Prosecution Insights
Last updated: September 26, 2026

Kidde Fire Protection LLC

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (40%)
§102 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
20% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
1
Business / Other
20% 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
FOXX, CHICO A 1 78.3% +29.7%
WAHEED, NAZRA NUR 1 84.5% +10.7%
PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN 1 67.8% +35.3%
ZAAB, SHARAH 1 70.1% +26.7%
COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 1 40.8% +47.3%

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
18883029 RADAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADAR SYSTEM WAHEED, NAZRA NUR —

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
18749723 LIQUID FIRE SUPPRESSANT DEVICE PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN 30d
18078610 CALIBRATING OR VERIFYING AN OPERATION OF A VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SENSOR USING CARBON MONOXIDE ZAAB, SHARAH 49d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18749723 LIQUID FIRE SUPPRESSANT DEVICE PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN 30d
18078610 CALIBRATING OR VERIFYING AN OPERATION OF A VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SENSOR USING CARBON MONOXIDE ZAAB, SHARAH 49d
18920908 PORTABLE FIRE ALARM DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF FOXX, CHICO A —
18883029 RADAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADAR SYSTEM WAHEED, NAZRA NUR —
17985274 AUTO GUIDE FOR FIRE PANEL CONFIGURATION COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2685 1
3752 1
2857 1
2188 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18920908 PORTABLE FIRE ALARM DEVICE AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF FOXX, CHICO A 2685 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 20, 2024
18883029 RADAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADAR SYSTEM WAHEED, NAZRA NUR — §102 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18749723 LIQUID FIRE SUPPRESSANT DEVICE PHAM, TUONGMINH NGUYEN 3752 §103§112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18078610 CALIBRATING OR VERIFYING AN OPERATION OF A VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND SENSOR USING CARBON MONOXIDE ZAAB, SHARAH 2857 §103§112 Final Rejection 49d Pending Dec 09, 2022
17985274 AUTO GUIDE FOR FIRE PANEL CONFIGURATION COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2022

Managing Kidde Fire Protection LLC's Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month