30 pending office actions • 4 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (3%) |
| §103 only | 11 (37%) |
| §102 only | 3 (10%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULLER, BRYAN R | 5 | 43.8% | +30.5% |
| MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 5 | 46.1% | +40.4% |
| RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 4 | 58.5% | +59.0% |
| POON, DANA LEE | 3 | 55.3% | +42.3% |
| FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE | 3 | 69.8% | +66.8% |
| SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 1 | 52.9% | +30.0% |
| KRYUKOVA, ERIN | 1 | 64.3% | +28.8% |
| BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN | 1 | 81.8% | +18.3% |
| HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | 1 | 80.9% | +17.5% |
| HOPKINS, ROBERT A | 1 | 84.5% | +7.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18931373 | LED LIGHT SOURCE | BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18372999 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | POON, DANA LEE | 22d overdue |
| 19220274 | LIGHT SOURCE | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | — |
| 18918284 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — |
| 18783289 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | — |
| 18781285 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE HAVING AN IMPROVED CYCLONE AND A CYCLONE FOR SAME | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | — |
| 18596585 | CONFIGURATION OF A SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MULLER, BRYAN R | — |
| 18596575 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | — |
| 18590658 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19317706 | HAND VACUUM CLEANER | MULLER, BRYAN R | 52d overdue |
| 17880499 | DOCKING UNIT FOR A SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 46d overdue |
| 18320589 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 43d overdue |
| 17465136 | ROBOTIC CLEANER DEBRIS REMOVAL DOCKING STATION | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 29d overdue |
| 18372999 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | POON, DANA LEE | 22d overdue |
| 19313019 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | POON, DANA LEE | 12d |
| 19265232 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | — |
| 19220274 | LIGHT SOURCE | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 22 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| 3745 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19317706 | HAND VACUUM CLEANER | MULLER, BRYAN R | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 52d overdue | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19313019 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | POON, DANA LEE | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19265232 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY | 3723 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19220274 | LIGHT SOURCE | KRYUKOVA, ERIN | 2875 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 18931373 | LED LIGHT SOURCE | BOWMAN, MARY ELLEN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18918284 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | HORTON, ANDREW ALAN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18783289 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18781285 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE HAVING AN IMPROVED CYCLONE AND A CYCLONE FOR SAME | HOPKINS, ROBERT A | — | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18774403 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | HENSON, KATINA N | — | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18739610 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18657434 | CYCLONIC SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MULLER, BRYAN R | 3723 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18597604 | HAND VACUUM CLEANER | FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18596585 | CONFIGURATION OF A SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MULLER, BRYAN R | 3723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18596575 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | LARSON, JOHN MICHAEL | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18590658 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | REITZ, MICHAEL K. | 3745 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18442882 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18500325 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS WITH ENHANCED OPERABILITY | FORDJOUR, SARAH AKYAA | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Nov 02, 2023 |
| 18378602 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18378638 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 3723 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 18377320 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MULLER, BRYAN R | 3700 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18372999 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | POON, DANA LEE | 3723 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18238037 | HAND VACUUM CLEANER | FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE | 3723 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18320589 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 3723 | §102 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18312034 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 04, 2023 |
| 18311088 | CONFIGURATION OF A SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MULLER, BRYAN R | 3723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18298054 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 18113838 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | POON, DANA LEE | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 17988594 | SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 3723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2022 |
| 17880499 | DOCKING UNIT FOR A SURFACE CLEANING APPARATUS | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Aug 03, 2022 |
| 17465136 | ROBOTIC CLEANER DEBRIS REMOVAL DOCKING STATION | RODGERS, THOMAS RAYMOND | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Sep 02, 2021 |
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