Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sunbeam Products Inc. maintains 10 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 10 actions are distributed among 10 distinct examiners, meaning every active matter is being reviewed by a different person. The portfolio is spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating a variety of technical focuses within the mechanical field. ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD is the busiest examiner, though they only hold 1 busiest examiner pending action.
This confirms that no single examiner has a concentrated workload for this company, as all 10 pending office actions are assigned to different individuals. The 5 distinct art units provide a diverse organizational footprint at the patent office. Practitioners should be prepared for 10 different examination styles across these 5 distinct art units. This one-to-one ratio of 10 distinct examiners to 10 pending office actions is a sign of a highly decentralized prosecution strategy. The 5 distinct art units suggest that the company's mechanical engineering work is categorized into several different specialized groups. Because ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD only manages 1 busiest examiner pending action, the company's success is not tied to any single examiner's discretion.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 4 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | 1 | — | — |
| DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | 1 | 33.3% | +0.0% |
| IMAM, TANZIM | 1 | 71.2% | +27.2% |
| NGUYEN, PHUONG T | 1 | 73.8% | +37.0% |
| RHUE, ABIGAIL H | 1 | 53.6% | +38.7% |
| VAN, QUANG T | 1 | 74.2% | +8.3% |
| INSLER, ELIZABETH | 1 | 66.9% | +25.4% |
| KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN | 1 | 64.5% | +13.1% |
| LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 1 | 57.1% | +56.9% |
| MITCHUM, DREW JOSEPH | 1 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19024614 | BLENDING BLADE | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | — |
| 18864078 | PORTABLE ICE SHAVER SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE DRINK MAKER SYSTEM | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | — |
| 18588185 | HANDHELD VACUUM SEALER DEVICE | IMAM, TANZIM | — |
| 18546962 | BLENDER WITH ISOLATED SOUND ENCLOSURE | INSLER, ELIZABETH | — |
| 18264620 | COOKING EXPANSION MODULE | KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN | — |
| 17662779 | ADVANCED HEATING PAD | MITCHUM, DREW JOSEPH | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18194291 | GRILL PLATE FOR OVEN WITH SLIDE LOCKING FEATURES | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 8d |
| 18588185 | HANDHELD VACUUM SEALER DEVICE | IMAM, TANZIM | — |
| 18684705 | USB POWERED HEATING PAD | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | — |
| 18681903 | HANDHELD VACUUM MARINATOR DEVICE | RHUE, ABIGAIL H | — |
| 18546962 | BLENDER WITH ISOLATED SOUND ENCLOSURE | INSLER, ELIZABETH | — |
| 18264620 | COOKING EXPANSION MODULE | KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3731 | 1 |
| 1774 | 1 |
| 3993 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| 3761 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19024614 | BLENDING BLADE | ISSA, JUEVARA SAOOD | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18864078 | PORTABLE ICE SHAVER SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE DRINK MAKER SYSTEM | DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18588185 | HANDHELD VACUUM SEALER DEVICE | IMAM, TANZIM | 3731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18684705 | USB POWERED HEATING PAD | NGUYEN, PHUONG T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18681903 | HANDHELD VACUUM MARINATOR DEVICE | RHUE, ABIGAIL H | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18556696 | MULTI-FUNCTION ELECTRIC GRILL | VAN, QUANG T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18546962 | BLENDER WITH ISOLATED SOUND ENCLOSURE | INSLER, ELIZABETH | 1774 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2023 |
| 18264620 | COOKING EXPANSION MODULE | KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN | 3993 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2023 |
| 18194291 | GRILL PLATE FOR OVEN WITH SLIDE LOCKING FEATURES | LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 17662779 | ADVANCED HEATING PAD | MITCHUM, DREW JOSEPH | 3761 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2022 |
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