Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 11 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zodiac Pool Systems LLC maintains a portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 15 pending office actions. These actions are distributed among 15 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending action is assigned to a different individual. The portfolio also spans 12 distinct art units, indicating a broad range of technical subject matter within the mechanical engineering field.
The busiest examiner, VALVIS, ALEXANDER M, is responsible for 1 pending office action. This reflects the perfectly even distribution of the 15 pending actions across the 15 distinct examiners. The involvement of 12 distinct art units suggests that while the examiners are unique for each case, there is some overlap in the technical groups where these cases are being reviewed. Practitioners must manage 15 different examiner relationships, which requires a highly individualized approach to each of the 15 pending office actions. The diversity of 12 distinct art units further indicates that the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering innovations are categorized across many specialized areas.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 5 (36%) |
| §102 only | 2 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALVIS, ALEXANDER M | 1 | 62.7% | +54.8% |
| NGUYEN, TUAN N | 1 | 68.1% | +26.4% |
| REFAI, RAMSEY | 1 | 50.7% | +12.6% |
| MURSHED, OSAMAH | 1 | — | — |
| YU, HENRY W | 1 | 69.7% | +28.2% |
| DYER, ANDREW R | 1 | 59.6% | +39.3% |
| HENSON, KATINA N | 1 | 56.8% | +31.5% |
| PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1 | 79.0% | +20.7% |
| NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | 1 | 23.4% | +30.3% |
| ROS, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 52.5% | +34.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18097957 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-HEATING SWIMMING POOLS OR SPAS | KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA | 34d |
| 19229232 | VARIABLE FLOW CONTROL NOZZLE FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | VALVIS, ALEXANDER M | — |
| 19072351 | HEATER FOR POOLS AND SPAS WITH IMPROVED SENSOR CONTROL | NGUYEN, TUAN N | — |
| 18941608 | CONTROL DEVICE DETECTION FOR POOL OR SPA SYSTEMS | MURSHED, OSAMAH | — |
| 18680104 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| 18231653 | DEBRIS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18929230 | DUAL PROTOCOL COMMUNICATION WITH POOL AUTOMATION CONTROLLER | YU, HENRY W | 10d overdue |
| 19229232 | VARIABLE FLOW CONTROL NOZZLE FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | VALVIS, ALEXANDER M | — |
| 19072351 | HEATER FOR POOLS AND SPAS WITH IMPROVED SENSOR CONTROL | NGUYEN, TUAN N | — |
| 19028781 | TWO-WAY WIRELESS CONTROL OF DIGITALLY CONTROLLED VALVE ACTUATORS IN A POOL OR SPA SYSTEM | REFAI, RAMSEY | — |
| 18821974 | POWER CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT OF POOL OR SPA EQUIPMENT USING A POOL AUTOMATION CONTROLLER | DYER, ANDREW R | — |
| 18680104 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | HENSON, KATINA N | — |
| 18587405 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING WATER IN SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | — |
| 18231653 | DEBRIS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 3 |
| 1779 | 2 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 2181 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19229232 | VARIABLE FLOW CONTROL NOZZLE FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | VALVIS, ALEXANDER M | 3791 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19072351 | HEATER FOR POOLS AND SPAS WITH IMPROVED SENSOR CONTROL | NGUYEN, TUAN N | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19028781 | TWO-WAY WIRELESS CONTROL OF DIGITALLY CONTROLLED VALVE ACTUATORS IN A POOL OR SPA SYSTEM | REFAI, RAMSEY | 3664 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18941608 | CONTROL DEVICE DETECTION FOR POOL OR SPA SYSTEMS | MURSHED, OSAMAH | 3754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18929230 | DUAL PROTOCOL COMMUNICATION WITH POOL AUTOMATION CONTROLLER | YU, HENRY W | 2181 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18821974 | POWER CONSUMPTION MEASUREMENT OF POOL OR SPA EQUIPMENT USING A POOL AUTOMATION CONTROLLER | DYER, ANDREW R | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18680104 | AUTOMATIC SWIMMING POOL CLEANER FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | HENSON, KATINA N | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18587405 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING WATER IN SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | PRINCE JR, FREDDIE GARY | 1779 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18231653 | DEBRIS CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI | 1779 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18231590 | POOL COVERS FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS | ROS, NICHOLAS A | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18223851 | EQUIPMENT FOR SWIMMING POOLS AND SPAS WITH NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION | NGUYEN, NAM V | 2685 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 56d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18097957 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-HEATING SWIMMING POOLS OR SPAS | KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA | 2117 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jan 17, 2023 |
| 18093913 | HYBRID HEATER FOR POOLS AND SPAS | PAIK, SANG YEOP | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Jan 06, 2023 |
| 17836188 | REMOTELY CONTROLLING ASPECTS OF POOLS AND SPAS | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 2857 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialZodiac Pool Systems LLC has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 14 examiners.
Alexander M Valvis has the most, with 1 of Zodiac Pool Systems LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
