Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
31 pending office actions • 12 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 47 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fox Factory Inc. has 31 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 25 distinct examiners, showing that while some examiners handle multiple cases, the workload is largely spread across a diverse group. The prosecution footprint covers 12 distinct art units, reflecting a broad range of technical classifications for the company's mechanical innovations.
JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 3 pending office actions currently assigned. With 25 distinct examiners involved in 31 pending office actions, the company must manage many different examiner perspectives. The distribution across 12 distinct art units suggests that the 31 pending office actions are categorized into several different specialized groups, requiring a versatile prosecution strategy.
The presence of 12 distinct art units for 31 pending office actions indicates that there is some concentration of work within specific technical areas. However, because there are 25 distinct examiners, practitioners cannot rely on a single point of contact for most matters. Managing these 31 pending office actions requires careful attention to the specific requirements of 25 different individuals across 12 distinct art units in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (3%) |
| §103 only | 6 (19%) |
| §102 only | 5 (16%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (48%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 3 | 80.1% | +17.3% |
| KECK, DANIEL M | 2 | 82.0% | +19.7% |
| SHABARA, HOSAM | 2 | 82.6% | +16.2% |
| AUNG, SAN M | 2 | 77.7% | +20.4% |
| BOWES, STEPHEN M | 2 | 66.3% | +25.9% |
| BROWN, DREW J | 1 | 89.5% | +5.9% |
| WEBB, TIFFANY L | 1 | 91.8% | +7.7% |
| FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1 | 44.3% | +2.3% |
| YABUT, DANIEL D | 1 | 56.7% | +26.9% |
| KRAMER, DEVON C | 1 | 14.8% | +16.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19388895 | HYDRAULICALLY-ADJUSTABLE PRELOAD AND/OR CROSS-OVER | BROWN, DREW J | — |
| 19296733 | MOTORIZED ADJUSTMENT OF A DAMPER BLEED | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 19071545 | ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED SWAY BAR DAMPING LINK | WEBB, TIFFANY L | — |
| 18958448 | AIR SPRING ASSEMBLY | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
| 18305314 | VARIABLY DAMPED FLOW CONTROL SOLENOID | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19093067 | AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED SWAY BAR LINK | KECK, DANIEL M | 42d overdue |
| 17562020 | Wireless switch with low power wireless communication for a smart component | PATEL, HARESH N | 22d |
| 18916134 | WHEELIE CONTROL SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR SNOWMOBILES | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 34d |
| 19289330 | ELECTRONIC MODAL BASE VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
| 19289286 | ELECTRONIC MODAL BASE VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
| 18927803 | VALVE-CONTROLLED FLUID CIRCUITS FOR REBOUND DAMPING ADJUSTMENT | KRAMER, DEVON C | — |
| 18909627 | WEAR SLEEVE FOR A SHOCK BODY | HSIAO, JAMES K | — |
| 18905483 | RUBBER ISOLATED SPHERICAL SHOCK/STRUT MOUNT | SAHNI, VISHAL R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19093067 | AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED SWAY BAR LINK | KECK, DANIEL M | 42d overdue |
| 18943354 | CRANK IMPACT AND WEAR PROTECTION ARTICLE | YABUT, DANIEL D | 41d |
| 19296733 | MOTORIZED ADJUSTMENT OF A DAMPER BLEED | KECK, DANIEL M | — |
| 19289330 | ELECTRONIC MODAL BASE VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
| 19289286 | ELECTRONIC MODAL BASE VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — |
| 18958448 | AIR SPRING ASSEMBLY | SHABARA, HOSAM | — |
| 18927803 | VALVE-CONTROLLED FLUID CIRCUITS FOR REBOUND DAMPING ADJUSTMENT | KRAMER, DEVON C | — |
| 18828943 | AIR PURGING DISC BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER ASSEMBLY | AUNG, SAN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 7 |
| 3614 | 4 |
| 3617 | 2 |
| 3611 | 2 |
| 3747 | 2 |
| 3668 | 2 |
| 1749 | 1 |
| 3642 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19388895 | HYDRAULICALLY-ADJUSTABLE PRELOAD AND/OR CROSS-OVER | BROWN, DREW J | 3617 | §102§103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2025 |
| 19296733 | MOTORIZED ADJUSTMENT OF A DAMPER BLEED | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19289330 | ELECTRONIC MODAL BASE VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19289286 | ELECTRONIC MODAL BASE VALVE | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19093067 | AUTOMATED CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED SWAY BAR LINK | KECK, DANIEL M | 3614 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19071545 | ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED SWAY BAR DAMPING LINK | WEBB, TIFFANY L | 3614 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19053108 | TUBELESS TIRE INSERT | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18958448 | AIR SPRING ASSEMBLY | SHABARA, HOSAM | 3611 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18943354 | CRANK IMPACT AND WEAR PROTECTION ARTICLE | YABUT, DANIEL D | 3617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18927803 | VALVE-CONTROLLED FLUID CIRCUITS FOR REBOUND DAMPING ADJUSTMENT | KRAMER, DEVON C | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18916134 | WHEELIE CONTROL SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR SNOWMOBILES | GANCI, MATTHEW JOSEPH | 3614 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18909627 | WEAR SLEEVE FOR A SHOCK BODY | HSIAO, JAMES K | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18905483 | RUBBER ISOLATED SPHERICAL SHOCK/STRUT MOUNT | SAHNI, VISHAL R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18828943 | AIR PURGING DISC BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER ASSEMBLY | AUNG, SAN M | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18814379 | SHOCK SAG VALUE GENERATING ASSEMBLY | SHABARA, HOSAM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18792379 | INTERNAL STROKE SENSOR FOR AN IFP SHOCK ASSEMBLY | SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18784171 | SHOCK ABSORBER WITH A BEARING HOUSING BYPASS ASSEMBLY | AUNG, SAN M | 3616 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18630374 | EXTENDED SEATPOST SADDLE CLAMP NUT | ZOHOORI, COLIN NAYSAN MISHA | 3642 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18624681 | ADAPTIVE SPRING RATE SYSTEM | IRVIN, SHEA WOODROW | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18620018 | HYDRAULIC BUMP STOP | IRVIN, THOMAS W | 4100 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18615175 | HYDRAULIC DAMPER | BOWES, STEPHEN M | 3616 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18615888 | ELECTRONIC VALVE INTERFACE | BOWES, STEPHEN M | 3616 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18421754 | VEHICLE SUSPENSION COMPONENT AND INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT | ZALESKAS, JOHN M | 3747 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18409689 | TUNED MASS DAMPER | LEWIS, TISHA D | 3619 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18387999 | PISTON FLUID FLOW DYNAMICS, TEMPERATURE STABILITY, AND NOISE MITIGATION | RODRIGUEZ, PAMELA | 3616 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18221334 | WIRELESS ELECTRONIC SHOCK ASSEMBLY | CAMPBELL, JOSHUA A | 3747 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2023 |
| 18305314 | VARIABLY DAMPED FLOW CONTROL SOLENOID | JELLETT, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 3753 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2023 |
| 18105824 | RANGE SHARING OF VEHICLE SETUP IFORMATION | SCHNEIDER, PAULA LYNN | 3668 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2023 |
| 17562020 | Wireless switch with low power wireless communication for a smart component | PATEL, HARESH N | 2496 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Dec 27, 2021 |
| 17542809 | USE OF VEHICLE DATA, RIDER-RELATED DATA OR ROUTE INFORMATION TO CONTROL A VEHICLE'S ELECTRIC MOTOR OUTPUT | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 3668 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2021 |
| 15154156 | LIGHTWEIGHT FORK ASSEMBLY | BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M | 3611 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 13, 2016 |
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