Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bestway Inflatables & Material Corp. has 11 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 11 actions are being handled by 11 distinct examiners. The prosecution is spread across 5 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company's technology is being reviewed by different specialized groups within the USPTO.
NEWTON, JASON TODD is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. This means that every single pending office action in the portfolio is assigned to a different examiner. With 11 different examiners across 5 distinct art units, the company faces a decentralized prosecution environment where no single examiner's tendencies dominate the pending applications. This requires a strategy that accounts for 11 unique examiner perspectives. Practitioners should monitor for any cross-application consistency within the 5 art units while addressing the 11 distinct examiners.
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.
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 | 1 (8%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWTON, JASON TODD | 1 | 82.7% | +22.4% |
| RUMMEL, IAN A | 1 | 56.6% | +18.4% |
| IANNUZZI, PETER J | 1 | 68.0% | +13.2% |
| CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | 1 | 57.3% | +31.5% |
| HARE, DAVID R | 1 | 67.6% | +32.5% |
| EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT | 1 | 79.2% | +19.1% |
| GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE | 1 | 76.0% | +29.1% |
| GROSS, CARSON | 1 | 73.1% | +21.3% |
| NGUYEN, TUAN N | 1 | 68.1% | +26.3% |
| ALI, WAQAAS A | 1 | 81.1% | +17.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18912766 | INFLATABLE BED | EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT | 19d overdue |
| 19097968 | INFLATABLE PRODUCT | NEWTON, JASON TODD | — |
| 19097374 | SHEET, SHEET PRINTING METHOD, SHEET PRINTING DEVICE AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT | RUMMEL, IAN A | — |
| 19013538 | POOL WITH THERMAL INSULATION | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | — |
| 18933147 | INFLATABLE PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF | HARE, DAVID R | — |
| 18897237 | INFLATABLE BOAT | GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE | — |
| 18742678 | FRAME POOL AND SUPPORT ASSEMBLY THEREFOR | NGUYEN, TUAN N | — |
| 18402527 | FILTER, WATER FILTER, AND ABOVE-GROUND POOL | ALI, WAQAAS A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18912766 | INFLATABLE BED | EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT | 19d overdue |
| 19097968 | INFLATABLE PRODUCT | NEWTON, JASON TODD | — |
| 19097374 | SHEET, SHEET PRINTING METHOD, SHEET PRINTING DEVICE AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT | RUMMEL, IAN A | — |
| 19015312 | WATER SPRAY DEVICE | IANNUZZI, PETER J | — |
| 19013538 | POOL WITH THERMAL INSULATION | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | — |
| 18933147 | INFLATABLE PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF | HARE, DAVID R | — |
| 18897237 | INFLATABLE BOAT | GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE | — |
| 18894710 | INTERNAL TENSION MEMBER OF INFLATABLE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR, AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT | GROSS, CARSON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3673 | 2 |
| 3754 | 2 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1777 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19097968 | INFLATABLE PRODUCT | NEWTON, JASON TODD | 3673 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19097374 | SHEET, SHEET PRINTING METHOD, SHEET PRINTING DEVICE AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT | RUMMEL, IAN A | 1785 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19015312 | WATER SPRAY DEVICE | IANNUZZI, PETER J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19013538 | POOL WITH THERMAL INSULATION | CRANE, LAUREN ASHLEY | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18933147 | INFLATABLE PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF | HARE, DAVID R | 1784 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18912766 | INFLATABLE BED | EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT | 3673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18897237 | INFLATABLE BOAT | GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18894710 | INTERNAL TENSION MEMBER OF INFLATABLE PRODUCT, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREFOR, AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT | GROSS, CARSON | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18742678 | FRAME POOL AND SUPPORT ASSEMBLY THEREFOR | NGUYEN, TUAN N | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18402527 | FILTER, WATER FILTER, AND ABOVE-GROUND POOL | ALI, WAQAAS A | 1777 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18379274 | HEATING ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID HEATER | NGUYEN, HUNG D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18234249 | NON-INFLATABLE ABOVE-GROUND POOL | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
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