Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dick'S Sporting Goods Inc. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed across 2 distinct art units, indicating the prosecution landscape for the company. The presence of 3 pending office actions represents the active workload for the applicant in this specific technical sector.
The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners, which means that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution requires the applicant to manage multiple examiner perspectives simultaneously across the 2 distinct art units. Such a variety in assignments can lead to different prosecution timelines for each application within the 3 distinct examiners assigned.
GRAMLING, SEAN P is identified as the busiest examiner for this applicant, currently handling 1 pending office action. This specific examiner is responsible for a portion of the company's current patent office interactions. Because the pending office actions are spread among different individuals, no single official oversees the majority of the portfolio.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRAMLING, SEAN P | 1 | 66.5% | +28.1% |
| KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE | 1 | 35.1% | +27.5% |
| BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | 1 | 80.1% | +13.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18778466 | FOLDABLE CHAIR WITH RECLINING AND SWIVELING CAPABILITIES | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19054280 | MULTI-COLORED COVER LAYER FOR A GOLF BALL | GRAMLING, SEAN P | — |
| 18823990 | SPORTS REBOUNDING AND GOAL APPARATUS | KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE | — |
| 18778466 | FOLDABLE CHAIR WITH RECLINING AND SWIVELING CAPABILITIES | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19054280 | MULTI-COLORED COVER LAYER FOR A GOLF BALL | GRAMLING, SEAN P | 2875 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 18823990 | SPORTS REBOUNDING AND GOAL APPARATUS | KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18778466 | FOLDABLE CHAIR WITH RECLINING AND SWIVELING CAPABILITIES | BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL | 3636 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
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