Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Sunbeam Products Inc.

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

3
Hard (43%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (57%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
14% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
4
Business / Other
57% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 1 0.0% +0.0%
IMAM, TANZIM 1 71.3% +27.1%
NGUYEN, PHUONG T 1 73.6% +37.1%
RHUE, ABIGAIL H 1 54.1% +38.8%
INSLER, ELIZABETH 1 66.6% +25.7%
KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN 1 64.6% +12.8%
LAUGHLIN, ELIZABETH ANN 1 53.8% +57.6%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18864078 PORTABLE ICE SHAVER SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE DRINK MAKER SYSTEM DICKSTEIN, WILLIAM DOUGLAS
18588185 HANDHELD VACUUM SEALER DEVICE IMAM, TANZIM
18264620 COOKING EXPANSION MODULE KASZTEJNA, MATTHEW JOHN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3731 1
1774 1
3993 1
3762 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18546962 BLENDER WITH ISOLATED SOUND ENCLOSURE INSLER, ELIZABETH 1774 §103 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

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