Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sleep Number Corporation

28 pending office actions • 10 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

1
Hard (4%)
22
Medium (79%)
4
Easy (14%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only21 (75%)
§102 only1 (4%)
§112 only4 (14%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
26
Mechanical / Eng
93% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3 70.7% +13.2%
THROOP, MYLES A 3 58.0% +41.4%
ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 2 47.9% +44.0%
BAILEY, AMANDA LEE 2 55.4% +43.0%
LABARGE, ALISON N 1 62.9% +34.6%
NEWTON, JASON TODD 1 82.8% +22.5%
SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M 1 68.8% +27.1%
BLOUNT, ERIC 1 78.0% +3.1%
HALL, LUKE F 1 48.4% +64.6%
GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL 1 69.6% +42.9%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18804448 BED SYSTEM WITH PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT FEATURES NEWTON, JASON TODD 42d overdue

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
17672492 BED HAVING FEATURES FOR SENSING SLEEPER PRESSURE AND GENERATING ESTIMATES OF BRAIN ACTIVITY SHAH, JAY B 42d overdue

Interview Candidates (15)

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
18768651 Bed With Climate Control Cover BAILEY, AMANDA LEE 60d overdue
18982971 FEATURES FOR IMPROVING A SLEEPER'S BODY THERMOREGULATION DURING SLEEP ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 43d overdue
18804448 BED SYSTEM WITH PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT FEATURES NEWTON, JASON TODD 42d overdue
18604949 SYSTEM HAVING CENTRAL CONTROLLER USING PRESSURE DATA CONLEY, FREDRICK C 36d overdue
18369396 TEMPLATE TOOL FOR ATTACHING COMPONENTS TO A BED SYSTEM THROOP, MYLES A 22d overdue
18680960 BED WITH FEATURES FOR RISK DETECTION AND REFINING DETECTION OPERATIONS SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M 11d overdue
18627040 BED FOUNDATION ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS HALL, LUKE F 11d overdue
19031326 FLUID SYSTEM FOR A BED LABARGE, ALISON N 8d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3679 9
3673 5
3791 5
3792 3
3797 1
2685 1
3799 1
2116 1
3684 1
3796 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19077280 CLIMATE CONTROLLED BED WITH FLUID DISTRIBUTION MEMBER CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Mar 12, 2025
19031326 FLUID SYSTEM FOR A BED LABARGE, ALISON N 3679 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19025414 BED AIRFLOW AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 3679 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19019647 BED WITH CLIMATE CONTROL COVER BAILEY, AMANDA LEE 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2025
18982971 FEATURES FOR IMPROVING A SLEEPER'S BODY THERMOREGULATION DURING SLEEP ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2024
18804448 BED SYSTEM WITH PRESSURE ADJUSTMENT FEATURES NEWTON, JASON TODD 3673 §112 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2024
18768651 Bed With Climate Control Cover BAILEY, AMANDA LEE 3673 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18680960 BED WITH FEATURES FOR RISK DETECTION AND REFINING DETECTION OPERATIONS SANTOS RODRIGUEZ, JOSEPH M 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18643648 BED SYSTEM WITH POWER SAVING MODE BLOUNT, ERIC 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18627040 BED FOUNDATION ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS HALL, LUKE F 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2024
18604949 SYSTEM HAVING CENTRAL CONTROLLER USING PRESSURE DATA CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18377932 MATTRESS REINFORCEMENT SYSTEM GINES, GEORGE SAMUEL 3673 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18369396 TEMPLATE TOOL FOR ATTACHING COMPONENTS TO A BED SYSTEM THROOP, MYLES A 3679 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18223917 SLEEP SYSTEM WITH PERSONALIZED SLEEP RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON CIRCADIAN CHRONOTYPE HULBERT, AMANDA K 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18223393 BED SYSTEM WITH FEATURES TO TRACK CHANGES IN BODY WEIGHT WITHIN A SLEEP SESSION WEHRHEIM, LINDSEY GAIL 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18221628 BED WITH PRESSURE CORRECTING FEATURES CAIN, ZACHARY ANDREW 2116 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18199255 BED HAVING SNORE CONTROL BASED ON PARTNER RESPONSE THROOP, MYLES A 3679 §112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending May 18, 2023
18198431 BED WITH BED PRESENCE DETECTION USING TEMPERATURE SIGNALS TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 17, 2023
18131218 DETECTING AND PREVENTING SLEEPWALKING EVENTS WESTFALL, SARAH ANN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18104634 BED WITH FEATURES FOR DETERMINING RISK OF CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Feb 01, 2023
18084944 BED HAVING FEATURES TO PASSIVELY MONITOR BLOOD PRESSURE BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2022
17982730 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF BEDS CONLEY, FREDRICK C 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 08, 2022
17902417 SLEEP SYSTEM WITH FEATURES FOR PERSONALIZED DAYTIME ALERTNESS QUANTIFICATION SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Sep 02, 2022
17729312 MATTRESS ADJUSTMENT BASED ON USER SLEEP STATES REDDY, SUNITA 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2022
17704537 SLEEP SYSTEM WITH FEATURES FOR PERSONALIZED SLEEP RECOMMENDATIONS TRAN, THIEN JASON 3792 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Mar 25, 2022
17672492 BED HAVING FEATURES FOR SENSING SLEEPER PRESSURE AND GENERATING ESTIMATES OF BRAIN ACTIVITY SHAH, JAY B 3791 §101 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2022
17541921 BED HAVING FEATURES FOR AUTOMATIC SENSING OF ILLNESS STATES HOLMES, REX R 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Dec 03, 2021
16233230 BED HAVING PRESENCE DETECTING FEATURE THROOP, MYLES A 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 27, 2018

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