Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Samsonite IP Holdings S.a r.l.

8 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
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.

5
Hard (62%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (38%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

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
8
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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED 4 55.9% +31.6%
MAI, TRI M 2 36.2% +20.5%
MERCADO, LOUIS A 1 79.1% +18.5%
TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI 1 39.5% +49.1%

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
18955266 LUGGAGE CASE WITH A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED 56d overdue
19023724 LUGGAGE ARTICLE SPLIT ALONG FRONT AND REAR MAJOR FACES MAI, TRI M
18954956 ADJUSTABLE LUGGAGE CASE CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED
18685056 IMPROVED LUGGAGE ZIPPER CLOSURE ARRANGEMENT MERCADO, LOUIS A
18378692 INJECTION MOLDED LUGGAGE CASE WITH INTEGRATED ZIPPER ASSEMBLY TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18955266 LUGGAGE CASE WITH A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED 56d overdue
19023724 LUGGAGE ARTICLE SPLIT ALONG FRONT AND REAR MAJOR FACES MAI, TRI M
18955178 LUGGAGE CASE WITH SNAP-FIT FRONT POCKET OR OTHER COMPONENT CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED
18954956 ADJUSTABLE LUGGAGE CASE CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED
18685056 IMPROVED LUGGAGE ZIPPER CLOSURE ARRANGEMENT MERCADO, LOUIS A
18517069 LUGGAGE CASE DIVIDER WITH POCKET CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED
18378692 INJECTION MOLDED LUGGAGE CASE WITH INTEGRATED ZIPPER ASSEMBLY TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI
18126266 EXPANDABLE ZIPPER ARRANGEMENT FOR LUGGAGE MAI, TRI M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3733 7
3677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19023724 LUGGAGE ARTICLE SPLIT ALONG FRONT AND REAR MAJOR FACES MAI, TRI M 3733 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18955266 LUGGAGE CASE WITH A CLOSURE ASSEMBLY CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED 3733 §102§103 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2024
18955178 LUGGAGE CASE WITH SNAP-FIT FRONT POCKET OR OTHER COMPONENT CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED 3733 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2024
18954956 ADJUSTABLE LUGGAGE CASE CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED 3733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2024
18685056 IMPROVED LUGGAGE ZIPPER CLOSURE ARRANGEMENT MERCADO, LOUIS A 3677 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 20, 2024
18517069 LUGGAGE CASE DIVIDER WITH POCKET CAUDILL, JUSTIN REED 3733 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18378692 INJECTION MOLDED LUGGAGE CASE WITH INTEGRATED ZIPPER ASSEMBLY TAMIL, JESSICA KAVINI 3733 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 11, 2023
18126266 EXPANDABLE ZIPPER ARRANGEMENT FOR LUGGAGE MAI, TRI M 3733 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 24, 2023

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