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11 pending office actions • 3 clients • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 | 11 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 1 | 57.1% | +39.0% |
| ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 1 | 48.5% | +18.7% |
| BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | 1 | 62.2% | +29.3% |
| LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 1 | 76.6% | +10.0% |
| HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 1 | 79.2% | +13.1% |
| FRANCISCO, TRISHA JOY UTULO | 1 | — | — |
| DU, ZONGHUA A | 1 | 59.5% | +44.7% |
| PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | 1 | 79.1% | +21.3% |
| ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | 1 | 65.9% | +35.2% |
| AYALEW, TINSAE B | 1 | 75.6% | +8.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18688358 | AIR CHANNEL ASSEMBLY AND AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE HAVING SAME | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 163d overdue |
| 18564029 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | 30d overdue |
| 18866901 | FLUID PUMP ASSEMBLY FOR WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER AND WINDOW CONDITIONER | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 17d overdue |
| 18548170 | WATER TANK ASSEMBLY OF HEATING DEVICE, AND HEATING DEVICE | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | 11d overdue |
| 18806204 | COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE | BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | 14d |
| 18569501 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE NETWORK CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | DU, ZONGHUA A | 14d |
| 18829911 | INDOOR UNIT OF HVAC APPARATUS, AND HVAC APPARATUS | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 36d |
| 18734428 | SINGLE-RESISTOR MEASUREMENT METHOD, MOTOR CONTROL METHOD, CONTROLLER, AND CONTROL SYSTEM | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 79d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Midea | 9 |
| ANHUI MEIZHI COMPRESSOR CO., LTD. | 1 |
| Guangdong Welling Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3746 | 2 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 2846 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3723 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2116 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 1711 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18866901 | FLUID PUMP ASSEMBLY FOR WINDOW AIR CONDITIONER AND WINDOW CONDITIONER | Gd Midea Air-Conditioning Equipment Co., Ltd. | COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18829911 | INDOOR UNIT OF HVAC APPARATUS, AND HVAC APPARATUS | Midea Group Co., Ltd. | ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R | 3799 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18806204 | COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE | Anhui Meizhi Compressor Co., Ltd. | BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18734428 | SINGLE-RESISTOR MEASUREMENT METHOD, MOTOR CONTROL METHOD, CONTROLLER, AND CONTROL SYSTEM | Guangdong Welling Motor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | LAUGHLIN, CHARLES S | 2846 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 79d | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18688358 | AIR CHANNEL ASSEMBLY AND AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE HAVING SAME | Hefei Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd. | HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH | 3745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 163d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18569514 | DUST COLLECTION ASSEMBLY, SWEEPER BASE STATION, SWEEPER, AND CLEANING APPARATUS | Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co., Ltd. | FRANCISCO, TRISHA JOY UTULO | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18569501 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE NETWORK CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co., Ltd. | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Dec 12, 2023 |
| 18564029 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AIR CONDITIONER, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd. | PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C | 2116 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 24, 2023 |
| 18548170 | WATER TANK ASSEMBLY OF HEATING DEVICE, AND HEATING DEVICE | Wuhu Midea Kitchen And Bath Appliances Mfg. Co., Ltd. | ANDERSON II, STEVEN S | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18037831 | LID STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL DEVICE, ASSEMBLING METHOD, AND DISASSEMBLING METHOD | Wuxi Little Swan Electric Co., Ltd. | AYALEW, TINSAE B | 1711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 17772876 | COOKING DEVICE | Foshan Shunde Midea Electrical Heating Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Apr 28, 2022 |
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