Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Seb S A

15 pending office actions • 12 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (80%)
2
Easy (13%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (80%)
§112 only2 (13%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

5
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, UYEN T 1 39.2% +38.3%
AFZALI, SARANG 1 73.1% +45.4%
NOBREGA, TATIANA L 1 33.0% +58.7%
ASQIRIBA, KARIM 1 58.1% +46.2%
WANG, XIAOBEI 1 64.9% +48.4%
FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE 1 71.7% +64.3%
SAENZ, ALBERTO 1 68.6% +32.1%
CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M 1 79.4% +11.0%
GONG, KRIS HANYU 1 20.7% +63.0%
NGUYEN, HUNG D 1 71.2% +30.4%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18021276 Massage Device With Optimized Automatic Operating Mode GONG, KRIS HANYU 146d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18007949 Food Preparation Container Provided With A Handle For Easy Pouring And Scraping Of The Food Preparation NGUYEN, HUNG D 169d overdue
18021276 Massage Device With Optimized Automatic Operating Mode GONG, KRIS HANYU 146d overdue
19099520 Method For Assembling An Anti-Adhesive Film Onto A Metal Substrate By Hot Stamping AFZALI, SARANG 49d overdue
18577080 Autonomous Cleaning Robot Equipped With A Wet Cleaning Device FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE 45d overdue
18382291 Vacuum Cleaner Conduit Equipped With A Hinge Device CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M 17d overdue
18856124 DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR ASQIRIBA, KARIM 15d overdue
18698245 Ironing Appliance With Cordless Iron And Charging Base NGUYEN, UYEN T 10d overdue
18857052 HAIR TREATMENT PROCESS NOBREGA, TATIANA L 13d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3723 2
3761 2
1732 2
3732 1
3726 1
3799 1
3772 1
1784 1
3745 1
3785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18698245 Ironing Appliance With Cordless Iron And Charging Base NGUYEN, UYEN T 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2025
19099520 Method For Assembling An Anti-Adhesive Film Onto A Metal Substrate By Hot Stamping AFZALI, SARANG 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2025
18857052 HAIR TREATMENT PROCESS NOBREGA, TATIANA L 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 15, 2024
18856124 DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR ASQIRIBA, KARIM 3772 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 11, 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 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 14, 2024
18577080 Autonomous Cleaning Robot Equipped With A Wet Cleaning Device FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18512657 Vacuum Cleaner Nozzle Provided With A Pivot Blocking Device SAENZ, ALBERTO 3723 §112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18382291 Vacuum Cleaner Conduit Equipped With A Hinge Device CHRISTENSEN, DANIELLE M 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Oct 20, 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 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
18007975 Kitchen Appliance With Detachable Pull String Drive Device HELFERTY, ALLISON ERIN 3761 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
17926292 Sol-Gel Coating Comprising A Temperature Indicator HIGGINS, GERARD T 1785 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17925993 Improved Non-Stick Coating COHEN, STEFANIE J 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2022
17950345 Unidirectional Or Bidirectional Rotary Drive HOWELL, MARC C 1774 §112 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2022
17424032 Induction-Compatible Sol-Gel Coating LI, JUN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 139d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2021

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