Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Rawlings Sporting Goods Company Inc. manages 3 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These filings are distributed across 2 distinct art units, showing some variety in the technical classification of the goods. There are 3 distinct examiners involved in these cases, resulting in an even distribution of the active matters. This lack of examiner concentration means that each matter is being handled by a different individual.
JEFFREY S VANDERVEEN is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. This workload is shared with other distinct examiners, as each examiner is responsible for a single case. The 2 distinct art units indicate that the mechanical engineering components of the portfolio are being reviewed by different specialized groups within the office. This structure suggests that the company's prosecution strategy involves multiple technical niches within the broader Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S | 1 | 64.2% | +17.3% |
| NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 1 | 43.2% | +42.4% |
| HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 1 | 32.0% | +41.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19414480 | BALL BATS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING BALL BATS | VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19173503 | ADJUSTABLE HELMET SHELL | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 24d overdue |
| 19414480 | BALL BATS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING BALL BATS | VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S | — |
| 18648238 | GLOVE WITH STRUCTURAL FINGER REINFORCEMENTS | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3711 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19414480 | BALL BATS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING BALL BATS | VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S | 3711 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2025 |
| 19173503 | ADJUSTABLE HELMET SHELL | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 18648238 | GLOVE WITH STRUCTURAL FINGER REINFORCEMENTS | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 3732 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
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