Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hamskea Archery Solutions LLC has 2 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. These actions are distributed across 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's mechanical innovations are being reviewed by different specialized groups within the patent office, each focusing on a different aspect of the technology.
SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, handling 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners each managing one of the 2 pending actions, the company must coordinate 2 separate prosecution tracks. The involvement of 2 distinct art units indicates that the technical challenges for each application may vary based on the specific mechanical engineering sub-field. To advance the portfolio, the applicant must satisfy the requirements of each of the 2 distinct examiners while navigating the different standards present in the 2 distinct art units currently reviewing their 2 pending office actions.
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.
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 + other | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 1 | 65.3% | +12.5% |
| BAYNES, KEVIN J | 1 | 74.1% | +34.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18789967 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 69d |
| 18775074 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | BAYNES, KEVIN J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18789967 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 69d |
| 18775074 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | BAYNES, KEVIN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 1 |
| 3678 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18789967 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 69d | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18775074 | QUICK MOUNT SYSTEM FOR BOW AND OTHER ACCESSORIES | BAYNES, KEVIN J | 3678 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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