Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Bissell Inc.

13 pending office actions • 4 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

7
Hard (54%)
6
Medium (46%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (46%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (54%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
8% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
85% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CARLSON, MARC 2 71.0% +23.6%
CAIN, AARON G 1 43.0% +29.3%
HUANG, STEVEN 1 47.1% +35.3%
GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 1 68.1% +47.7%
FLORES, JUAN G 1 79.3% +14.7%
SAENZ, ALBERTO 1 69.3% +31.4%
FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 1 52.5% +28.0%
MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES 1 46.1% +40.4%
MULLER, BRYAN R 1 43.8% +30.5%
ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1 73.6% +20.9%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18589566 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH VAPOR DISPENSING CARLSON, MARC 3d overdue
18226308 DOCKING STATION FOR FLOOR CLEANER GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY 12d
19266667 DISPLAYING A DYNAMICALLY CHANGING WET CLEAN PATH OF AN AUTONOMOUS FLOOR CLEANER CAIN, AARON G
18678039 FLOOR CLEANING NOZZLE FOR SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS CARLSON, MARC
18610597 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING A SPRAY BAR ASSEMBLY GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL
18526112 CLEANING APPARATUS ACCESSORY TOOL HAVING ROLLER ASSEMBLY FLORES, JUAN G
18450507 ACCESSORY TOOL ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH EXTRACTION CLEANERS MULLER, BRYAN R

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18589566 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH VAPOR DISPENSING CARLSON, MARC 3d overdue
18805821 CLEANING TOOL FOR A SURFACE CLEANER HUANG, STEVEN 19d
18228120 AIR PURIFIER WITH ROTATABLE FILTER ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 70d
18242714 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 83d
19266667 DISPLAYING A DYNAMICALLY CHANGING WET CLEAN PATH OF AN AUTONOMOUS FLOOR CLEANER CAIN, AARON G
18678039 FLOOR CLEANING NOZZLE FOR SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS CARLSON, MARC
18610597 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING A SPRAY BAR ASSEMBLY GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL
18526112 CLEANING APPARATUS ACCESSORY TOOL HAVING ROLLER ASSEMBLY FLORES, JUAN G

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 8
3745 2
3656 1
1776 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19266667 DISPLAYING A DYNAMICALLY CHANGING WET CLEAN PATH OF AN AUTONOMOUS FLOOR CLEANER CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 11, 2025
18805821 CLEANING TOOL FOR A SURFACE CLEANER HUANG, STEVEN 3723 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18678039 FLOOR CLEANING NOZZLE FOR SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS CARLSON, MARC §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18610597 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS HAVING A SPRAY BAR ASSEMBLY GOLIK, ARTHUR PAUL 3745 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 20, 2024
18589566 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH VAPOR DISPENSING CARLSON, MARC 3723 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18526112 CLEANING APPARATUS ACCESSORY TOOL HAVING ROLLER ASSEMBLY FLORES, JUAN G 3745 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18375059 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS SAENZ, ALBERTO 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18242714 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18237478 SURFACE CLEANING APPARTAUS MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 24, 2023
18450507 ACCESSORY TOOL ASSEMBLY FOR USE WITH EXTRACTION CLEANERS MULLER, BRYAN R 3723 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2023
18228120 AIR PURIFIER WITH ROTATABLE FILTER ANBACHT, BRIT ELIZA 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18226308 DOCKING STATION FOR FLOOR CLEANER GUMP, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3723 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18093513 SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH USER INTERFACE ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 05, 2023

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