Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Bell Sports LLC has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are all concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, despite being handled by 4 distinct examiners. This concentration in a single art unit suggests a very specific technical focus for the company's current pending workload, as all 4 matters are being reviewed by the same specialized group at the USPTO.
The busiest examiner, WEIS, RAQUEL M., is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since 4 distinct examiners are involved in the 4 pending office actions, the company faces 4 different individual perspectives within that 1 distinct art unit. This requires a strategy that accounts for the specific tendencies of each examiner while maintaining consistency across the shared technical standards of the art unit. The distribution of 4 pending office actions among 4 distinct examiners ensures that no single person's decision-making governs the entire portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area.
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.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 1 | 43.8% | +61.6% |
| MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 1 | 47.6% | +66.9% |
| QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 1 | 51.4% | +30.3% |
| MORAN, KATHERINE M | 1 | 54.3% | +24.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18650897 | HELMET CHEEK PADS | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18070447 | PROTECTIVE BICYCLE HELMET WITH INTERNAL VENTILATION FIT SYSTEM COMPRISING EXPANDED CONNECTORS | MORAN, KATHERINE M | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18392304 | FLEXIBLE SLIP PLANE FOR HELMET ENERGY MANAGEMENT LINER | QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 61d |
| 18941994 | HELMET COMPRISING A VENTILATION SYSTEM | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | — |
| 18650897 | HELMET CHEEK PADS | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
| 18070447 | PROTECTIVE BICYCLE HELMET WITH INTERNAL VENTILATION FIT SYSTEM COMPRISING EXPANDED CONNECTORS | MORAN, KATHERINE M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18941994 | HELMET COMPRISING A VENTILATION SYSTEM | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 3732 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18650897 | HELMET CHEEK PADS | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18392304 | FLEXIBLE SLIP PLANE FOR HELMET ENERGY MANAGEMENT LINER | QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 3732 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18070447 | PROTECTIVE BICYCLE HELMET WITH INTERNAL VENTILATION FIT SYSTEM COMPRISING EXPANDED CONNECTORS | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBell Sports LLC has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 4 examiners.
Raquel M. Weis has the most, with 1 of Bell Sports LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
