Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Riddell Inc.

14 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

7
Hard (50%)
5
Medium (36%)
1
Easy (7%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only7 (50%)
§103 only5 (36%)
§112 only1 (7%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
93% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, TAJASH D 9 80.7% +6.9%
HADEN, SALLY CLINE 2 32.1% +41.4%
MORAN, KATHERINE M 1 53.8% +24.4%
HOEY, ALISSA L 1 44.4% +32.0%
LUU, CUONG V 1 71.8% +36.8%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18973743 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF A PERSON WEARING PROTECTIVE SPORTS EQUIPMENT WHILE ENGAGED IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATEL, TAJASH D 2d overdue
19275266 HELMET PATEL, TAJASH D 20d

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19027367 POSITION SPECIFIC PROTECTIVE SPORTS HELMET PATEL, TAJASH D 25d overdue
19026156 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 25d overdue
19026147 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 25d overdue
19026173 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 25d overdue
19026192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 25d overdue
19026180 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 19d overdue
19027427 POSITION SPECIFIC PROTECTIVE SPORTS HELMET PATEL, TAJASH D 8d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18518419 MULTILAYER LATTICE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT HADEN, SALLY CLINE 81d overdue
17327636 PROTECTIVE RECREATIONAL SPORTS HELMET WITH COMPONENTS ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED TO MANAGE IMPACT FORCES LUU, CUONG V 56d overdue
17878199 PAD ASSEMBLIES FOR A PROTECTIVE SPORTS HELMET HOEY, ALISSA L 51d overdue
19195678 FOOTBALL HELMET WITH COMPONENTS ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED TO MANAGE IMPACT FORCES MORAN, KATHERINE M 7d
18986053 PROTECTIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A HUMAN TORSO TO BE WORN DURING A CONTACT SPORT HADEN, SALLY CLINE 21d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3732 13
2189 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19275266 HELMET PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jul 21, 2025
19195678 FOOTBALL HELMET WITH COMPONENTS ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED TO MANAGE IMPACT FORCES MORAN, KATHERINE M 3732 §112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 30, 2025
19027427 POSITION SPECIFIC PROTECTIVE SPORTS HELMET PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §101 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19027367 POSITION SPECIFIC PROTECTIVE SPORTS HELMET PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §101 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19026180 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §101 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19026156 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §101 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19026147 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §101 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19026173 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §101 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19026192 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING A PROTECTIVE HELMET TAILORED TO A SELECTED GROUP OF HELMET WEARERS PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §101 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
18986053 PROTECTIVE ASSEMBLY FOR A HUMAN TORSO TO BE WORN DURING A CONTACT SPORT HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Dec 18, 2024
18973743 SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF A PERSON WEARING PROTECTIVE SPORTS EQUIPMENT WHILE ENGAGED IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2024
18518419 MULTILAYER LATTICE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
17878199 PAD ASSEMBLIES FOR A PROTECTIVE SPORTS HELMET HOEY, ALISSA L 3732 Other Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2022
17327636 PROTECTIVE RECREATIONAL SPORTS HELMET WITH COMPONENTS ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED TO MANAGE IMPACT FORCES LUU, CUONG V 2189 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending May 21, 2021

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