Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

BALLYMORE COMPANY, INC.

7 pending office actions • 2 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

6
Hard (86%)
1
Medium (14%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (86%)

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
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
5
Business / Other
71% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT 1 76.6% +23.3%
CANFIELD, ROBERT 1 76.1% +18.2%
TROY, DANIEL J 1 56.8% +30.5%
PATEL, ROHAN OM 1 100.0% +0.0%
HAUPT, KRISTY A 1 87.8% +12.2%
GLESSNER, BRIAN E 1 36.4% +28.2%
PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 1 80.0% +60.0%

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
18486740 GAS SPRING SUPPORTED, BUSHING GUIDED CASTER ASSEMBLY FOR ROLLING LADDERS AND LADDERS HAVING SAME PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18512892 MACHINE INTERLOCKED SAFETY HARNESS WITH OPERATOR SENSING GLESSNER, BRIAN E 32d overdue
18891446 PAINT CART HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT
18891452 LADDER SYSTEM WITH ATTACHED WALKWAY CANFIELD, ROBERT
18891437 LADDER HANDRAIL SAFETY DEVICE TROY, DANIEL J
18889877 PORTABLE LOADING DOCK PATEL, ROHAN OM
18888827 RAMP COUPLING ADAPTER AND RAMP FOR A PORTABLE DOCK LIFT HAUPT, KRISTY A

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18512892 MACHINE INTERLOCKED SAFETY HARNESS WITH OPERATOR SENSING GLESSNER, BRIAN E 32d overdue
18891446 PAINT CART HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT
18891452 LADDER SYSTEM WITH ATTACHED WALKWAY CANFIELD, ROBERT
18891437 LADDER HANDRAIL SAFETY DEVICE TROY, DANIEL J
18888827 RAMP COUPLING ADAPTER AND RAMP FOR A PORTABLE DOCK LIFT HAUPT, KRISTY A
18486740 GAS SPRING SUPPORTED, BUSHING GUIDED CASTER ASSEMBLY FOR ROLLING LADDERS AND LADDERS HAVING SAME PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3633 1
3634 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18891446 PAINT CART HALL JR, TYRONE VINCENT §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891452 LADDER SYSTEM WITH ATTACHED WALKWAY CANFIELD, ROBERT §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891437 LADDER HANDRAIL SAFETY DEVICE TROY, DANIEL J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18889877 PORTABLE LOADING DOCK PATEL, ROHAN OM §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18888827 RAMP COUPLING ADAPTER AND RAMP FOR A PORTABLE DOCK LIFT HAUPT, KRISTY A §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18512892 MACHINE INTERLOCKED SAFETY HARNESS WITH OPERATOR SENSING GLESSNER, BRIAN E 3633 §103§112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18486740 GAS SPRING SUPPORTED, BUSHING GUIDED CASTER ASSEMBLY FOR ROLLING LADDERS AND LADDERS HAVING SAME PEZZLO, BENJAMIN ALEXANDER 3634 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023

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