Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Puma SE

13 pending office actions • 6 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

4
Hard (31%)
9
Medium (69%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only8 (62%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (23%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
85% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 2 43.9% +45.1%
BAYS, MARIE D 1 74.6% +19.6%
LOPEZ, ERICK I 1 53.1% +29.6%
HUANG, GRACE 1 56.6% +55.6%
LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 1 60.9% +41.9%
MALIK, VIPUL 1 65.0% +39.1%
NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L 1 66.5% +25.1%
GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 1 36.2% +29.1%
DO, ROWLAND 1 69.8% -5.6%
EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U 1 1.5% +2.4%

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
19458263 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE STRUCTURE BAYS, MARIE D
19399331 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR LOPEZ, ERICK I
19246283 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE HUANG, GRACE
18206531 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREVENTING COUNTERFEITING USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U
17903490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING DIGITAL ASSETS DANG, CHRISTINE

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18612664 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING GRAPHICS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKENS GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 22d overdue
17979261 SOLE STRUCTURE FOR ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 15d overdue
19458263 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE STRUCTURE BAYS, MARIE D
19399331 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR LOPEZ, ERICK I
19246283 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE HUANG, GRACE
19098604 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN
19045932 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A FOAM COMPONENT MALIK, VIPUL
18923821 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3732 7
3698 2
1754 1
3677 1
3695 1
1789 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19458263 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE STRUCTURE BAYS, MARIE D 3732 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2026
19399331 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR LOPEZ, ERICK I 3732 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2025
19246283 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE HUANG, GRACE 3732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2025
19098604 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 3732 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 02, 2025
19045932 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A FOAM COMPONENT MALIK, VIPUL 1754 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2025
18923821 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L 3732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18612664 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING GRAPHICS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKENS GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2024
18383347 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A CLOSURE SYSTEM DO, ROWLAND 3677 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 24, 2023
18206531 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR PREVENTING COUNTERFEITING USING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U 3695 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2023
18141222 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A PLATE STEELE, JENNIFER A 1789 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 28, 2023
17979261 SOLE STRUCTURE FOR ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2022
17903490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING DIGITAL ASSETS DANG, CHRISTINE 3698 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2022
17231758 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SHOE UPPER ASSEMBLY NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2021

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