Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Kidde Technologies Inc.

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 3 63.1% +21.4%
NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 1 73.9% +20.2%
BOECKMANN, JASON J 1 49.1% +28.7%
LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE 1 71.9% +34.4%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18830124 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING FLOW OF FIRE SUPPRESSANT AGENTS KIM, CHRISTOPHER S
18376295 POWDER LEVEL DETECTION SYSTEM NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI
18083511 LITHIUM ION BATTERY GAS AND OPTICAL DETECTOR LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18083517 ORGANIC CHEMICAL FIRE SUPPRESSANT FOR A BATTERY PACK BOECKMANN, JASON J 44d overdue
18830124 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING FLOW OF FIRE SUPPRESSANT AGENTS KIM, CHRISTOPHER S
18756804 NOZZLE GEOMETRY TO CREATE ROTATIONAL VORTEX KIM, CHRISTOPHER S
18649149 FIRE DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION KIM, CHRISTOPHER S
18376295 POWDER LEVEL DETECTION SYSTEM NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI
18083511 LITHIUM ION BATTERY GAS AND OPTICAL DETECTOR LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3752 5
1727 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18830124 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS, FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING FLOW OF FIRE SUPPRESSANT AGENTS KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 3752 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18756804 NOZZLE GEOMETRY TO CREATE ROTATIONAL VORTEX KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 3752 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2024
18649149 FIRE DETECTION AND SUPPRESSION KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 3752 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18376295 POWDER LEVEL DETECTION SYSTEM NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 3752 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2023
18083517 ORGANIC CHEMICAL FIRE SUPPRESSANT FOR A BATTERY PACK BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §102 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 17, 2022
18083511 LITHIUM ION BATTERY GAS AND OPTICAL DETECTOR LA RAIA III, LAWRENCE 1727 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 17, 2022

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