Listed by the USPTO as SHAIKH, MERAJ A
Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3744 3763
This examiner grants 57% of resolved cases
SHAIKH, MERAJ A works in Tech Center 3700 and Art Unit 3744, with 475 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 57.3%, and the median time to allowance is 1338 days. The interview lift is 22.3%, showing a positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes. No art unit baseline is supplied, so the figures should be used for examiner-specific planning rather than as a measure of unit-wide practice.
The principal companies are Carrier Corporation, LG Electronics Inc., and Illinois Tool Works Inc. The leading firms are Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC (HMC/KMC), Cantor Colburn LLP - Carrier, and Karceski IP Law, PLLC. Counsel should anticipate a potentially extended prosecution path and prepare amendments with attention to commercially important scope. Interviews can contribute to progress, but the allowance result supports pairing them with disciplined written advocacy.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17796144 | AIR CONDITIONER | Non-Final OA | LG Electronics Inc. |
| 17766645 | REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | Final Rejection | LG ELECTRONICS INC. |
| 18113435 | SHOE CARE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF | Non-Final OA | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 18660459 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM | Final Rejection | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18811921 | Dual Radius Ball Valve Component | Final Rejection | Illinois Tool Works Inc. |
| 18807418 | REFRIGERATED DEVICE WITH DOOR OPEN SENSOR FAULT IDENTIFICATION | Final Rejection | ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. |
| 18920430 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | Final Rejection | KIA CORPORATION |
| 18656161 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE | Final Rejection | KIA CORPORATION |
| 18920921 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, REFRIGERATED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Final Rejection | Carrier Corporation |
| 18644575 | TRANSPORT REFRIGERATION UNIT AND REFRIGERATION CIRCUIT WITH REFRIGERANT-BASED DEFROST CONTROL AND A METHOD THEREOF | Final Rejection | Carrier Corporation |
| 18302462 | REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND TRANSPORT VEHICLE | Final Rejection | Carrier Corporation |
| 18184089 | HEAT PUMP SYSTEM AND THE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | Final Rejection | Carrier Corporation |
| 17982006 | PREVENTING ICING IN AN HVAC SYSTEM | Final Rejection | Carrier Corporation |
| 19078073 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLIMATE CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRESSOR | Non-Final OA | Ford Global Technologies, LLC |
| 19120171 | VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Sanden Corporation |
| 18994021 | VAPOR INJECTION HEAT PUMP SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME | Non-Final OA | Hanon Systems |
| 18939130 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS FOR A VEHICLE | Final Rejection | HANON SYSTEMS |
| 18655817 | CABIN WARM-UP USING RESTRICTED AIRFLOW IN HEAT PUMP-BASED HEATING, VENTILATION, AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC |
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Build Your Strategy57.3% of resolved applications examined by Meraj A Shaikh were allowed (475 resolved cases), compared with 0.0% across Art Unit 3744 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +22.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Meraj A Shaikh took 1,338 days on average from filing to allowance.
Meraj A Shaikh examines applications in Art Unit 3744 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).
