Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kiss Nail Products Inc. currently has 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 6 actions are distributed among 5 distinct examiners, indicating that most cases are being reviewed by different individuals. The portfolio spans 3 distinct art units, showing some technical variety within the company's mechanical and product-based innovations.
The busiest examiner, STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING, is responsible for 2 pending cases. This concentration provides an opportunity for the practitioner to apply a consistent strategy across those specific matters. However, with 5 distinct examiners in total, the majority of the 6 pending actions will still require individualized approaches based on each examiner's specific tendencies and the requirements of the 3 distinct art units.
The involvement of 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's technology is categorized into several different technical groups at the USPTO. Managing 6 pending office actions across 3 art units requires the practitioner to be familiar with multiple sets of examination guidelines within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area. Because the busiest examiner, STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING, only handles 2 of the 6 pending actions, the overall success of the portfolio depends on achieving favorable outcomes across a group of mostly independent examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3 | 54.4% | +26.1% |
| CARROLL, JEREMY W | 1 | 74.8% | +12.3% |
| ATTEL, NINA KAY | 1 | 41.4% | +27.8% |
| ROSEN, ERIC J | 1 | 41.3% | +22.8% |
| CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE | 1 | 28.6% | +41.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17714933 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE | 60d overdue |
| 18939274 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 58d overdue |
| 17956538 | HAIRSTYLING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | ROSEN, ERIC J | 43d |
| 19194969 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| 18250947 | PRODUCT DISPLAY TRAY AND METHOD | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17714933 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE | 60d overdue |
| 18939274 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 58d overdue |
| 18546395 | HAIR COLOR CONTAINER WITH MIXING FEATURES | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 21d |
| 17956538 | HAIRSTYLING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | ROSEN, ERIC J | 43d |
| 19335997 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| 19194969 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| 18250947 | PRODUCT DISPLAY TRAY AND METHOD | ATTEL, NINA KAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 5 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 3734 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19335997 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2025 |
| 19194969 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3772 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 18939274 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3772 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18546395 | HAIR COLOR CONTAINER WITH MIXING FEATURES | CARROLL, JEREMY W | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18250947 | PRODUCT DISPLAY TRAY AND METHOD | ATTEL, NINA KAY | 3734 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 17956538 | HAIRSTYLING APPARATUSES AND RELATED METHODS | ROSEN, ERIC J | 3772 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 43d | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17714933 | READY-TO-USE EYELASH EXTENSIONS | CONNELL, JENNIFER PETSCHE | 3772 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Apr 06, 2022 |
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