Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Gillette Company LLC

33 pending office actions • 9 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 89 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

25
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (25)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
29
Medium (88%)
2
Easy (6%)
2
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only27 (82%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only2 (6%)
No statute on record2 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
28
Mechanical / Eng
85% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PRONE, JASON D 3 61.8% +24.9%
KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3 22.2% +87.5%
PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 3 73.8% +30.1%
REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 3 57.5% +26.6%
HENSON, KATINA N 3 55.6% +31.4%
RILEY, JONATHAN G 2 51.9% +30.1%
LIN, DEBORAH 2 16.7% +90.9%
CORNETT, ROBERT D 2 40.0% +41.1%
AYALA, FERNANDO A 2 53.5% +26.2%
SHUTTY, DAVID G 1 68.0% +13.3%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18479340 HAIR CUTTING APPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED POWER TRANSFORM MODULE LIN, DEBORAH 147d overdue
18643695 SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 113d overdue
18198974 NON-FLUORINATED ORGANIC COATING MATERIAL FOR A RAZOR BLADE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 15d overdue
17721440 HOUSING WINDOWS IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT LIN, DEBORAH 11d overdue
18124047 RAZOR BLADES KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 46d

Interview Candidates (24)

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
17721438 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 182d overdue
18479340 HAIR CUTTING APPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED POWER TRANSFORM MODULE LIN, DEBORAH 147d overdue
18643695 SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 113d overdue
17225296 HANDLE FOR A PERSONAL-CARE IMPLEMENT AND PERSONAL-CARE IMPLEMENT HENSON, KATINA N 111d overdue
18096807 HANDLE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PERSONAL CARE IMPLEMENT AND ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PERSONAL CARE IMPLEMENT HENSON, KATINA N 104d overdue
18230759 METHOD OF TREATING RAZOR BLADE CUTTING EDGES REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 91d overdue
18230771 METHOD OF TREATING RAZOR BLADE CUTTING EDGES REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 79d overdue
18746260 SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE RILEY, JONATHAN G 58d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3724 20
1713 3
3723 3
3736 2
3731 1
3735 1
3799 1
2611 1
2881 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18945927 PRODUCT MAILER SHUTTY, DAVID G 3731 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2024
18804960 SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE PRONE, JASON D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2024
18797969 STORAGE AND DISPLAY ASSEMBLY FOR A SHAVING RAZOR SYSTEM CHEUNG, CHUN HOI 3736 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18746260 SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE RILEY, JONATHAN G 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18746239 SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18746221 SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE RILEY, JONATHAN G 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18732281 FOLDED SLEEVE AND METHODS FOR FORMING AND ASSEMBLING THE SAME CHU, KING M 3735 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18732322 CONSUMER PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING THE SAME IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 3799 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18643695 SHAVING RAZOR CARTRIDGE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 113d overdue Pending Apr 23, 2024
18594659 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING SURFACE FEATURES ON SKIN DU, HAIXIA 2611 §112 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Mar 04, 2024
18406743 HAIR REMOVAL DEVICE PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18533340 RAZORS AND RAZOR CARTRIDGES WITH COLORED BLADES PRONE, JASON D 3724 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18479340 HAIR CUTTING APPLIANCE AND ASSOCIATED POWER TRANSFORM MODULE LIN, DEBORAH 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18479369 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SMART PERSONAL GROOMING CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18230759 METHOD OF TREATING RAZOR BLADE CUTTING EDGES REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 1713 Other Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18230778 METHOD OF TREATING RAZOR BLADE CUTTING EDGES REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 1713 Other Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18230771 METHOD OF TREATING RAZOR BLADE CUTTING EDGES REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 1713 §103 Final Rejection 79d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18366387 METHOD OF MAKING A SHAVING RAZOR CORNETT, ROBERT D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2023
18366359 SHAVING RAZOR PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Aug 07, 2023
18198974 NON-FLUORINATED ORGANIC COATING MATERIAL FOR A RAZOR BLADE KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18198945 NON-FLUORINATED ORGANIC COATING MATERIAL FOR A RAZOR BLADE DO, NHAT CHIEU Q 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 18, 2023
18124047 RAZOR BLADES KEENA, ELLA LORRAINE 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Mar 21, 2023
18124026 BLADE EDGE TIP MEASUREMENT TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 2881 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18096823 CONNECTOR-HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PERSONAL CARE IMPLEMENT HENSON, KATINA N 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18096807 HANDLE FOR AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PERSONAL CARE IMPLEMENT AND ELECTRICALLY OPERATED PERSONAL CARE IMPLEMENT HENSON, KATINA N 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
17966059 SHAVING DEVICE AYALA, FERNANDO A 3724 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Oct 14, 2022
17966357 SHAVING DEVICE PRONE, JASON D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 14, 2022
17846786 SHAVING RAZOR PACKAGE ASSEMBLY SPICER, JENINE MARIE 3736 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jun 22, 2022
17721440 HOUSING WINDOWS IN PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT LIN, DEBORAH 3724 §102 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2022
17721439 FRAME MEMBER FOR USE WITH TREATMENT SHEET AYALA, FERNANDO A 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 15, 2022
17721438 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR A PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT PAYER, HWEI-SIU C 3724 §102 Non-Final OA 182d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2022
17517793 RAZOR BLADES WITH CHROMIUM BORIDE-BASED COATINGS CORNETT, ROBERT D 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2021
17225296 HANDLE FOR A PERSONAL-CARE IMPLEMENT AND PERSONAL-CARE IMPLEMENT HENSON, KATINA N 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2021

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