Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
22 pending office actions • 11 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Seb S.A. operates a patent portfolio within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The company is currently managing 20 pending office actions. These actions are spread across 20 distinct examiners, resulting in a situation where every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution occurs across 11 distinct art units, indicating a broad reach within the mechanical and medical engineering sectors at the patent office.
ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E is identified as the busiest examiner for the company. This examiner is responsible for 1 pending office action. The presence of 11 distinct art units suggests that practitioners must prepare for a variety of examination styles and interpretations of prior art. Because there are 20 distinct examiners, the company must manage a unique relationship for every pending matter, requiring a case by case approach to prosecution. This decentralized structure across 20 pending office actions highlights the variety of the company's current filings.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 | 10 (45%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (45%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | 1 | 78.5% | +28.7% |
| CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. | 1 | 67.8% | +14.4% |
| NGUYEN, UYEN T | 1 | 40.0% | +36.3% |
| DURHAM, NATHAN E | 1 | 65.9% | +17.4% |
| NOBREGA, TATIANA L | 1 | 33.3% | +58.8% |
| STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 1 | 54.4% | +26.1% |
| ASQIRIBA, KARIM | 1 | 57.7% | +46.5% |
| HUANG, STEVEN | 1 | 47.6% | +36.9% |
| JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | 1 | 78.1% | +14.2% |
| VO, HAI | 1 | 57.1% | +72.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18007975 | Kitchen Appliance With Detachable Pull String Drive Device | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | 23d overdue |
| 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 |
| 18856120 | DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| 18720223 | Fluorinated Peek Composite Coating With High Mechanical Performance | VO, HAI | — |
| 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 | — |
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 |
| 18998684 | Non-Fluorinated Hybrid Enamel/Silicone Resin Coating | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | — |
| 18998026 | Suction Head Provided With A Rotating Brush Provided With A Cleaning Blade | CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. | — |
| 18881115 | Smoothing Appliance | NGUYEN, UYEN T | — |
| 18880962 | Smoothing Appliance | DURHAM, NATHAN E | — |
| 18856120 | DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | — |
| 18850879 | Support Base For A Handheld Vacuum Cleaner | HUANG, STEVEN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3772 | 3 |
| 3761 | 3 |
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3723 | 2 |
| 1714 | 1 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1759 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18998684 | Non-Fluorinated Hybrid Enamel/Silicone Resin Coating | ZACHARIA, RAMSEY E | — | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18998026 | Suction Head Provided With A Rotating Brush Provided With A Cleaning Blade | CAMPBELL, NATASHA N. | 1714 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 18881115 | Smoothing Appliance | NGUYEN, UYEN T | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18880962 | Smoothing Appliance | DURHAM, NATHAN E | 3732 | §103 | 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 |
| 18856120 | DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR | STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18856124 | DEVICE FOR TREATING THE HAIR | ASQIRIBA, KARIM | 3772 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18850879 | Support Base For A Handheld Vacuum Cleaner | HUANG, STEVEN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18826726 | Suction Head Provided With A Brush Motor Cooling Circuit | JENNINGS, MICHAEL DEANGILO | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18720223 | Fluorinated Peek Composite Coating With High Mechanical Performance | VO, HAI | 1788 | §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 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 14, 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 |
| 18713003 | KITCHEN APPLIANCE WITH DETACHABLE PULL STRING DRIVE DEVICE | MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18688118 | Food Preparation Appliance Equipped With Weighing Means | WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA | — | §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 |
| 18007975 | Kitchen Appliance With Detachable Pull String Drive Device | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | 3761 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Dec 02, 2022 |
| 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 |
| 17416169 | Steam Hair-Styling Appliance | GILL, JENNIFER FRANCES | 3772 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2021 |
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