Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Purple Innovation LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

16 pending office actions • 4 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Purple Innovation LLC has 17 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 14 examiners across 4 art units, showing broad examiner coverage within a narrow unit structure.

SANTOS, ROBERT G is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. Counsel can organize the docket principally by art unit while using examiner-specific review for the repeated assignment.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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 (25%)
12
Medium (75%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (62%)
§102 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (25%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SANTOS, ROBERT G 3 73.1% +34.9%
CONLEY, FREDRICK C 2 70.6% +12.8%
ORTIZ, ADAM C 1 65.8% +34.7%
BAILEY, AMANDA LEE 1 55.9% +42.9%
GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 1 56.9% +59.8%
LIU, JONATHAN 1 32.5% +23.0%
SUN, GEORGE 1 69.2% +34.1%
HALL, LUKE F 1 50.7% +62.3%
THROOP, MYLES A 1 58.5% +40.1%
HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 1 49.2% +40.6%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18625184 ELONGATED BODY CUSHION LIU, JONATHAN 38d overdue
17978173 AUTOMATIC MATTRESS ADJUSTMENT TO IMPROVE RESTFUL SLEEP EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 23d overdue
19411008 ACTIVE AIRFLOW THROUGH GEL GRID MATTRESS WITH INDIVIDUAL POCKET COILS BAILEY, AMANDA LEE —
19310508 CUSHIONS WITH COLUMNS INCLUDING FIRMNESS-DEFINING FEATURES SANTOS, ROBERT G —

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18625184 ELONGATED BODY CUSHION LIU, JONATHAN 38d overdue
18441516 DETERMINING MOVEMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL ON A MATTRESS FROM HUMIDITY AND OTHER MEASUREMENTS CONLEY, FREDRICK C 34d
18226107 OPTIMIZED CUSHIONING ELEMENTS HALL, LUKE F 40d
19547052 MATTRESSES INCLUDING A VARIABLE COIL LAYER AND AN ELASTOMERIC CUSHIONING ELEMENT ORTIZ, ADAM C —
19411008 ACTIVE AIRFLOW THROUGH GEL GRID MATTRESS WITH INDIVIDUAL POCKET COILS BAILEY, AMANDA LEE —
19310508 CUSHIONS WITH COLUMNS INCLUDING FIRMNESS-DEFINING FEATURES SANTOS, ROBERT G —
19308988 SENSOR STRIP FOR USE WITH SLEEPING SYSTEMS AND ANCHOR FOR USE WITH SENSOR STRIP GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA —
19277294 MATTRESSES INCLUDING SPACER FABRIC AND RELATED METHODS CONLEY, FREDRICK C —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3673 9
3679 4
3792 2
3631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19547052 MATTRESSES INCLUDING A VARIABLE COIL LAYER AND AN ELASTOMERIC CUSHIONING ELEMENT ORTIZ, ADAM C 3673 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2026
19411008 ACTIVE AIRFLOW THROUGH GEL GRID MATTRESS WITH INDIVIDUAL POCKET COILS BAILEY, AMANDA LEE 3673 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2025
19310508 CUSHIONS WITH COLUMNS INCLUDING FIRMNESS-DEFINING FEATURES SANTOS, ROBERT G 3673 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2025
19308988 SENSOR STRIP FOR USE WITH SLEEPING SYSTEMS AND ANCHOR FOR USE WITH SENSOR STRIP GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 2025
19277294 MATTRESSES INCLUDING SPACER FABRIC AND RELATED METHODS CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2025
19263339 MATTRESS WITH SENSORS SANTOS, ROBERT G 3673 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 08, 2025
19233865 COMPOSITE MATTRESSES WITH AIR CHAMBERS SANTOS, ROBERT G 3673 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 10, 2025
18625184 ELONGATED BODY CUSHION LIU, JONATHAN 3631 §103§112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Apr 02, 2024
18441516 DETERMINING MOVEMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL ON A MATTRESS FROM HUMIDITY AND OTHER MEASUREMENTS CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18408199 PILLOW SUN, GEORGE 3673 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18226107 OPTIMIZED CUSHIONING ELEMENTS HALL, LUKE F 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18102671 MATTRESSES INCLUDING AN ELASTOMERIC CUSHIONING ELEMENT ON POCKETED COILS WITH CUSHIONING COIL TOPPERS THROOP, MYLES A 3679 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2023
17978186 INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFICATION AND CUSTOMIZED ADJUSTMENT BY A SMART BED HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 3792 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2022
17978141 SYNCHRONIZATION OF PRESSURIZATION WITH ARRANGEMENT OF ADJUSTABLE PLATFORM ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 3679 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2022
17978173 AUTOMATIC MATTRESS ADJUSTMENT TO IMPROVE RESTFUL SLEEP EISEMAN, LYNSEY C 3792 §103§112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17105208 MATTRESSES INCLUDING AN ELASTOMERIC CUSHIONING ELEMENT AND A POCKETED COIL LAYER AND RELATED METHODS MCCLURE, MORGAN J 3673 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Purple Innovation LLC have?

Purple Innovation LLC has 16 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 13 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Purple Innovation LLC applications?

Robert G Santos has the most, with 3 of Purple Innovation LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Purple Innovation LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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