Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sleep Number Corporation has 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. All 4 of these actions are located in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very specific technical focus for their current filings. Despite being in the same art unit, the actions are assigned to 4 distinct examiners.
Fredrick C. Conley is the busiest examiner for the portfolio with 1 pending office action. Because each of the 4 actions is handled by a different examiner, the company must manage 4 separate examiner relationships even though all work is within a single art unit. This situation highlights the importance of individual examiner tendencies even when the technical subject matter is closely related. The use of 4 distinct examiners for 4 actions ensures that no single individual has a disproportionate impact on the company's overall prosecution outcomes.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CONLEY, FREDRICK C | 1 | 70.6% | +12.8% |
| GARCIA, CARLOS E | 1 | 76.9% | +16.4% |
| LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON | 1 | 82.1% | +24.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19390925 | HYBRID MATTRESS | CONLEY, FREDRICK C | — |
| 19279489 | REMOTELY CONTROLLING A BED | GARCIA, CARLOS E | — |
| 18584517 | BED HAVING FEATURES FOR SLEEP-SENSING AND FOR DETERMINING SLEEP-INTERVENTION PARAMETERS | LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19390925 | HYBRID MATTRESS | CONLEY, FREDRICK C | — |
| 19279489 | REMOTELY CONTROLLING A BED | GARCIA, CARLOS E | — |
| 18584517 | BED HAVING FEATURES FOR SLEEP-SENSING AND FOR DETERMINING SLEEP-INTERVENTION PARAMETERS | LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3679 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19390925 | HYBRID MATTRESS | CONLEY, FREDRICK C | 3679 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 19279489 | REMOTELY CONTROLLING A BED | GARCIA, CARLOS E | — | §101§102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 18584517 | BED HAVING FEATURES FOR SLEEP-SENSING AND FOR DETERMINING SLEEP-INTERVENTION PARAMETERS | LANNU, JOSHUA DARYL DEANON | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
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