Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Lego A/s

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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 (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
1
Information Tech
12% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
62% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE 1 46.7% +30.5%
NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 1 73.0% +21.5%
VELAZQUEZ VALENCI, AMELIA NMN 1 0.0% +0.0%
ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE 1 92.9% +4.5%
LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 1 57.8% +22.9%
SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE 1 100.0% +0.0%
MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1 46.3% +42.7%
TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI 1 50.0% +68.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18570295 A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE 18d overdue
18684017 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED REALITY FOR A MOVEABLE REAL-WORLD OBJECT VELAZQUEZ VALENCI, AMELIA NMN 1d overdue
18011702 PICKING DEVICE SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE 23d
18703645 A TOY BUILDING ELEMENT AND A METHOD AND A MOLD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A TOY BUILDING ELEMENT FOR A TOY BUILDING SET NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 33d

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
18703645 A TOY BUILDING ELEMENT AND A METHOD AND A MOLD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A TOY BUILDING ELEMENT FOR A TOY BUILDING SET NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 33d
17781953 A MOLD TOOL FOR INJECTION MOLDING MELENDEZ, ARMAND 57d
18654943 TOY CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM WITH FUNCTION CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE
18249669 TOY SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLAYER SOCIAL PLAY LIDDLE, JAY TRENT
17602742 DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CHECKING STABILITY TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3711 2
2612 1
3661 1
3715 1
3654 1
1759 1
2189 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18654943 TOY CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM WITH FUNCTION CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE 3711 §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18703645 A TOY BUILDING ELEMENT AND A METHOD AND A MOLD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A TOY BUILDING ELEMENT FOR A TOY BUILDING SET NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 3711 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 22, 2024
18684017 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED REALITY FOR A MOVEABLE REAL-WORLD OBJECT VELAZQUEZ VALENCI, AMELIA NMN 2612 §103§112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024
18570295 A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE 3661 §102§103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18249669 TOY SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLAYER SOCIAL PLAY LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 3715 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2023
18011702 PICKING DEVICE SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE 3654 §102§103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Dec 20, 2022
17781953 A MOLD TOOL FOR INJECTION MOLDING MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Jun 02, 2022
17602742 DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CHECKING STABILITY TSENG, KYLE HWA-KAI 2189 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2021

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