Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Bergstrom Inc.

4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
25% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DUKE, EMMANUEL E 1 68.7% +27.6%
VAZQUEZ, ANA M 1 79.8% +17.9%
FURDGE, LARRY L 1 62.4% +17.2%
TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1 16.7% +60.0%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18329507 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CLIMATE CONTROL TO REDUCE VIRUS TRANSMISSION FURDGE, LARRY L 156d overdue
18416848 HEAT PUMP WITH MULTI-PASS REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT VAZQUEZ, ANA M
17458123 SANITIZING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE COMPARTMENT TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18329507 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CLIMATE CONTROL TO REDUCE VIRUS TRANSMISSION FURDGE, LARRY L 156d overdue
19094771 MULTI-COMPRESSOR OIL MIGRATION MITIGATION CLIMATE SYSTEM DUKE, EMMANUEL E
18416848 HEAT PUMP WITH MULTI-PASS REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT VAZQUEZ, ANA M
17458123 SANITIZING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE COMPARTMENT TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 2
1758 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19094771 MULTI-COMPRESSOR OIL MIGRATION MITIGATION CLIMATE SYSTEM DUKE, EMMANUEL E §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
18416848 HEAT PUMP WITH MULTI-PASS REFRIGERANT CIRCUIT VAZQUEZ, ANA M 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 18, 2024
18329507 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CLIMATE CONTROL TO REDUCE VIRUS TRANSMISSION FURDGE, LARRY L 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA 156d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
17458123 SANITIZING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE COMPARTMENT TALBERT, ERIC MICHAEL 1758 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2021

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