Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Hamilton Beach Brands Inc.

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

4
Hard (57%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

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
7
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, UYEN T 1 39.7% +36.5%
ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 1 68.0% +12.5%
NGUYEN, HUNG D 1 71.5% +30.1%
BOSS, MARISSA RAE 1
MALATEK, KATHERYN A 1 86.7% +42.9%
PARK, JE HWAN JOHN 1 0.0% +0.0%
TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 1 67.0% +8.0%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18990598 HANDHELD APPLIANCE FOR STEAMING GARMENTS WITH RETRACTABLE WATER RESERVOIR NGUYEN, UYEN T
18677300 PLANT-BASED MILK MIXING MACHINE ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK
18231149 INDOOR GRILLING APPLIANCE WITH FLAVOR-INFUSION MODULE NGUYEN, HUNG D
18102481 BEVERAGE MAKER WITH MOVABLE WATER FILL CHAMBER MALATEK, KATHERYN A
18092265 BEVERAGE-MAKING MACHINE WITH ILLUMINATED BREW BASKET FOR MEASURING LOOSE GROUNDS PARK, JE HWAN JOHN

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
18990598 HANDHELD APPLIANCE FOR STEAMING GARMENTS WITH RETRACTABLE WATER RESERVOIR NGUYEN, UYEN T
18677300 PLANT-BASED MILK MIXING MACHINE ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK
18231149 INDOOR GRILLING APPLIANCE WITH FLAVOR-INFUSION MODULE NGUYEN, HUNG D
18102481 BEVERAGE MAKER WITH MOVABLE WATER FILL CHAMBER MALATEK, KATHERYN A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3761 4
3732 1
3754 1
3741 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18990598 HANDHELD APPLIANCE FOR STEAMING GARMENTS WITH RETRACTABLE WATER RESERVOIR NGUYEN, UYEN T 3732 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 20, 2024
18677300 PLANT-BASED MILK MIXING MACHINE ANGWIN, DAVID PATRICK 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18231149 INDOOR GRILLING APPLIANCE WITH FLAVOR-INFUSION MODULE NGUYEN, HUNG D 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2023
18221169 MULTI-STATION BEVERAGE-MAKING MACHING BOSS, MARISSA RAE 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 12, 2023
18102481 BEVERAGE MAKER WITH MOVABLE WATER FILL CHAMBER MALATEK, KATHERYN A 3741 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 27, 2023
18092265 BEVERAGE-MAKING MACHINE WITH ILLUMINATED BREW BASKET FOR MEASURING LOOSE GROUNDS PARK, JE HWAN JOHN 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 31, 2022
17366877 Beverage Maker TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3761 Other Final Rejection 111d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2021

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