Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
18 pending office actions • 6 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days
Puma SE manages 17 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These applications are spread across 12 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, suggesting a moderately diverse prosecution landscape. NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, overseeing 3 pending office actions.
This distribution shows that while 17 actions are pending, the majority of the 12 distinct examiners are likely handling only one or two matters each. The involvement of 6 distinct art units indicates that the company's applications are reviewed across several technical sections, though the busiest examiner handles 3 of the pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 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. 7 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 (6%) |
| §103 only | 8 (44%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (44%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 3 | 43.2% | +42.4% |
| SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 2 | 56.3% | +59.1% |
| LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 2 | 61.1% | +41.6% |
| MALIK, VIPUL | 2 | 62.1% | +35.7% |
| BAYS, MARIE D | 1 | 74.5% | +19.5% |
| LOPEZ, ERICK I | 1 | 53.0% | +29.6% |
| PRANGE, SHARON M | 1 | 54.2% | +46.6% |
| NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 1 | 66.7% | +24.6% |
| GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | 1 | 72.2% | +18.6% |
| GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE | 1 | 35.4% | +30.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19201717 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 27d |
| 19458263 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE STRUCTURE | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
| 19399331 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR | LOPEZ, ERICK I | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18905851 | SHOES HAVING SOLE STRUCTURES WITH CHANNELS THEREIN | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | — |
| 18383347 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A CLOSURE SYSTEM | DO, ROWLAND | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18642076 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A DISPLAY SYSTEM | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 20d |
| 19246372 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A FRAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MIDSOLE MEMBER OF AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR | PRANGE, SHARON M | 22d |
| 19201717 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 27d |
| 19078989 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 41d |
| 18441856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A FOAM COMPONENT | MALIK, VIPUL | 46d |
| 19458263 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE STRUCTURE | BAYS, MARIE D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 11 |
| 1754 | 2 |
| 3698 | 2 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3695 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 24, 2025 |
| 19246372 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A FRAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MIDSOLE MEMBER OF AN ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR | PRANGE, SHARON M | 3732 | — | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19201717 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | May 07, 2025 |
| 19098604 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19078989 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19045932 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A FOAM COMPONENT | MALIK, VIPUL | 1754 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 18923821 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE | NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18905851 | SHOES HAVING SOLE STRUCTURES WITH CHANNELS THEREIN | GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD | 1748 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18740989 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A SOLE PLATE | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18642076 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A DISPLAY SYSTEM | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Apr 22, 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 |
| 18441856 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING A FOAM COMPONENT | MALIK, VIPUL | 1754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18383347 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A CLOSURE SYSTEM | DO, ROWLAND | 3677 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | 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 |
| 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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