Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
19 pending office actions • 5 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd. has 20 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 11 distinct examiners. Notably, all 20 pending actions are concentrated within just 1 distinct art unit, indicating a very narrow and specific technical focus for the current portfolio. The concentration of all actions in 1 distinct art unit suggests a highly consistent examination environment where the company can focus on the specific standards of a single specialized group.
GORDEN, RAEANN is the busiest examiner, managing 8 pending office actions. This single examiner is responsible for a large share of the 20 total actions. For the practitioner, the relationship with GORDEN, RAEANN is critical to the success of the portfolio. Because 11 distinct examiners are working within 1 distinct art unit, there is a high likelihood of internal consistency in how the company's mechanical engineering innovations are being reviewed. Managing 8 pending office actions with GORDEN, RAEANN requires a focused and consistent prosecution strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 8 (42%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GORDEN, RAEANN | 8 | 83.0% | -5.1% |
| SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3 | 65.3% | +12.5% |
| WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1 | 65.7% | +21.5% |
| STONER, KILEY SHAWN | 1 | 80.8% | +15.4% |
| KENNEDY, JOSHUA T | 1 | 51.2% | +48.2% |
| PETERS, BRIAN O | 1 | 72.9% | +16.2% |
| BALDORI, JOSEPH B | 1 | 44.8% | +30.2% |
| LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 1 | 75.2% | +26.8% |
| PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 1 | 83.0% | +15.1% |
| WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 1 | 62.1% | +29.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18764867 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR GOLF BALL, AND GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 17d overdue |
| 18769978 | CONSTITUENT MEMBER OF GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 2d overdue |
| 19080066 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL | STONER, KILEY SHAWN | — |
| 18977019 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
| 18966441 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
| 18947408 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
| 18945971 | GOLF BALL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18761936 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 10d overdue |
| 19224970 | GOLF BALL MOLD AND GOLF BALL MANUFACTURING METHOD | WANG, ALEXANDER A | — |
| 18955407 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PETERS, BRIAN O | — |
| 18952336 | GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — |
| 18897670 | GOLF BALL | BALDORI, JOSEPH B | — |
| 18674151 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | — |
| 18660499 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
| 18512968 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR GOLF BALL | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18775191 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 40d |
| 19224970 | GOLF BALL MOLD AND GOLF BALL MANUFACTURING METHOD | WANG, ALEXANDER A | — |
| 19080066 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL | STONER, KILEY SHAWN | — |
| 18978337 | GOLF BALL | KENNEDY, JOSHUA T | — |
| 18955407 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PETERS, BRIAN O | — |
| 18952336 | GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — |
| 18897670 | GOLF BALL | BALDORI, JOSEPH B | — |
| 18889506 | GOLF BALL | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 15 |
| 1741 | 1 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 3784 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19224970 | GOLF BALL MOLD AND GOLF BALL MANUFACTURING METHOD | WANG, ALEXANDER A | 1741 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19080066 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL | STONER, KILEY SHAWN | 1735 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 18978337 | GOLF BALL | KENNEDY, JOSHUA T | 3784 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18977019 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18966441 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18955407 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PETERS, BRIAN O | 3711 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18952336 | GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18947408 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18945971 | GOLF BALL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18897670 | GOLF BALL | BALDORI, JOSEPH B | 3711 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18889506 | GOLF BALL | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18830718 | GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18775191 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 40d | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18769978 | CONSTITUENT MEMBER OF GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18764867 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR GOLF BALL, AND GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18761936 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18674151 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18660499 | MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18512968 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR GOLF BALL | WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL | 1742 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialBridgestone Sports Co., Ltd. has 19 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 10 examiners.
Raeann Gorden has the most, with 8 of Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
