Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd.

13 pending office actions • 1 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
1
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.

4
Hard (31%)
7
Medium (54%)
2
Easy (15%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (46%)
§112 only2 (15%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (31%)

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
4
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
9
Business / Other
69% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT 3 65.3% +12.3%
GORDEN, RAEANN 2 83.0% -4.6%
LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 2 75.3% +26.5%
STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1 80.8% +15.4%
KENNEDY, JOSHUA T 1 51.1% +48.4%
ARYANPOUR, MITRA 1 56.3% +34.1%
GUDORF, LAURA A 1 80.8% +11.4%
PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO 1 83.0% +15.6%
STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 1 39.0% +35.4%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19080066 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL STONER, KILEY SHAWN
18966441 GOLF BALL GORDEN, RAEANN
18896200 GOLF BALL GUDORF, LAURA A
18674151 GOLF CLUB HEAD PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18978337 GOLF BALL KENNEDY, JOSHUA T
18955348 GOLF CLUB HEAD ARYANPOUR, MITRA
18889483 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN
18660499 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL GORDEN, RAEANN

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18605087 GOLF BALL STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 17d overdue
18775191 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT 40d
19080066 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL STONER, KILEY SHAWN
18978337 GOLF BALL KENNEDY, JOSHUA T
18955348 GOLF CLUB HEAD ARYANPOUR, MITRA
18896200 GOLF BALL GUDORF, LAURA A
18889506 GOLF BALL LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN
18889483 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3711 4

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19080066 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL STONER, KILEY SHAWN §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
18978337 GOLF BALL KENNEDY, JOSHUA T §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18966441 GOLF BALL GORDEN, RAEANN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18955348 GOLF CLUB HEAD ARYANPOUR, MITRA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2024
18896200 GOLF BALL GUDORF, LAURA A §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18889506 GOLF BALL LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18889483 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18830718 GOLF BALL SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT §103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18806999 GOLF BALL SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18775191 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT 3711 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jul 17, 2024
18674151 GOLF CLUB HEAD PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO 3711 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 24, 2024
18660499 MULTI-PIECE SOLID GOLF BALL GORDEN, RAEANN 3711 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 10, 2024
18605087 GOLF BALL STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN 3711 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024

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