Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days
Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l. has 8 pending office actions in its patent portfolio, which is classified under the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are assigned to 5 distinct examiners, showing some concentration of the workload. The company's prosecution is currently active in 2 distinct art units, indicating a focused technical scope within the broader engineering field.
The busiest examiner for the company is MAI, TRI M, who is currently handling 3 pending office actions. This represents a portion of the 8 total pending actions, while the other actions are distributed among the remaining 5 distinct examiners. With 2 distinct art units involved, the company's applications are being reviewed by a relatively small number of technical groups. The fact that 3 pending office actions are with a single examiner suggests that MAI, TRI M has a larger influence on the portfolio than the other examiners. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of this busiest examiner while managing the 8 total pending actions.
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.
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 | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (86%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAI, TRI M | 3 | 36.3% | +20.6% |
| COMINO, EVA L | 1 | 70.4% | +32.3% |
| TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI | 1 | 39.0% | +46.7% |
| CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED | 1 | 56.3% | +30.9% |
| MERCADO, LOUIS A | 1 | 78.8% | +18.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18955266 | LUGGAGE CASE WITH A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY | CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED | 56d overdue |
| 19021609 | LUGGAGE WITH A RECESSED ZIPPER | MAI, TRI M | 6d |
| 19203319 | SUSPENSION WHEEL FOR LUGGAGE CASES | COMINO, EVA L | — |
| 19098186 | INTEGRAL INNER RIM FOR INJECTION MOULDED HARD-SIDED LUGGAGE CASES | TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI | — |
| 19023724 | LUGGAGE ARTICLE SPLIT ALONG FRONT AND REAR MAJOR FACES | MAI, TRI M | — |
| 18685056 | IMPROVED LUGGAGE ZIPPER CLOSURE ARRANGEMENT | MERCADO, LOUIS A | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18955266 | LUGGAGE CASE WITH A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY | CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED | 56d overdue |
| 19021609 | LUGGAGE WITH A RECESSED ZIPPER | MAI, TRI M | 6d |
| 19203319 | SUSPENSION WHEEL FOR LUGGAGE CASES | COMINO, EVA L | — |
| 19098186 | INTEGRAL INNER RIM FOR INJECTION MOULDED HARD-SIDED LUGGAGE CASES | TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI | — |
| 19023724 | LUGGAGE ARTICLE SPLIT ALONG FRONT AND REAR MAJOR FACES | MAI, TRI M | — |
| 18685056 | IMPROVED LUGGAGE ZIPPER CLOSURE ARRANGEMENT | MERCADO, LOUIS A | — |
| 18126266 | EXPANDABLE ZIPPER ARRANGEMENT FOR LUGGAGE | MAI, TRI M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3733 | 5 |
| 3677 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19203319 | SUSPENSION WHEEL FOR LUGGAGE CASES | COMINO, EVA L | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2025 |
| 19098186 | INTEGRAL INNER RIM FOR INJECTION MOULDED HARD-SIDED LUGGAGE CASES | TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI | 3733 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
| 19023724 | LUGGAGE ARTICLE SPLIT ALONG FRONT AND REAR MAJOR FACES | MAI, TRI M | 3733 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19021609 | LUGGAGE WITH A RECESSED ZIPPER | MAI, TRI M | 3733 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 18955266 | LUGGAGE CASE WITH A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY | CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED | 3733 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18685056 | IMPROVED LUGGAGE ZIPPER CLOSURE ARRANGEMENT | MERCADO, LOUIS A | 3677 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18126266 | EXPANDABLE ZIPPER ARRANGEMENT FOR LUGGAGE | MAI, TRI M | 3733 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
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