Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
22 pending office actions • 11 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Seb S.A. has 21 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The actions involve 19 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, showing both examiner dispersion and repeated activity within some technical groups. NGUYEN, UYEN T is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters.
The art-unit distribution creates an opportunity to identify recurring objections or claim constructions within the same examination groups. At the same time, the examiner count requires matter-level attention because the docket is not concentrated with a small set of reviewers. A coordinated response framework can standardize technical positions while allowing amendments to reflect each examiner’s record. The busiest examiner is a limited cluster for targeted review, not the primary structure of the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 | 12 (55%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, UYEN T | 2 | 40.3% | +37.1% |
| JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | 2 | 78.2% | +14.2% |
| ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1 | 78.4% | +28.7% |
| DURHAM, NATHAN E | 1 | 65.9% | +17.3% |
| NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 1 | 33.5% | +58.7% |
| ASQIRIBA, KARIM | 1 | 57.5% | +46.8% |
| STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 1 | 54.4% | +26.1% |
| HUANG, STEVEN | 1 | 47.2% | +36.8% |
| LUNDY, DANIEL STEFAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | 1 | 44.0% | +33.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18826657 | Suction Head Provided With A Perforateed Support Ring | LUNDY, DANIEL STEFAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18857052 | HAIR TREATMENT PROCESS | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 13d |
| 18719950 | Polymeric Sublayer-Formulation Based On Resins Having High Thermomechanical Properties (PEEK, PES, PAI, PBI, ETC) For Reinforcing The Mechanical Resistance, In Particular To Heat, Of Fluorinated Coatings | WANG, XIAOBEI | 34d |
| 18512657 | Vacuum Cleaner Nozzle Provided With A Pivot Blocking Device | SAENZ, ALBERTO | 61d |
| 18881115 | Smoothing Appliance | NGUYEN, UYEN T | — |
| 18720073 | Method For Applying A Polymer Sublayer For Reinforcing The Mechanical Resistance, In Particular To Heat, Of Fluorinated Coatings | MELLOTT, JAMES M | — |
| 18713003 | KITCHEN APPLIANCE WITH DETACHABLE PULL STRING DRIVE DEVICE | MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS | — |
| 18209842 | Milk Frothing Device Equipped With A Calibrated Air Passage | TRAN, THIEN S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18856124 | DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR | ASQIRIBA, KARIM | 15d overdue |
| 18857052 | HAIR TREATMENT PROCESS | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 13d |
| 19209329 | Iron With Compact Base | NGUYEN, UYEN T | — |
| 18998684 | Non-Fluorinated Hybrid Enamel/Silicone Resin Coating | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | — |
| 18880962 | Smoothing Appliance | DURHAM, NATHAN E | — |
| 18881115 | Smoothing Appliance | NGUYEN, UYEN T | — |
| 18856120 | DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| 18850873 | Vacuum Cleaner Equipped With A User Interface With Improved Sealing | JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3723 | 5 |
| 3732 | 3 |
| 3761 | 3 |
| 3772 | 2 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19209329 | Iron With Compact Base | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 18998684 | Non-Fluorinated Hybrid Enamel/Silicone Resin Coating | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1787 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18880962 | Smoothing Appliance | DURHAM, NATHAN E | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18881115 | Smoothing Appliance | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18857052 | HAIR TREATMENT PROCESS | NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 3799 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18856124 | DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR | ASQIRIBA, KARIM | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18856120 | DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3772 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18850873 | Vacuum Cleaner Equipped With A User Interface With Improved Sealing | JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18850879 | Support Base For A Handheld Vacuum Cleaner | HUANG, STEVEN | 3723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18826726 | Suction Head Provided With A Brush Motor Cooling Circuit | JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | 3723 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18826657 | Suction Head Provided With A Perforateed Support Ring | LUNDY, DANIEL STEFAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18785000 | Vacuum Cleaner Conduit Equipped With An Articulation Device | MCFARLAND, TYLER JAMES | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18720073 | Method For Applying A Polymer Sublayer For Reinforcing The Mechanical Resistance, In Particular To Heat, Of Fluorinated Coatings | MELLOTT, JAMES M | 1759 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18719950 | Polymeric Sublayer-Formulation Based On Resins Having High Thermomechanical Properties (PEEK, PES, PAI, PBI, ETC) For Reinforcing The Mechanical Resistance, In Particular To Heat, Of Fluorinated Coatings | WANG, XIAOBEI | 1784 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18713003 | KITCHEN APPLIANCE WITH DETACHABLE PULL STRING DRIVE DEVICE | MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS | 3753 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18688118 | Food Preparation Appliance Equipped With Weighing Means | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18577080 | Autonomous Cleaning Robot Equipped With A Wet Cleaning Device | FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE | 3723 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18512657 | Vacuum Cleaner Nozzle Provided With A Pivot Blocking Device | SAENZ, ALBERTO | 3723 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18209842 | Milk Frothing Device Equipped With A Calibrated Air Passage | TRAN, THIEN S | 3761 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2023 |
| 18021276 | Massage Device With Optimized Automatic Operating Mode | GONG, KRIS HANYU | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 146d overdue | Pending | Feb 14, 2023 |
| 18007949 | Food Preparation Container Provided With A Handle For Easy Pouring And Scraping Of The Food Preparation | NGUYEN, HUNG D | 3761 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 169d overdue | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 17926292 | Sol-Gel Coating Comprising A Temperature Indicator | HIGGINS, GERARD T | 1785 | §103 | Final Rejection | 11d overdue | Pending | Nov 18, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSeb S.A. has 22 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 20 examiners.
Uyen T Nguyen has the most, with 2 of Seb S.A.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
