC VALVE GARDNER, NICOLE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3753 3
3763 3
3746 2
3745 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19149514 INTEGRATED COMPONENT HERRMANN, JOSEPH S 3746 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2025
19120775 ELECTRIC PUMP KASTURE, DNYANESH G 3746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 13, 2025
18995285 SHAFT ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRIC VALVE JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18878897 FLUID ASSEMBLY AND FLUID CONTROL DEVICE GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 3745 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Dec 25, 2024
18843323 CONTROL VALVE REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18710627 FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM JONES, GORDON A 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2024
18560686 REFRIGERATING SYSTEM, EXPANSION VALVE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRIGERATING SYSTEM BABAA, NAEL N 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18282569 FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MYERS, KEITH STANLEY 3763 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18275004 ELECTRIC VALVE GARDNER, NICOLE 3753 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2023

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