Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kido Sports Co. Ltd. has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and are distributed across distinct art units. Lynch, Patrick John is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently holding 1 pending office action. With the pending office actions spread across the 2 distinct art units and the distinct examiners, there is no overlap in the current workload. This administrative dispersion means that each pending matter is being reviewed in a unique environment.
Practitioners must be prepared to handle different examiner perspectives and separate art unit policies. The pending office actions represent the current active prosecution for Kido Sports Co. Ltd. in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector. Each of the distinct examiners will provide an independent assessment of the company's technology. This lack of concentration requires a case-specific approach for each of the pending matters, as the outcome of one is unlikely to directly influence the other. Managing these distinct relationships is essential for the company's success.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 1 | 61.1% | +41.6% |
| NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1 | 56.5% | +37.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935156 | HELMET | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935156 | HELMET | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
| 18927809 | INTERIOR MATERIAL FOR HELMET AND HELMET INCLUDING THE SAME | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| 1788 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18935156 | HELMET | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18927809 | INTERIOR MATERIAL FOR HELMET AND HELMET INCLUDING THE SAME | NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L | 1788 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
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