Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

BAUER HOCKEY LLC

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

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

Analysis

BAUER HOCKEY LLC has 3 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 3 examiners across 3 art units. SWENSON, BRIAN L is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter.

Each matter has a separate examiner and art-unit assignment in the available data. Counsel should therefore use matter-specific prosecution analysis rather than rely on a shared examination strategy.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (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
3
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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SWENSON, BRIAN L 1 81.0% +9.5%
DENKOVIC, HALEY 1 56.7% +58.6%
KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 1 35.1% +27.4%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16005428 Hockey-Stick Blade with Reinforcing Frame KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 61d
18938362 SKATE BLADE AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM A SKATE BLADE SWENSON, BRIAN L —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16005428 Hockey-Stick Blade with Reinforcing Frame KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 61d
18220943 SHOULDER PADS AND OTHER PROTECTIVE GEAR FOR UPPER BODY PROTECTION DENKOVIC, HALEY —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3613 1
3732 1
3711 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18938362 SKATE BLADE AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING MATERIAL FROM A SKATE BLADE SWENSON, BRIAN L 3613 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2024
18220943 SHOULDER PADS AND OTHER PROTECTIVE GEAR FOR UPPER BODY PROTECTION DENKOVIC, HALEY 3732 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 12, 2023
16005428 Hockey-Stick Blade with Reinforcing Frame KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §103§112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jun 11, 2018

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does BAUER HOCKEY LLC have?

BAUER HOCKEY LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most BAUER HOCKEY LLC applications?

Brian L Swenson has the most, with 1 of BAUER HOCKEY LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are BAUER HOCKEY 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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