Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Bell Sports LLC is actively developing a patent portfolio in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. There are currently 3 pending office actions associated with this portfolio. These actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, which suggests that each application is being reviewed by a different individual. WEIS, RAQUEL M. is the busiest examiner for the company, currently managing 1 pending office action.
Despite the involvement of 3 distinct examiners, all 3 pending office actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates technical consistency in the company's filings, as all current matters are being processed by the same administrative group. For practitioners, this means that while the 3 distinct examiners differ, the underlying technical standards used by the 1 distinct art unit will likely be consistent. The fact that the busiest examiner only has 1 pending office action shows that the workload is spread across the available examiners in that unit.
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 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 | 44.1% | +61.5% |
| MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | 1 | 47.4% | +68.3% |
| QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 1 | 51.3% | +30.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18650897 | HELMET CHEEK PADS | MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R | — |
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 3 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 3 |
| 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 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial