Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

360º Ballistics LLC

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

360º Ballistics LLC has 1 pending office action in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matter involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, identifying one examination setting.

VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The prosecution response can be tailored to the specific action and to the technical and claim context of the assigned art unit. The profile does not show other assignments requiring broader coordination.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S 1 64.4% +17.0%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18778507 BARRIER FOR ABSORBING VERY HIGH POWER BULLETS AND USES THEREOF VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18778507 BARRIER FOR ABSORBING VERY HIGH POWER BULLETS AND USES THEREOF VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3711 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18778507 BARRIER FOR ABSORBING VERY HIGH POWER BULLETS AND USES THEREOF VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S 3711 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does 360º Ballistics LLC have?

360º Ballistics LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most 360º Ballistics LLC applications?

Jeffrey S Vanderveen has the most, with 1 of 360º Ballistics LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are 360º Ballistics LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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