Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
10 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ravin Crossbows LLC currently manages 10 pending office actions. These matters are located in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio is distributed across 5 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. Alexander R Niconovich is the busiest examiner for the company, currently overseeing 5 pending actions.
This indicates that Alexander R Niconovich is responsible for half of the company's 10 pending office actions. The concentration of work in 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering innovations fall into specific technical categories. With 5 distinct examiners involved, there is some variety in the examination process, but the influence of Alexander R Niconovich is predominant. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences and past decisions of this busiest examiner, given their 5 pending actions. The use of only 2 distinct art units for 10 pending office actions suggests a high degree of technical similarity among the applications. This allows for a more consistent prosecution strategy across the portfolio, even while dealing with 5 distinct examiners. Managing this volume requires a targeted approach within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering area.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 3 (30%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (30%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | 5 | 72.8% | +21.9% |
| ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | 2 | 68.7% | +28.6% |
| TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 1 | 77.8% | +11.3% |
| SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 1 | 65.3% | +12.5% |
| KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE | 1 | 35.1% | +27.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19031098 | CROSSOVER CROSSBOW | ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | — |
| 19031040 | HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 19031069 | HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 19014109 | CROSSBOW WITH DUAL TRACK CAM ASSEMBLY | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18662841 | CROSSBOW WITH ARROW REST | KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE | 8d overdue |
| 19031098 | CROSSOVER CROSSBOW | ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | — |
| 19031040 | HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 19031069 | HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 19019154 | LINEAR CROSSBOW | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 19014109 | CROSSBOW WITH DUAL TRACK CAM ASSEMBLY | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
| 18975052 | CROSSBOW | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18970602 | CROSSBOW WITH ARROW REST | ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 3 |
| 3641 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19031098 | CROSSOVER CROSSBOW | ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19031040 | HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19031069 | HIGH IMPACT STRENGTH LIGHTED NOCK ASSEMBLY | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19019154 | LINEAR CROSSBOW | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19014109 | CROSSBOW WITH DUAL TRACK CAM ASSEMBLY | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 3641 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 18975052 | CROSSBOW | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18970602 | CROSSBOW WITH ARROW REST | ZHANG, YINGCHUAN | — | §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 |
| 18662841 | CROSSBOW WITH ARROW REST | KLAYMAN, AMIR ARIE | 3711 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
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