Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Transform Sr Brands LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

12 pending office actions • 10 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Transform Sr Brands LLC has 11 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 11 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, showing broad examiner distribution with limited art-unit concentration.

KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel may benefit from standardized portfolio procedures, while preserving matter-specific preparation for each examiner and art-unit assignment.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
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
2
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.

9
Hard (75%)
0
Medium (0%)
3
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (8%)
§101 + other6 (50%)
Double-patenting only3 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

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
KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE 1 56.3% +38.3%
JEANTY, ROMAIN 1 75.8% +19.5%
HAIDER, FAWAAD 1 50.5% +25.2%
ELCHANTI, TAREK 1 50.8% +36.6%
ANDERSON, SCOTT C 1 58.6% +31.8%
DAGNEW, SABA 1 37.4% +18.1%
CHANG, YU-WEN 1 82.3% +10.7%
TILLERY, RASHAWN N 1 64.8% +11.5%
NORMAN, MARC E 1 84.0% +10.8%
VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 1 48.1% +37.8%

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
18907708 INTERFACING EVENT DETECTORS WITH A NETWORK INTERFACE CHANG, YU-WEN —

Hard Cases (9)

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
18327117 STICK VACUUM WITH INDEXING VACUUM HEAD ASSEMBLY FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE 20d
18598690 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LEVEL OF INFLUENCE IN A SOCIAL E-COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 28d
19229049 CUSTOMER CLUSTERING USING INTEGER PROGRAMMING JEANTY, ROMAIN —
19098626 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DATA POINTS COLLECTED FROM A CUSTOMER TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SPECIFIC OFFERINGS HAIDER, FAWAAD —
19098229 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS ELCHANTI, TAREK —
19063797 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED TARGETED POLLING VIA AN E-COMMERCE PROMOTIONS PLATFORM ANDERSON, SCOTT C —
19064113 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING CUSTOMIZABLE AND SHAREABLE TIERED OFFERS DAGNEW, SABA —
18906543 DOOR ALARM SYSTEM AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE NORMAN, MARC E —

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18598690 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LEVEL OF INFLUENCE IN A SOCIAL E-COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 28d
19266293 SALES PROMOTION USING PRODUCT COMPARISON KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE —
19229049 CUSTOMER CLUSTERING USING INTEGER PROGRAMMING JEANTY, ROMAIN —
19098626 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DATA POINTS COLLECTED FROM A CUSTOMER TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SPECIFIC OFFERINGS HAIDER, FAWAAD —
19098229 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS ELCHANTI, TAREK —
19063797 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED TARGETED POLLING VIA AN E-COMMERCE PROMOTIONS PLATFORM ANDERSON, SCOTT C —
19064113 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING CUSTOMIZABLE AND SHAREABLE TIERED OFFERS DAGNEW, SABA —
18907708 INTERFACING EVENT DETECTORS WITH A NETWORK INTERFACE CHANG, YU-WEN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3621 3
3689 1
3624 1
3627 1
3694 1
2413 1
2174 1
3763 1
3723 1
2147 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19266293 SALES PROMOTION USING PRODUCT COMPARISON KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE 3689 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2025
19229049 CUSTOMER CLUSTERING USING INTEGER PROGRAMMING JEANTY, ROMAIN 3624 §101§102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2025
19098626 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING DATA POINTS COLLECTED FROM A CUSTOMER TO PROVIDE CUSTOMER SPECIFIC OFFERINGS HAIDER, FAWAAD 3627 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2025
19098229 SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS ELCHANTI, TAREK 3621 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 02, 2025
19063797 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED TARGETED POLLING VIA AN E-COMMERCE PROMOTIONS PLATFORM ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3694 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19064113 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING CUSTOMIZABLE AND SHAREABLE TIERED OFFERS DAGNEW, SABA 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 26, 2025
18907708 INTERFACING EVENT DETECTORS WITH A NETWORK INTERFACE CHANG, YU-WEN 2413 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18907114 INTEGRATED EXPERIENCE FOR APPLICATIONS WITHIN A MOBILE APPLICATION TILLERY, RASHAWN N 2174 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18906543 DOOR ALARM SYSTEM AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE NORMAN, MARC E 3763 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18598690 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING LEVEL OF INFLUENCE IN A SOCIAL E-COMMERCE ENVIRONMENT VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 3621 §101§103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18327117 STICK VACUUM WITH INDEXING VACUUM HEAD ASSEMBLY FULL, SIDNEY DANIELLE 3723 §103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 01, 2023
16366945 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE THROUGH TASK-TRACKING SYSTEMS NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 2147 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Transform Sr Brands LLC have?

Transform Sr Brands LLC has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 12 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Transform Sr Brands LLC applications?

Michelle Therese Kringen has the most, with 1 of Transform Sr Brands LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Transform Sr Brands LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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