Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 5 actions are being handled by 5 distinct examiners, which means that no two pending matters are currently under the review of the same person. This distribution suggests that the company's prosecution results are subject to a wide range of individual examiner interpretations. Additionally, the portfolio is active across 4 distinct art units, indicating a relatively broad technical footprint within the mechanical engineering sector.
The busiest examiner, CHAUDRY, ATIF H, is currently assigned to 1 pending office action. Since each of the 5 distinct examiners holds only 1 action, the portfolio's success is not dependent on any single individual's favor. However, the presence of 4 distinct art units means that the applicant must navigate the specific procedural nuances of multiple administrative bodies. With 5 pending office actions in total, the strategy must be tailored to the individual styles of the examiners while adhering to the standards of the 4 different art units involved.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 2 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 1 | 63.5% | +39.9% |
| KASTURE, DNYANESH G | 1 | 48.0% | +26.1% |
| JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 1 | 80.1% | +17.3% |
| ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | 1 | 84.1% | +9.7% |
| WOLCOTT, BRIAN P | 1 | 77.0% | +31.2% |
| REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 1 | 79.0% | +19.2% |
| MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 1 | 52.8% | +18.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843323 | CONTROL VALVE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 14d |
| 18860036 | FLUID CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC PUMP DEVICE | WOLCOTT, BRIAN P | 56d |
| 18995285 | SHAFT ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRIC VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
| 18879285 | FLUID CONTROL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND FLUID CONTROL SYSTEM | ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18843323 | CONTROL VALVE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 14d |
| 18860036 | FLUID CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC PUMP DEVICE | WOLCOTT, BRIAN P | 56d |
| 19149514 | INTEGRATED COMPONENT | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | — |
| 19120775 | ELECTRIC PUMP | KASTURE, DNYANESH G | — |
| 18995285 | SHAFT ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRIC VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
| 18282569 | FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 2 |
| 3753 | 2 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3711 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19149514 | INTEGRATED COMPONENT | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 3746 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19120775 | ELECTRIC PUMP | KASTURE, DNYANESH G | 3746 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2025 |
| 18995285 | SHAFT ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRIC VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 3753 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18879285 | FLUID CONTROL DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, AND FLUID CONTROL SYSTEM | ADJAGBE, MAXIME M | 3745 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18860036 | FLUID CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRIC PUMP DEVICE | WOLCOTT, BRIAN P | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18843323 | CONTROL VALVE | REID, MICHAEL ROBERT | 3753 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18282569 | FLUID MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND HEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialZhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 7 examiners.
Joseph S Herrmann has the most, with 1 of Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
