Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 116 patents granted in the last 365 days
Callaway Golf Company has 5 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 4 examiners across 3 art units, indicating a small docket with broad examiner allocation and some art-unit overlap.
GORDEN, RAEANN is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel can coordinate that examiner group while maintaining separate preparation for the other applications.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 | 2 | 83.0% | -5.1% |
| GAMINO, CARLOS J | 1 | 35.3% | +45.7% |
| MORRIS, TAYLOR L | 1 | 59.8% | +34.8% |
| HUNTER, ALVIN A | 1 | 85.7% | +2.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19028053 | Method And System For Utilizing Radio-Opaque Fillers In Multiple Layers Of Golf Balls | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
| 18827341 | Method And System For Utilizing Radio-Opaque Fillers In Multiple Layers Of Golf Balls | GORDEN, RAEANN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19349069 | Golf Club Head With Miter Joint For Brazing | GAMINO, CARLOS J | — |
| 18657552 | Golf Club Head | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19349069 | Golf Club Head With Miter Joint For Brazing | GAMINO, CARLOS J | — |
| 19060494 | REINFORCEMENT DEVICE FOR GOLF BAG WITH STAND LEGS AND GOLF BAG EQUIPPED WITH THE REINFORCEMENT DEVICE | MORRIS, TAYLOR L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 3 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19349069 | Golf Club Head With Miter Joint For Brazing | GAMINO, CARLOS J | 1735 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2025 |
| 19060494 | REINFORCEMENT DEVICE FOR GOLF BAG WITH STAND LEGS AND GOLF BAG EQUIPPED WITH THE REINFORCEMENT DEVICE | MORRIS, TAYLOR L | 3735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19028053 | Method And System For Utilizing Radio-Opaque Fillers In Multiple Layers Of Golf Balls | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18827341 | Method And System For Utilizing Radio-Opaque Fillers In Multiple Layers Of Golf Balls | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18657552 | Golf Club Head | HUNTER, ALVIN A | 3711 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCallaway Golf Company has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Raeann Gorden has the most, with 2 of Callaway Golf Company's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
