Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Bestway Inflatables & Material Corp.

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (45%)
6
Medium (55%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (55%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (45%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
36% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
45% of docket
2
Business / Other
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RUMMEL, IAN A 1 56.5% +18.3%
REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 1 78.9% +19.8%
HARE, DAVID R 1 67.6% +32.4%
EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT 1 79.3% +18.9%
GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE 1 76.1% +27.9%
ALI, WAQAAS A 1 80.8% +18.1%
NGUYEN, HUNG D 1 71.5% +30.1%
SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J 1 61.6% +20.1%
SCHIMPF, TARA E 1 78.6% +7.8%
KASTURE, DNYANESH G 1 48.2% +26.9%

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
18402527 FILTER, WATER FILTER, AND ABOVE-GROUND POOL ALI, WAQAAS A

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18912766 INFLATABLE BED EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT 19d overdue
18127790 INFLATABLE STAND-UP PADDLE BOARD AND BUILT-IN INFLATION PUMP KASTURE, DNYANESH G 3d overdue
19046036 AIR VALVE AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT REID, MICHAEL ROBERT
18379274 HEATING ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID HEATER NGUYEN, HUNG D
18232154 INFLATABLE BED SCHIMPF, TARA E

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18912766 INFLATABLE BED EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT 19d overdue
18127790 INFLATABLE STAND-UP PADDLE BOARD AND BUILT-IN INFLATION PUMP KASTURE, DNYANESH G 3d overdue
19097374 SHEET, SHEET PRINTING METHOD, SHEET PRINTING DEVICE AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT RUMMEL, IAN A
19046036 AIR VALVE AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT REID, MICHAEL ROBERT
18933147 INFLATABLE PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF HARE, DAVID R
18897237 INFLATABLE BOAT GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE
18402527 FILTER, WATER FILTER, AND ABOVE-GROUND POOL ALI, WAQAAS A
18379274 HEATING ASSEMBLY AND LIQUID HEATER NGUYEN, HUNG D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1785 1
3753 1
1784 1
3673 1
1777 1
3754 1
3676 1
3746 1
1786 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19097374 SHEET, SHEET PRINTING METHOD, SHEET PRINTING DEVICE AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT RUMMEL, IAN A 1785 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2025
19046036 AIR VALVE AND INFLATABLE PRODUCT REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 05, 2025
18933147 INFLATABLE PRODUCT, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF HARE, DAVID R 1784 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18912766 INFLATABLE BED EASTMAN, AARON ROBERT 3673 §102§103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2024
18897237 INFLATABLE BOAT GLOVER, SHANNA DANIELLE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18402527 FILTER, WATER FILTER, AND ABOVE-GROUND POOL ALI, WAQAAS A 1777 §103 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 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2023
18232154 INFLATABLE BED SCHIMPF, TARA E 3676 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2023
18127790 INFLATABLE STAND-UP PADDLE BOARD AND BUILT-IN INFLATION PUMP KASTURE, DNYANESH G 3746 §102§103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2023
18109576 SHEET AND APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1786 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Feb 14, 2023

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