Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Eight Sleep Inc. is currently navigating 8 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 4 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technology intersects with several different mechanical or e-commerce classifications. The prosecution involves 5 distinct examiners, creating a moderately diverse field of review for their pending applications.
ALAM, MIRZA F serves as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, overseeing 3 pending office actions. This concentration represents a significant portion of the company's active matters, as 3 of the 8 pending office actions are assigned to this single individual. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific tendencies and requirements of this examiner, as their decisions will have a disproportionate impact on the overall portfolio compared to the other 4 examiners.
The remaining 5 pending office actions are distributed among 4 other examiners, suggesting that while there is some concentration, the company still faces a variety of examination styles. Managing 8 actions across 4 art units requires a strategy that accounts for the specific nuances of each unit's interpretation of mechanical and systems-based claims. For a practitioner, the presence of 3 actions with ALAM, MIRZA F provides an opportunity to develop a consistent rapport and potentially streamline the prosecution of those specific matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 7 (88%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAM, MIRZA F | 3 | 74.3% | +33.9% |
| NEWTON, JASON TODD | 1 | 82.7% | +22.4% |
| MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 1 | 75.2% | +21.0% |
| GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 1 | 56.4% | +59.5% |
| LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 1 | 68.2% | +46.9% |
| AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 1 | 43.7% | +16.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19546181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE | NEWTON, JASON TODD | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18527596 | DETECTING SLEEPING DISORDERS | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 15d |
| 18990538 | BED DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHODS | ALAM, MIRZA F | 21d |
| 19546181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE | NEWTON, JASON TODD | — |
| 19381720 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURE OF A SUBJECT | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | — |
| 19380102 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEMPERATURE REGULATION OF AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE | GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | — |
| 19247631 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS | ALAM, MIRZA F | — |
| 18741237 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS | ALAM, MIRZA F | — |
| 17846376 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING A TEMPERATURE OF AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE | AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3673 | 2 |
| 2688 | 2 |
| 3796 | 1 |
| 2119 | 1 |
| 3794 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19546181 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE | NEWTON, JASON TODD | 3673 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2026 |
| 19381720 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A PHYSIOLOGICAL FEATURE OF A SUBJECT | MARLEN, TAMMIE K | 3796 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 19380102 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEMPERATURE REGULATION OF AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE | GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA | 3673 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2025 |
| 19247631 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS | ALAM, MIRZA F | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 18990538 | BED DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHODS | ALAM, MIRZA F | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18741237 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GATHERING AND ANALYZING HUMAN BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS | ALAM, MIRZA F | 2688 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18527596 | DETECTING SLEEPING DISORDERS | LINDSAY, BERNARD G | 2119 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 17846376 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING A TEMPERATURE OF AN ARTICLE OF FURNITURE | AVIGAN, ADAM JOSEPH | 3794 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 22, 2022 |
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