Technology areas: Computing & Software • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Smith Sport Optics Inc. is currently navigating 3 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners, which indicates that each pending matter is being handled by a different individual. This distribution requires a versatile approach to prosecution, as the company must address the specific preferences and styles of multiple examiners simultaneously.
The portfolio is active within 2 distinct art units, suggesting that while the examiners are unique, there is some overlap in the technical classifications being pursued. MORAN, KATHERINE M is identified as the busiest examiner, currently managing 1 pending office action. Since this examiner only accounts for 1 of the 3 pending actions, the workload is evenly spread, and no single examiner holds a majority influence over the current portfolio status.
The presence of 3 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units highlights a moderate level of complexity in the company's current patent strategy. Practitioners should prepare for varied feedback across the 3 pending office actions, as the involvement of multiple art units often introduces different examination standards. The fact that MORAN, KATHERINE M handles 1 pending action underscores the fragmented nature of the current prosecution landscape.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORAN, KATHERINE M | 1 | 54.3% | +24.2% |
| HALL, FORREST G | 1 | 60.2% | +31.8% |
| JOHANSEN, JOHN E | 1 | 76.3% | +26.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18593821 | HELMET WITH IMPACT STRUCTURE | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 60d overdue |
| 18343661 | GOGGLE LENS WITH COMPOUND CURVATURE FOR DOWNWARD FIELD OF VIEW ENHANCEMENT | HALL, FORREST G | — |
| 17962332 | GOGGLE CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18593821 | HELMET WITH IMPACT STRUCTURE | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 60d overdue |
| 18343661 | GOGGLE LENS WITH COMPOUND CURVATURE FOR DOWNWARD FIELD OF VIEW ENHANCEMENT | HALL, FORREST G | — |
| 17962332 | GOGGLE CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 2187 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18593821 | HELMET WITH IMPACT STRUCTURE | MORAN, KATHERINE M | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18343661 | GOGGLE LENS WITH COMPOUND CURVATURE FOR DOWNWARD FIELD OF VIEW ENHANCEMENT | HALL, FORREST G | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 17962332 | GOGGLE CUSTOMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS | JOHANSEN, JOHN E | 2187 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSmith Sport Optics Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Katherine M Moran has the most, with 1 of Smith Sport Optics Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
