Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
13 pending office actions • 4 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Purple Innovation LLC currently manages 13 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 11 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units. This distribution shows that some examiners are handling multiple cases, creating a slight concentration within the portfolio.
The busiest examiner for the company is SANTOS, ROBERT G, who is currently overseeing 2 pending actions. With only 4 distinct art units involved for 13 pending office actions, the company's patent applications are technically focused. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination styles of the 11 distinct examiners, particularly SANTOS, ROBERT G, who manages more than one of the 13 pending office actions. The concentration in 4 distinct art units allows for a consistent technical narrative across the 13 pending office actions. Success will depend on navigating the individual preferences of the 11 distinct examiners while maintaining a cohesive strategy that aligns with the expectations of the 4 distinct art units that oversee these cases in the mechanical systems sector.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 8 (62%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANTOS, ROBERT G | 2 | 73.0% | +35.0% |
| CONLEY, FREDRICK C | 2 | 70.6% | +12.8% |
| ORTIZ, ADAM C | 1 | 65.9% | +34.6% |
| LIU, JONATHAN | 1 | 32.4% | +23.2% |
| SUN, GEORGE | 1 | 69.1% | +34.2% |
| THROOP, MYLES A | 1 | 58.5% | +40.4% |
| EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 1 | 49.1% | +39.9% |
| HODGE, LAURA NICOLE | 1 | 49.2% | +39.6% |
| ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A | 1 | 48.0% | +43.5% |
| SOSNOWSKI, DAVID E | 1 | 67.6% | +12.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18625184 | ELONGATED BODY CUSHION | LIU, JONATHAN | 38d overdue |
| 17978173 | AUTOMATIC MATTRESS ADJUSTMENT TO IMPROVE RESTFUL SLEEP | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 23d overdue |
| 19310508 | CUSHIONS WITH COLUMNS INCLUDING FIRMNESS-DEFINING FEATURES | SANTOS, ROBERT G | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18625184 | ELONGATED BODY CUSHION | LIU, JONATHAN | 38d overdue |
| 17978173 | AUTOMATIC MATTRESS ADJUSTMENT TO IMPROVE RESTFUL SLEEP | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 23d overdue |
| 18441516 | DETERMINING MOVEMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL ON A MATTRESS FROM HUMIDITY AND OTHER MEASUREMENTS | CONLEY, FREDRICK C | 34d |
| 19547052 | MATTRESSES INCLUDING A VARIABLE COIL LAYER AND AN ELASTOMERIC CUSHIONING ELEMENT | ORTIZ, ADAM C | — |
| 19310508 | CUSHIONS WITH COLUMNS INCLUDING FIRMNESS-DEFINING FEATURES | SANTOS, ROBERT G | — |
| 19277294 | MATTRESSES INCLUDING SPACER FABRIC AND RELATED METHODS | CONLEY, FREDRICK C | — |
| 19263339 | MATTRESS WITH SENSORS | SANTOS, ROBERT G | — |
| 18408199 | PILLOW | SUN, GEORGE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3673 | 5 |
| 3679 | 3 |
| 3792 | 2 |
| 3631 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19547052 | MATTRESSES INCLUDING A VARIABLE COIL LAYER AND AN ELASTOMERIC CUSHIONING ELEMENT | ORTIZ, ADAM C | 3673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2026 |
| 19310508 | CUSHIONS WITH COLUMNS INCLUDING FIRMNESS-DEFINING FEATURES | SANTOS, ROBERT G | 3673 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19277294 | MATTRESSES INCLUDING SPACER FABRIC AND RELATED METHODS | CONLEY, FREDRICK C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19263339 | MATTRESS WITH SENSORS | SANTOS, ROBERT G | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 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 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 |
| 18408199 | PILLOW | SUN, GEORGE | 3673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 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 |
| 17978173 | AUTOMATIC MATTRESS ADJUSTMENT TO IMPROVE RESTFUL SLEEP | EISEMAN, LYNSEY C | 3792 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 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 |
| 17978167 | SEQUENCE INITIATION FOR PLACING A SMART BED IN AN OUT-OF-BED STATE | SOSNOWSKI, DAVID E | 3673 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | 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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