Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Lifoam Industries LLC

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

5
Hard (62%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
88% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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
KRYLOVA, IRINA 2 36.6% +48.2%
COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 1 81.4% +14.3%
VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1 54.0% +24.7%
LAN, YAN 1 63.1% +21.7%
VONCH, JEFFREY A 1 52.2% +43.9%
GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1 57.6% +4.6%
STEVENS, ALLAN D 1 41.3% +49.8%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18891347 HYBRID POLYLACTIC ACID AND POLYURETHANE FOAM ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A
18476956 EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING HAVING ADVANCED LIVING HINGES AND METHODS THEREOF LAN, YAN
18477343 PROTECTIVE TRAYS WITH HIGH DENSITY OF STORAGE VONCH, JEFFREY A
18356611 EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS THEREOF GOLDEN, CHINESSA T
18191422 POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED CUSTOM PRODUCT PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS KRYLOVA, IRINA

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18356617 ADVANCED MONO-MATERIAL EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS THEREOF STEVENS, ALLAN D 20d
18891347 HYBRID POLYLACTIC ACID AND POLYURETHANE FOAM ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A
18477183 POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED CUSTOM PRODUCT PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS VAN SELL, NATHAN L
18476956 EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING HAVING ADVANCED LIVING HINGES AND METHODS THEREOF LAN, YAN
18477343 PROTECTIVE TRAYS WITH HIGH DENSITY OF STORAGE VONCH, JEFFREY A
18303209 POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED BEAD FOAM ARTICLES HAVING ULTRA-HIGHLY PLANAR PARTICLES KRYLOVA, IRINA
18191422 POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED CUSTOM PRODUCT PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS KRYLOVA, IRINA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1764 2
1784 1
1783 1
1782 1
1781 1
1788 1
3736 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18891347 HYBRID POLYLACTIC ACID AND POLYURETHANE FOAM ARTICLES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS COLLISTER, ELIZABETH A 1784 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18477183 POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED CUSTOM PRODUCT PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1783 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18476956 EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING HAVING ADVANCED LIVING HINGES AND METHODS THEREOF LAN, YAN 1782 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 28, 2023
18477343 PROTECTIVE TRAYS WITH HIGH DENSITY OF STORAGE VONCH, JEFFREY A 1781 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18356611 EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS THEREOF GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1788 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2023
18356617 ADVANCED MONO-MATERIAL EXPANDABLE POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED THERMAL AND PROTECTIVE PACKAGING AND METHODS THEREOF STEVENS, ALLAN D 3736 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18303209 POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED BEAD FOAM ARTICLES HAVING ULTRA-HIGHLY PLANAR PARTICLES KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2023
18191422 POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED CUSTOM PRODUCT PACKAGING AND ASSOCIATED METHODS KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2023

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