Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Broan-NuTone LLC manages 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are handled by 4 distinct examiners but are concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This suggests that while multiple examiners are involved, the technical subject matter falls into two primary administrative categories. The concentration of 4 pending office actions into only 2 distinct art units indicates a higher density of examiners per unit compared to a more distributed portfolio.
LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This examiner is one of the distinct examiners currently reviewing the company's pending office actions. Since each examiner is responsible for exactly one action, the workload is evenly divided. This prosecution profile shows that while the company interacts with several examiners, their work is focused within a limited number of technical divisions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 1 | 59.3% | +57.6% |
| FAULKNER, RYAN L | 1 | 67.7% | +16.8% |
| SCHULT, ALLEN | 1 | 68.0% | +30.9% |
| BADERMAN, SCOTT T | 1 | 44.7% | +6.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18585704 | VENTILATION SYSTEM FAN SCROLL | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | — |
| 18475395 | VENTILATION FAN | SCHULT, ALLEN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18585704 | VENTILATION SYSTEM FAN SCROLL | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | — |
| 18585590 | GRILLE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR A VENTILATION SYSTEM | FAULKNER, RYAN L | — |
| 18475395 | VENTILATION FAN | SCHULT, ALLEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3762 | 3 |
| 2118 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18585704 | VENTILATION SYSTEM FAN SCROLL | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18585590 | GRILLE ATTACHMENT SYSTEM FOR A VENTILATION SYSTEM | FAULKNER, RYAN L | 3762 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18475395 | VENTILATION FAN | SCHULT, ALLEN | 3762 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18474396 | VENTILATION SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC FLOW BALANCING DERIVED FROM A NEURAL NETWORK AND METHODS OF USE | BADERMAN, SCOTT T | 2118 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBroan-NuTone LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Elizabeth Ann Laughlin has the most, with 1 of Broan-NuTone LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
