Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Fossil Outdoor Inc.

1 pending office actions • 0 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Fossil Outdoor Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in its patent portfolio. This single action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, representing the company's total active prosecution presence at the USPTO. The data shows 0 distinct art units, which may indicate a specialized or unique classification for the pending matter.

The busiest examiner, WEST, PAUL M, is responsible for the 1 pending office action. Because the entire workload is concentrated under this single examiner, the outcome of the company's current patent efforts depends on this individual's review. Practitioners should focus on the specific requirements of this examiner to efficiently manage the prosecution of the single pending action.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEST, PAUL M 1 84.1% +14.0%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18904362 WATER LEVEL METER FOR HYDRATION PACKS WEST, PAUL M —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18904362 WATER LEVEL METER FOR HYDRATION PACKS WEST, PAUL M —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18904362 WATER LEVEL METER FOR HYDRATION PACKS WEST, PAUL M — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2024

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