Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
17 pending office actions • 9 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zodiac Pool Care Europe maintains a presence in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 16 pending office actions. This volume of activity is distributed across 15 distinct examiners, indicating a broad engagement with various USPTO personnel. The company's prosecution strategy spans 9 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse range of technical subject matter within the mechanical engineering sector.
SMITH, JORDAN T is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 2 pending office actions. While most examiners are handling single matters, the involvement of 15 distinct examiners suggests that the company's patent outcomes are not dependent on any single individual's discretion. The 9 distinct art units involved further demonstrate the breadth of the company's research and development efforts.
Managing 16 pending office actions requires coordination across the 9 distinct art units identified. SMITH, JORDAN T, with 2 pending office actions, holds the highest individual workload for this applicant. This profile suggests an active prosecution pipeline that requires navigating the specific nuances of many different examining groups within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 | 3 (18%) |
| §102 only | 2 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, JORDAN T | 2 | 67.0% | +9.0% |
| CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 1 | 57.3% | +31.0% |
| CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG | 1 | 72.8% | +26.1% |
| LE, HUYEN D | 1 | 73.0% | +8.3% |
| RIVERA, CARLOS A | 1 | 77.4% | +28.9% |
| POLAY, ANDREW | 1 | 74.0% | +20.9% |
| SARWAR, BABAR | 1 | 85.7% | +19.4% |
| MCCONNELL, AARON R | 1 | 44.8% | +53.9% |
| LEE, DOUGLAS | 1 | 45.3% | +13.7% |
| HUANG, STEVEN | 1 | 47.2% | +36.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18236722 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH WATER SENSING | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 61d |
| 18971716 | AUTOMATIC VALVE FOR SWIMMING POOL CIRCULATION SYSTEM | CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG | — |
| 18909181 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER CHARGING SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED CHARGING CONTACTS | LE, HUYEN D | — |
| 18802218 | CONSTRUCTIONS OF AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANERS | RIVERA, CARLOS A | — |
| 18612376 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH PUMP FLOW OPTIMIZATION | POLAY, ANDREW | — |
| 18612295 | DOCKING AND CHARGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANERS | SARWAR, BABAR | — |
| 18440492 | SCRUBBING DEVICE FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | MCCONNELL, AARON R | — |
| 18440548 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH MORE THAN ONE BATTERY PACK | LEE, DOUGLAS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18989202 | SWIMMING POOL OR SPA WITH LOCALIZED HEATING | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | — |
| 18971716 | AUTOMATIC VALVE FOR SWIMMING POOL CIRCULATION SYSTEM | CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG | — |
| 18802218 | CONSTRUCTIONS OF AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANERS | RIVERA, CARLOS A | — |
| 18612376 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH PUMP FLOW OPTIMIZATION | POLAY, ANDREW | — |
| 18612295 | DOCKING AND CHARGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANERS | SARWAR, BABAR | — |
| 18440492 | SCRUBBING DEVICE FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | MCCONNELL, AARON R | — |
| 18440548 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH MORE THAN ONE BATTERY PACK | LEE, DOUGLAS | — |
| 18439330 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH DEBRIS MONITORING | HUANG, STEVEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 6 |
| 3754 | 2 |
| 1779 | 2 |
| 3666 | 2 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| 1714 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18989202 | SWIMMING POOL OR SPA WITH LOCALIZED HEATING | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18971716 | AUTOMATIC VALVE FOR SWIMMING POOL CIRCULATION SYSTEM | CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG | 2119 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18909181 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER CHARGING SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED CHARGING CONTACTS | LE, HUYEN D | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18802218 | CONSTRUCTIONS OF AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANERS | RIVERA, CARLOS A | 3723 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18612376 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH PUMP FLOW OPTIMIZATION | POLAY, ANDREW | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18612295 | DOCKING AND CHARGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANERS | SARWAR, BABAR | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18440492 | SCRUBBING DEVICE FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | MCCONNELL, AARON R | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18440548 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH MORE THAN ONE BATTERY PACK | LEE, DOUGLAS | 1714 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18439330 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH DEBRIS MONITORING | HUANG, STEVEN | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18439424 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH AUTO-SCHEDULING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | BASS, DIRK R | 1779 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18439163 | AUTONOMOUS SWIMMING POOL CLEANER | FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE | 3723 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18368542 | DOCKING SYSTEM WITH CAMERA FOR AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER | SMITH, JORDAN T | 3666 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18368539 | DOCKING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER | SMITH, JORDAN T | 3666 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2023 |
| 18236722 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER WITH WATER SENSING | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1779 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18126182 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTACT SELF-PROTECTION FOR AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER | TRISCHLER, JOHN T | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 18126010 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER SYSTEMS WITH IMPROVED VISUAL COMMUNICATION | JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17833146 | VESSELS SUCH AS SWIMMING POOLS OR SPAS OMITTING DEDICATED PLUMBED WATER-CIRCULATION SYSTEMS | HUANG, RYAN | 1777 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2022 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialZodiac Pool Care Europe has 17 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 16 examiners.
Jordan T Smith has the most, with 2 of Zodiac Pool Care Europe's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
