Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Crimson Trace Corporation

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Crimson Trace Corporation currently manages 4 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners, both of whom are located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a high degree of concentration in the examination of the company's portfolio.

The busiest examiner is COOPER, JOHN, who is responsible for 2 pending office actions. Since there are only 2 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions, each examiner is handling multiple files for the company. Furthermore, the fact that all 4 pending office actions are within 1 distinct art unit suggests that the examiners likely share similar technical expertise and follow the same supervisory guidelines. For practitioners, this provides an opportunity to apply a consistent technical strategy across the 4 pending office actions. The focus can remain on the standards of 1 distinct art unit while managing the individual styles of the 2 distinct examiners, particularly COOPER, JOHN, who handles 2 pending office actions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (67%)

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
3
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
COOPER, JOHN 2 79.5% +17.7%
CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 1 69.7% +18.6%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19279876 WEAPON SIGHT GRIP COOPER, JOHN —
19175505 WEAPON SIGHT GRIP COOPER, JOHN —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19040301 FIREARM ACCESSORY MOUNTING ASSEMBLY CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 42d
19279876 WEAPON SIGHT GRIP COOPER, JOHN —
19175505 WEAPON SIGHT GRIP COOPER, JOHN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3641 3

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19279876 WEAPON SIGHT GRIP COOPER, JOHN 3641 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2025
19175505 WEAPON SIGHT GRIP COOPER, JOHN 3641 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2025
19040301 FIREARM ACCESSORY MOUNTING ASSEMBLY CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 3641 §102 Final Rejection 42d Pending Jan 29, 2025

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Crimson Trace Corporation have?

Crimson Trace Corporation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Crimson Trace Corporation applications?

John Cooper has the most, with 2 of Crimson Trace Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Crimson Trace Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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