Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
21 pending office actions • 5 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sheltered Wings, Inc. D/b/a Vortex Optics currently manages 21 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These active cases are distributed among 15 distinct examiners, which indicates that some examiners are handling multiple matters for the company. The portfolio's technical focus is relatively concentrated, as it is active in 5 distinct art units. This suggests that the company's innovations are being reviewed by a small number of specialized technical groups at the patent office.
The busiest examiner for the company is FREEMAN, JOSHUA E, who is currently handling 3 busiest examiner pending office actions. This individual manages a larger portion of the 21 pending office actions compared to the other 15 distinct examiners. With 15 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units involved, the prosecution environment allows for some consistency in examiner interactions. Practitioners can focus on the standards of these 5 distinct art units to efficiently resolve the active cases currently on the docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (5%) |
| §103 only | 9 (43%) |
| §102 only | 2 (10%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (33%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (5%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 3 | 82.0% | +12.1% |
| HAYES, BRET C | 2 | 80.4% | +15.3% |
| LEE, BENJAMIN P | 2 | 80.0% | +17.0% |
| CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 2 | 69.6% | +18.6% |
| MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2 | 61.7% | +24.0% |
| TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 1 | 77.8% | +11.3% |
| ABDOSH, SAMIR | 1 | 83.9% | +6.6% |
| COOPER, JOHN | 1 | 79.4% | +17.7% |
| PASKO, NICHOLAS R | 1 | 64.7% | +27.7% |
| BOOHER, ADAM W | 1 | 75.5% | +9.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18615629 | SCOPE TURRET | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 97d overdue |
| 19362736 | CABLE MANAGEMENT MAGWELL | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | — |
| 19067254 | VIEWING OPTIC | ABDOSH, SAMIR | — |
| 19005115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DOPE CHART | LEE, BENJAMIN P | — |
| 18991876 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH AN INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19055151 | PROTECTIVE LENS COVER ASSEMBLY | COOPER, JOHN | 71d overdue |
| 18779569 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH GRIP TEXTURE | HAYES, BRET C | 21d |
| 18653370 | DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT AND LOCKING MECHANISM USING LEFT AND RIGHT THREADING ON THE SAME PITCH DIAMETER | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 84d |
| 18457950 | SYSTEMS AND CONTROLS FOR AN ENABLER OF A VIEWING OPTIC | DAVID, MICHAEL D | 84d |
| 19364046 | MOUNT FOR A WEAPON RAIL | HAYES, BRET C | — |
| 18799872 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH AN INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM | PASKO, NICHOLAS R | — |
| 18635776 | OPTIC COVER WITH RELEASABLY RETAINED DISPLAY | LEE, BENJAMIN P | — |
| 18601288 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH AN INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM | BOOHER, ADAM W | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18615629 | SCOPE TURRET | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 97d overdue |
| 19055151 | PROTECTIVE LENS COVER ASSEMBLY | COOPER, JOHN | 71d overdue |
| 18779569 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH GRIP TEXTURE | HAYES, BRET C | 21d |
| 18653370 | DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT AND LOCKING MECHANISM USING LEFT AND RIGHT THREADING ON THE SAME PITCH DIAMETER | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 84d |
| 19364046 | MOUNT FOR A WEAPON RAIL | HAYES, BRET C | — |
| 19362736 | CABLE MANAGEMENT MAGWELL | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | — |
| 19282854 | TURRET WITH A ZERO STOP | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | — |
| 19005115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DOPE CHART | LEE, BENJAMIN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3641 | 13 |
| 2872 | 3 |
| 2871 | 2 |
| 2800 | 1 |
| 3632 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19364046 | MOUNT FOR A WEAPON RAIL | HAYES, BRET C | 3641 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2025 |
| 19362736 | CABLE MANAGEMENT MAGWELL | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 3641 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2025 |
| 19282854 | TURRET WITH A ZERO STOP | TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S | 3641 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19067254 | VIEWING OPTIC | ABDOSH, SAMIR | 3641 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19055151 | PROTECTIVE LENS COVER ASSEMBLY | COOPER, JOHN | 3641 | §101DP | Final Rejection | 71d overdue | Pending | Feb 17, 2025 |
| 19005115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DOPE CHART | LEE, BENJAMIN P | 3641 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18991876 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH AN INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 3641 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18928514 | Alignment Mechanism | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 3641 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18921610 | Alignment Mechanism | CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE | 3641 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18799872 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH AN INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM | PASKO, NICHOLAS R | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18779569 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH GRIP TEXTURE | HAYES, BRET C | 3641 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18653370 | DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT AND LOCKING MECHANISM USING LEFT AND RIGHT THREADING ON THE SAME PITCH DIAMETER | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18635776 | OPTIC COVER WITH RELEASABLY RETAINED DISPLAY | LEE, BENJAMIN P | 3641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18615629 | SCOPE TURRET | FREEMAN, JOSHUA E | 3641 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 97d overdue | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18601288 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH AN INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM | BOOHER, ADAM W | 2872 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18457703 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH MAGNIFICATION TRACKING | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18457950 | SYSTEMS AND CONTROLS FOR AN ENABLER OF A VIEWING OPTIC | DAVID, MICHAEL D | 3641 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18191547 | PROTECTIVE COVER WITH ALIGNMENT APERTURE | THOMAS, BRANDI N | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 53d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18153162 | Viewing Optic Remote with an Illumination Source | BOUTSIKARIS, LEONIDAS | 2872 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 73d overdue | Pending | Jan 11, 2023 |
| 17743131 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A READING FROM A RANGEFINDING DEVICE | TON, TRI T | 2800 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 12, 2022 |
| 17727976 | COLUMN AND LEG LOCKING ASSEMBLIES FOR STATIONARY PLATFORMS | GARFT, CHRISTOPHER | 3632 | §103 | Final Rejection | 66d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2022 |
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