Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Conair LLC

8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
6
Medium (75%)
1
Easy (12%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
§112 only1 (12%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
88% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEEAN, DEEPAK A 1 49.0% +43.1%
HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 1 43.1% +51.0%
CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE 1 25.9% +35.6%
KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 1 22.2% +87.5%
BARCENA, CARLOS 1 80.3% +12.5%
BAPTHELUS, SMITH OBERTO 1 66.9% +41.5%
BROWN, JARED O 1 75.2% +36.7%
DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 1 63.8% +48.4%

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
18349072 BATTERY FOR HAIR CLIPPERS BARCENA, CARLOS 77d

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18450697 ELECTRIC SHAVER KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 46d overdue
18522753 COMB ASSEMBLY CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE 22d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18526179 HAIR ROLLERS ASSEMBLY HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 77d overdue
18450697 ELECTRIC SHAVER KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 46d overdue
18113337 FOOD BLENDER AND SCRAPER ASSEMBLY FOR A FOOD BLENDER BAPTHELUS, SMITH OBERTO 4d overdue
17487571 HAIR CLIPPER HAVING A MAGNETIC DOOR DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 4d overdue
18522753 COMB ASSEMBLY CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE 22d
18428617 MULTI-FUNCTION GRIDDLE DEEAN, DEEPAK A 28d
17546206 FOOD PROCESSOR HAVING EXTERNAL SLICING DISC ADJUSTMENT BROWN, JARED O 29d
18349072 BATTERY FOR HAIR CLIPPERS BARCENA, CARLOS 77d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3772 2
3724 2
3725 2
3762 1
1723 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18428617 MULTI-FUNCTION GRIDDLE DEEAN, DEEPAK A 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18526179 HAIR ROLLERS ASSEMBLY HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18522753 COMB ASSEMBLY CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE 3772 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18450697 ELECTRIC SHAVER KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18349072 BATTERY FOR HAIR CLIPPERS BARCENA, CARLOS 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Jul 07, 2023
18113337 FOOD BLENDER AND SCRAPER ASSEMBLY FOR A FOOD BLENDER BAPTHELUS, SMITH OBERTO 3725 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2023
17546206 FOOD PROCESSOR HAVING EXTERNAL SLICING DISC ADJUSTMENT BROWN, JARED O 3725 §112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 09, 2021
17487571 HAIR CLIPPER HAVING A MAGNETIC DOOR DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 Other Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2021

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