Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Fellowes Inc.

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (40%)
2
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only1 (20%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHEN, JOSE V 1 78.0% +15.2%
BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J 1 81.7% +7.4%
FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 1 56.1% +26.9%
PREGLER, SHARON 1 78.0% +21.1%
MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1 57.4% +22.5%

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
18968722 CHAIR WITH ERGONOMIC MOTION FEATURES BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J

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
18563681 USER INTERFACE WHICH INDUCES MACHINE OPERATOR INTERACTION AND EFFICIENCIES FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 26d
18377299 AIR PURIFIER WITH FILTER RETAINER PREGLER, SHARON

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18085894 AIR PURIFIER WITH INTELLIGENT SENSORS AND AIRFLOW MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 9d overdue
18563681 USER INTERFACE WHICH INDUCES MACHINE OPERATOR INTERACTION AND EFFICIENCIES FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 26d
19075507 MULTI-POSITIONAL ARTICULATING ERGONOMIC DEVICE WITH MODULAR FEATURES CHEN, JOSE V
18377299 AIR PURIFIER WITH FILTER RETAINER PREGLER, SHARON

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2117 1
1772 1
1776 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19075507 MULTI-POSITIONAL ARTICULATING ERGONOMIC DEVICE WITH MODULAR FEATURES CHEN, JOSE V DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2025
18968722 CHAIR WITH ERGONOMIC MOTION FEATURES BRINDLEY, TIMOTHY J §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18563681 USER INTERFACE WHICH INDUCES MACHINE OPERATOR INTERACTION AND EFFICIENCIES FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG 2117 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18377299 AIR PURIFIER WITH FILTER RETAINER PREGLER, SHARON 1772 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2023
18085894 AIR PURIFIER WITH INTELLIGENT SENSORS AND AIRFLOW MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022

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