Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Life Fitness LLC

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (83%)
§112 only1 (17%)

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
1
Communications
17% 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
JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 2 50.0% +48.7%
NGUYEN, NYCA T 1 67.3% +24.8%
BODDIE, WILLIAM 1 26.5% +24.3%
VAUGHAN, JASON L 1 78.3% +20.6%
DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO 1 50.8% +60.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18440196 EXERCISE MACHINES AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING EXERCISE MACHINES HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE CONSOLE ASSEMBLY BODDIE, WILLIAM 42d overdue

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
18337773 FITNESS MACHINES WITH ADJUSTABLE SHOCK ABSORPTION AND METHODS OF ADJUSTING SHOCK ABSORPTION FOR FITNESS MACHINES DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO 146d overdue
18748048 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A STIFFNESS OF FITNESS MACHINES NGUYEN, NYCA T 51d overdue
18440196 EXERCISE MACHINES AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING EXERCISE MACHINES HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE CONSOLE ASSEMBLY BODDIE, WILLIAM 42d overdue
18450923 FITNESS MACHINES, HANDLES FOR FITNESS MACHINES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING FITNESS MACHINES AND HANDLES VAUGHAN, JASON L 15d overdue
18594531 INPUT MODULES FOR EXERCISE MACHINES JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 26d
18439087 EXERCISE MACHINES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING EXERCISE MACHINES HAVING ADJUSTABLE RESISTANCE AND INCLINE SETTINGS JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 54d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3784 4
2625 1
3726 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18748048 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A STIFFNESS OF FITNESS MACHINES NGUYEN, NYCA T 3784 §112 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2024
18594531 INPUT MODULES FOR EXERCISE MACHINES JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 3784 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18440196 EXERCISE MACHINES AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING EXERCISE MACHINES HAVING AN ADJUSTABLE CONSOLE ASSEMBLY BODDIE, WILLIAM 2625 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18439087 EXERCISE MACHINES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING EXERCISE MACHINES HAVING ADJUSTABLE RESISTANCE AND INCLINE SETTINGS JALALZADEH ABYANE, SHILA 3784 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18450923 FITNESS MACHINES, HANDLES FOR FITNESS MACHINES, AND METHODS FOR MAKING FITNESS MACHINES AND HANDLES VAUGHAN, JASON L 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18337773 FITNESS MACHINES WITH ADJUSTABLE SHOCK ABSORPTION AND METHODS OF ADJUSTING SHOCK ABSORPTION FOR FITNESS MACHINES DICUIA, JONATHAN ANGELO 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023

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