Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Thule Sweden AB

12 pending office actions • 3 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
1
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.

8
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only3 (25%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
83% of docket
2
Business / Other
17% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 3 53.0% +27.9%
SANGHERA, SYMREN K 1 51.5% +13.7%
CHEN, JOSE V 1 78.0% +15.3%
PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 1 80.0% +60.0%
OLSZEWSKI, JOHN 1 63.8% +21.1%
SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 1 61.5% +11.5%
CANFIELD, ROBERT 1 76.1% +18.2%
NASH, BRIAN D 1 81.9% +14.0%
HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER 1 61.5% +22.2%
BATTISTI, DEREK J 1 51.2% +35.9%

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
18793227 LOAD CARRIER NASH, BRIAN D

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18646314 TENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH A FRAME COMPONENT AND AN INSERT HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER 15d
19040577 SURFBOARD BAG SANGHERA, SYMREN K 40d
18854463 REAR MOUNT TENT PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER
18906578 TOWING DEVICE FOR A USER TO PULL A TRAILER OLSZEWSKI, JOHN
18839012 ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR INSTALLING ON A VEHICLE ROOF CANFIELD, ROBERT
18750575 SUPPORTING UNIT FOR A BIKE CARRIER MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS
18625735 LOAD CARRIERS AND ADD-ON PARTS FOR LOAD CARRIERS MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS
18426168 LOAD PLATFORM APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18646314 TENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH A FRAME COMPONENT AND AN INSERT HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER 15d
19040577 SURFBOARD BAG SANGHERA, SYMREN K 40d
18864102 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM CHEN, JOSE V
18854463 REAR MOUNT TENT PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER
18906578 TOWING DEVICE FOR A USER TO PULL A TRAILER OLSZEWSKI, JOHN
18845210 BIKE CARRIER SYSTEM SKURDAL, COREY NELSON
18839012 ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR INSTALLING ON A VEHICLE ROOF CANFIELD, ROBERT
18793227 LOAD CARRIER NASH, BRIAN D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3734 6
3636 3
3735 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19040577 SURFBOARD BAG SANGHERA, SYMREN K 3735 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jan 29, 2025
18864102 CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM CHEN, JOSE V 3636 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18854463 REAR MOUNT TENT PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18906578 TOWING DEVICE FOR A USER TO PULL A TRAILER OLSZEWSKI, JOHN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18845210 BIKE CARRIER SYSTEM SKURDAL, COREY NELSON 3734 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 09, 2024
18839012 ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR INSTALLING ON A VEHICLE ROOF CANFIELD, ROBERT 3636 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18793227 LOAD CARRIER NASH, BRIAN D 3734 DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18750575 SUPPORTING UNIT FOR A BIKE CARRIER MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 3734 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18646314 TENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH A FRAME COMPONENT AND AN INSERT HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER 3636 §102§103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 25, 2024
18625735 LOAD CARRIERS AND ADD-ON PARTS FOR LOAD CARRIERS MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 3734 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 03, 2024
18426168 LOAD PLATFORM APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS 3734 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 29, 2024
18576657 TILTING MECHANISM BATTISTI, DEREK J 3734 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024

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