Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Ravin Crossbows LLC

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

12 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Ravin Crossbows LLC has 14 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, so the portfolio is concentrated in a limited number of technical groups while still requiring coordination with several examiners.

KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE is the busiest examiner, handling 6 pending matters. That concentration makes this examiner a practical focal point for response planning, interview preparation, and review of recurring claim issues. Counsel can use developments in that examination relationship to inform the handling of related matters, while preserving matter-specific analysis for the other assignments.

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

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

8
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (17%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (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
12
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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 6 35.1% +27.4%
NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 3 72.7% +21.7%
ZHANG, YINGCHUAN 2 68.9% +28.4%
SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT 1 65.3% +12.5%

Hard Cases (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19031098 CROSSOVER CROSSBOW ZHANG, YINGCHUAN —
19031069 HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R —
19031040 HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R —
18972248 CROSSBOW WITH DRAW STRING STOP KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18972102 CROSSBOW WITH ARROW REST KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18972159 CROSSBOW WITH TRIGGER ASSEMBLY KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18972336 CROSSBOW WITH DRAW STRING STOP KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18972461 CROSSBOW WITH TRIGGER ASSEMBLY KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —

Interview Candidates (12)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19031098 CROSSOVER CROSSBOW ZHANG, YINGCHUAN —
19031069 HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R —
19031040 HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R —
18972248 CROSSBOW WITH DRAW STRING STOP KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18972372 CROSSBOW WITH POWER CABLE KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18972102 CROSSBOW WITH ARROW REST KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18972159 CROSSBOW WITH TRIGGER ASSEMBLY KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —
18972336 CROSSBOW WITH DRAW STRING STOP KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3711 12

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19031098 CROSSOVER CROSSBOW ZHANG, YINGCHUAN 3711 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19031069 HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 3711 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19031040 HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 3711 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18972248 CROSSBOW WITH DRAW STRING STOP KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18972372 CROSSBOW WITH POWER CABLE KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18972102 CROSSBOW WITH ARROW REST KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18972159 CROSSBOW WITH TRIGGER ASSEMBLY KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18972336 CROSSBOW WITH DRAW STRING STOP KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18972461 CROSSBOW WITH TRIGGER ASSEMBLY KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE 3711 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18970602 CROSSBOW WITH ARROW REST ZHANG, YINGCHUAN 3711 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18907084 CROSSBOW UTILIZING CAMS NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R 3711 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18786009 CROSSBOW BOWSTRING POSITIONING SYSTEM SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT 3711 §103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending Jul 26, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Ravin Crossbows LLC have?

Ravin Crossbows LLC has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Ravin Crossbows LLC applications?

Amir Arie Klayman has the most, with 6 of Ravin Crossbows LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Ravin Crossbows LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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