Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Dority & Manning, P.A. And Haier US Appliance

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

100 pending office actions • 1 client • 75 examiners • 31 art units • 0 of 100 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 371 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Dority & Manning, P.A. and Haier US Appliance has 106 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering and 28426 career applications. The profile shows a substantial active workload with a broad application history in a field involving mechanical systems, devices, and related engineering functionality. The application record supplies context for understanding the scope of the prosecution history.

The resolved allowance rate is 88.25%, with an average of 3.38 office actions per allowance. These figures describe historical prosecution results and examination activity associated with resolved allowances. Together with the pending-action figure, they support review of both docket demands and outcome patterns, but they do not determine the result of any individual open matter.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=28426 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.2%
Allowance Rate
n=28426
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=28426
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=17513
-0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17513
1010 days
Time to Allowance
n=17513
+3.4pp
Interview Lift
n=28426
28.1%
RCE Rate
n=28426
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=28426

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.8%
§101 Overcome
n=1492
77.5%
§102 Overcome
n=8516
77.4%
§103 Overcome
n=14036
78.3%
§112 Overcome
n=8032

Specialization & Scale

G06F, F05D, F01D
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=28426
60
Practitioners
n=28426
473.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=28426

Portfolio Summary

100
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
15
Final Rejections
53
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

38
Hard (38%)
57
Medium (57%)
4
Easy (4%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (3%)
§103 only52 (52%)
§102 only3 (3%)
§112 only3 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other2 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)35 (35%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

24
Life Sciences
24% of docket
6
Information Tech
6% of docket
3
Communications
3% of docket
2
Semiconductors
2% of docket
61
Mechanical / Eng
61% of docket
4
Business / Other
4% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

1,000 h
Manual time on pending OAs
200 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
350 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
8.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GAYE, SAMBA NMN 5 62.2% +32.8%
CORMIER, DAVID G 3 64.6% +28.7%
SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 3 74.3% +27.9%
INSLER, ELIZABETH 3 67.1% +25.0%
FURDGE, LARRY L 2 62.5% +16.7%
MA, KUN KAI 2 79.5% +12.8%
BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 2 59.5% +3.7%
ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 2 48.8% +19.2%
VAZQUEZ, ANA M 2 80.0% +17.7%
PERRIN, JOSEPH L 2 77.2% +21.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18784069 CONDENSATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER APPLIANCE VAZQUEZ, ANA M —

Hard Cases (38)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18450170 METHOD FOR REPLACING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS MODULE IN AN APPLIANCE PATEL, HARESH N 147d overdue
18790869 CONVERSATIONAL CONTROL OF AN APPLIANCE TENGBUMROONG, NATHAN NARA 17d overdue
18469803 REMOVABLE MULTI-ZONE GRIDDLE FOR A COOKTOP APPLIANCE BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 17d overdue
18615727 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE HAVING A SEALED SYSTEM WITH SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT FEATURES AND METHODS OF OPERATION VAZQUEZ, ANA M 9d overdue
18402250 AIR CONDITIONER SYSTEM LEAK MITIGATION BABAA, NAEL N 4d overdue
18168913 WATER FILTRATION ASSEMBLY WITH ENHANCED CONTAMINANT REDUCTION PERFORMANCE HUANG, RYAN 29d
18669082 POWER TAKE OFF PASTA EXTRUDER ATTACHMENT FOR A STAND MIXER APPLIANCE MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 55d
19075899 DISHWASHING APPLIANCE TUB TRIM LOCATING FEATURES CORMIER, DAVID G —

Interview Candidates (24)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18314538 SYSTEMS FOR MULTI-CHANNEL CONDUITS IN DISHWASHER APPLIANCES CORMIER, DAVID G 162d overdue
18615727 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE HAVING A SEALED SYSTEM WITH SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT FEATURES AND METHODS OF OPERATION VAZQUEZ, ANA M 9d overdue
18477196 DETECTING A PRESENCE OF CHLORINE BLEACH DURING A WASH CYCLE OF A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE CORMIER, DAVID G 27d
18339518 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE AND WATER FILTER ASSEMBLY GAYE, SAMBA NMN 40d
19075899 DISHWASHING APPLIANCE TUB TRIM LOCATING FEATURES CORMIER, DAVID G —
19056836 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE INCLUDING MULTIPLE IN-DOOR ICE MAKERS GAYE, SAMBA NMN —
18977060 ICE MAKER APPLIANCE WITH RESERVOIR ACCESSIBILITY STRUCTURE FURDGE, LARRY L —
18977110 ICE MAKER APPLIANCE AND CONDUIT ACCESSIBILITY STRUCTURE MA, KUN KAI —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. 100

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
376321
376214
376113
17118
36376
17745
17923
37992
21162
17722

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19075899 DISHWASHING APPLIANCE TUB TRIM LOCATING FEATURES Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. CORMIER, DAVID G 1711 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2025
19056836 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE INCLUDING MULTIPLE IN-DOOR ICE MAKERS Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. GAYE, SAMBA NMN 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19051275 METHODS OF OPERATING AN ICE MAKER APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. COMINGS, DANIEL C 3763 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19039856 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE CABLE MANAGEMENT Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. ING, MATTHEW W 3637 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2025
18977060 ICE MAKER APPLIANCE WITH RESERVOIR ACCESSIBILITY STRUCTURE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. FURDGE, LARRY L 3763 — Final Rejection — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18977110 ICE MAKER APPLIANCE AND CONDUIT ACCESSIBILITY STRUCTURE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. MA, KUN KAI 3763 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18977013 ICE MAKER APPLIANCE WITH PLUMB-IN STRUCTURE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. TRPISOVSKY, JOSEPH F 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18894111 ICE MAKING ASSEMBLY FOR A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2024
18829938 WIRE AND CONDUIT MOUNTING HARNESS ASSEMBLIES FOR A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. ARTALEJO, ELIZABETH IRENE 3637 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18829535 METHODS FOR OPERATING AN ICE MAKER APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 3799 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 10, 2024
18806267 APPLIANCE ICE MAKING ASSEMBLY Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. TAVAKOLDAVANI, KAMRAN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18806207 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TWIST ICE TRAY Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. ZERPHEY, CHRISTOPHER R 3799 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18802139 LAUNDRY APPLIANCE DOOR LOCK ASSEMBLY Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. ORTA, LAUREN GRACE 1711 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2024
18794457 A BASKET ASSEMBLY FOR A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. LEE, KEVIN G 1711 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18790869 CONVERSATIONAL CONTROL OF AN APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. TENGBUMROONG, NATHAN NARA 2654 §101§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2024
18787105 CONSUMER APPLIANCE DISPLAY PANELS AND METHODS OF LOW-POWER OPERATION Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. HABIB, ASIFA 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 29, 2024
18784069 CONDENSATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18783990 WATER DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. TEITELBAUM, DAVID J 3763 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18784096 CONDENSATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. MA, KUN KAI 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18777920 CONDENSATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. FURDGE, LARRY L 3763 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18777020 DOOR ASSEMBLY FOR A LAUNDRY APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. PERRIN, JOSEPH L 1711 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 18, 2024
18760975 LAUNDRY APPLIANCE DOOR ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SUCH ASSEMBLIES Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. TEFERA, HIWOT E 3637 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18755086 A FOOTWEAR CLEANING BASKET FOR A WASHING MACHINE APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. PERRIN, JOSEPH L 1711 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18746756 AIR CONDITIONING APPLIANCE USING AN ASYMMETRIC SENSOR PAIR FOR TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE MEASURMENT Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. PATEL, JIGNESHKUMAR C 2116 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18721534 STAND-ALONE ICE MAKING APPLIANCE WITH FILTER Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 3763 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18740077 CONDENSATE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR AN AIR CONDITIONER APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. LING, FOR K. 3763 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 11, 2024
18735557 BIN ASSEMBLY FOR A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 3637 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jun 06, 2024
18735545 GAS IGNITION SYSTEM FOR A GAS COOKING APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. SHIRSAT, VIVEK K 3762 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18733370 STAND MIXER APPLIANCE POWER TAKE OFF ATTACHMENT AUTOMATIC OPERATION Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. BHATIA, ANSHU 1774 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18677377 FOOD PROCESSOR ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A STAND MIXER Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2024
18671594 METHOD FOR PAUSING A SMOKING PROCESS IN AN INDOOR SMOKER Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN 3762 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2024
18669082 POWER TAKE OFF PASTA EXTRUDER ATTACHMENT FOR A STAND MIXER APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1754 §103§112 Non-Final OA 55d Pending May 20, 2024
18666283 AIR CONDITIONER UNIT HAVING A BUILT-IN LIGHT ASSEMBLY Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. NORMAN, MARC E 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2024
18665016 WATER FILTRATION SYSTEM INCLUDING A MODULAR FLOW METER FOR AN APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. PERRIN, CLARE M 1779 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18665105 COOKING APPLIANCE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME INCORPORATING TRIGGER-BASED SCHEDULING OF CONTROLLER GAIN VALUES Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. WUNDERLICH, ERWIN J 3761 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18657265 METHOD OF OPERATING AN ICEMAKER OF A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. GAYE, SAMBA NMN 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2024
18654547 DRYER APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR DRYER CYCLE CONTROL Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. WAN, DEMING 3762 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18654571 COMBINATION LAUNDRY APPLIANCE AND INDUCTION HEATER Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. SHYAKA, HERVE DEREK §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18654564 DRYER APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR DRYER CYCLE CONTROL Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. GRAVINI, STEPHEN MICHAEL 3753 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18653476 OVEN APPLIANCE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSOR FAULT DETECTION VIA IMAGE ANALYSIS Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. TAYLOR, AUSTIN PARKER 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2024
18652053 LAUNDRY APPLIANCE AND METHODS OF OZONE DISPENSING Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. LAU, JASON 3762 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18641709 METHOD OF OPERATING A CAMERA ASSEMBLY IN A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. LEMIEUX, IAN L 2669 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2024
18639453 LAYERED ICE MAKER APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. BAUER, CASSEY D 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18639436 INFUSED ICE MAKING APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 1791 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2024
18638316 METHOD OF OPERATING A DISPENSING ASSEMBLY OF A REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. MELARAGNO, MICHAEL 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Apr 17, 2024
18636955 DOUGH MOLD ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY FOR A STAND MIXER Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 16, 2024
18632876 LAUNDRY APPLIANCE AND VENTILATION ASSEMBLY FOR THE SAME Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. WAN, DEMING 3762 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2024
18615727 REFRIGERATOR APPLIANCE HAVING A SEALED SYSTEM WITH SUPPLEMENTAL HEAT FEATURES AND METHODS OF OPERATION Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2024
18613881 MICROBE DISPENSING DEVICE FOR A COMPOSTING SYSTEM Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. HASSAN, LIBAN M 1799 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18612149 COOKING APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR RECIPE ADJUSTMENT Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc. MCCORMICK, CHRISTOPHER JORDAN §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 21, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Dority & Manning, P.A. And Haier US Appliance's patent allowance rate?

88.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Dority & Manning, P.A. And Haier US Appliance were allowed, across 28,426 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Dority & Manning, P.A. And Haier US Appliance average before allowance?

3.38 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Dority & Manning, P.A. And Haier US Appliance have?

100 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 75 examiners in 31 art units.

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