Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Serta Simmons Bedding LLC has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner. The profile indicates that 1 distinct art unit is involved in the prosecution. This single action represents the total current pending office action activity for the company, showing a highly focused interaction with the patent office at this time.
HALL, LUKE F is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending action. With only 1 pending office action reported, this examiner manages all of the company's current pending prosecution. The involvement of 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner suggests that the company's current patent office interactions are centralized, which may simplify the management of its pending application.
The company should closely monitor the specific examination trends within this single art unit to better anticipate the outcome of its pending action. Understanding the specific requirements of HALL, LUKE F will be crucial for successfully navigating the prosecution of this mechanical systems application.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALL, LUKE F | 1 | 49.8% | +63.5% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18806932 | MATTRESS INCLUDING AN INTEGRATED COVER SYSTEM | HALL, LUKE F | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3673 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18806932 | MATTRESS INCLUDING AN INTEGRATED COVER SYSTEM | HALL, LUKE F | 3673 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2024 |
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