Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 5 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days
Thule Sweden AB currently manages 14 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This workload is distributed across 12 distinct examiners, which indicates a distribution of scrutiny rather than concentration under the listed officials. The portfolio spans 5 distinct art units, showing that the company's mechanical innovations intersect with multiple specialized classification groups at the patent office. This variety in art units may require varied technical arguments to satisfy the specific standards of each group.
NASH, BRIAN D is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 2 pending actions. While this individual handles this workload, the fact that 12 different examiners are involved across 5 art units suggests that prosecution strategies must accommodate various examiner preferences. Practitioners should note that the 14 total actions are not heavily consolidated, as the busiest examiner accounts for 2 of the 14 total actions. This distribution implies that the overall prosecution timeline is subject to the varying speeds of 12 different examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 10 (71%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASH, BRIAN D | 2 | 82.0% | +14.0% |
| MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 2 | 52.9% | +28.0% |
| SHABARA, HOSAM | 1 | 82.6% | +16.2% |
| SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 1 | 51.5% | +12.1% |
| MAI, TRI M | 1 | 36.3% | +20.6% |
| CHEN, JOSE V | 1 | 78.0% | +15.1% |
| MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | 1 | 62.6% | +64.1% |
| PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | 1 | 45.5% | +27.3% |
| CANFIELD, ROBERT | 1 | 76.0% | +18.1% |
| HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 1 | 61.4% | +22.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054295 | BICYCLE TRAILER HITCH | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
| 18893432 | LOAD CARRIER | NASH, BRIAN D | — |
| 18793227 | LOAD CARRIER | NASH, BRIAN D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18646314 | TENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH A FRAME COMPONENT AND AN INSERT | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 15d |
| 19040577 | SURFBOARD BAG | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 40d |
| 18807663 | WHEEL HOLDER AND LOAD CARRIER ATTACHMENT DEVICES FOR A VEHICLE | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 43d |
| 18960842 | LUGGAGE ITEM AND TRANSPORT LUGGAGE | MAI, TRI M | — |
| 18862099 | ROOFTOP TENT ANNEX SYSTEM | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | — |
| 18854463 | REAR MOUNT TENT | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| 18839012 | ATTACHMENT DEVICE FOR INSTALLING ON A VEHICLE ROOF | CANFIELD, ROBERT | — |
| 18750575 | SUPPORTING UNIT FOR A BIKE CARRIER | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18646314 | TENT SUPPORT STRUCTURE WITH A FRAME COMPONENT AND AN INSERT | HAWK, NOAH CHANDLER | 15d |
| 19040577 | SURFBOARD BAG | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 40d |
| 18807663 | WHEEL HOLDER AND LOAD CARRIER ATTACHMENT DEVICES FOR A VEHICLE | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 43d |
| 19054295 | BICYCLE TRAILER HITCH | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
| 18960842 | LUGGAGE ITEM AND TRANSPORT LUGGAGE | MAI, TRI M | — |
| 18864102 | CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM | CHEN, JOSE V | — |
| 18862099 | ROOFTOP TENT ANNEX SYSTEM | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | — |
| 18854463 | REAR MOUNT TENT | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3734 | 5 |
| 3636 | 3 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 3733 | 1 |
| 3613 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19054295 | BICYCLE TRAILER HITCH | SHABARA, HOSAM | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19040577 | SURFBOARD BAG | SANGHERA, SYMREN K | 3735 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 18960842 | LUGGAGE ITEM AND TRANSPORT LUGGAGE | MAI, TRI M | 3733 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18864102 | CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM | CHEN, JOSE V | 3636 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18862099 | ROOFTOP TENT ANNEX SYSTEM | MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18854463 | REAR MOUNT TENT | PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18893432 | LOAD CARRIER | NASH, BRIAN D | 3734 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18807663 | WHEEL HOLDER AND LOAD CARRIER ATTACHMENT DEVICES FOR A VEHICLE | MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS | 3734 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 43d | Pending | Aug 16, 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 |
| 18576657 | TILTING MECHANISM | BATTISTI, DEREK J | 3734 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18255253 | STROLLER CHASSIS | FRICK, EMMA K | 3613 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
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