Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. is currently managing 9 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 9 distinct examiners, which means that every pending matter is assigned to a different individual. This distribution requires the company to navigate 9 examination styles simultaneously.
The 9 pending office actions are spread across 6 distinct art units, indicating technical variety. MANGINE, HEATHER N is identified as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since each of the 9 distinct examiners holds 1 pending action, the workload is distributed among all assigned individuals. This structure prevents any single examiner from having a disproportionate impact on the portfolio's overall prosecution progress across the 6 distinct art units. Such a distribution requires a strategy to address the preferences of the 9 distinct examiners.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 | 2 (22%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANGINE, HEATHER N | 1 | 47.4% | +65.1% |
| IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | 1 | 55.4% | +24.7% |
| HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | 1 | 82.8% | +19.8% |
| KOTTER, KIP T | 1 | 67.9% | +21.4% |
| NELSON JR, MILTON | 1 | 84.6% | +5.7% |
| COMINO, EVA L | 1 | 70.4% | +32.3% |
| HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 1 | 32.0% | +41.6% |
| SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 1 | 54.7% | +56.6% |
| BURCH, MELODY M | 1 | 64.3% | +26.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18981174 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR BICYCLE | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18189822 | BICYCLE WITH ENHANCED SUSPENSION | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 27d |
| 18196645 | Strap Systems and Methods for Vented Helmets | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 53d |
| 19261441 | Systems and Methods for Vented Helmets | MANGINE, HEATHER N | — |
| 19016168 | PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | — |
| 18796866 | BICYCLE SADDLE | NELSON JR, MILTON | — |
| 18770068 | BICYCLE RIM WITH PINCH FLAT RESISTANCE | COMINO, EVA L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18189822 | BICYCLE WITH ENHANCED SUSPENSION | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 27d |
| 18196645 | Strap Systems and Methods for Vented Helmets | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 53d |
| 19261441 | Systems and Methods for Vented Helmets | MANGINE, HEATHER N | — |
| 19016168 | PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | — |
| 18981174 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR BICYCLE | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | — |
| 18949561 | TUBELESS VALVE ASSEMBLY | KOTTER, KIP T | — |
| 18770068 | BICYCLE RIM WITH PINCH FLAT RESISTANCE | COMINO, EVA L | — |
| 17931830 | BICYCLE AIR SPRING | BURCH, MELODY M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 3615 | 2 |
| 3799 | 1 |
| 3636 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19261441 | Systems and Methods for Vented Helmets | MANGINE, HEATHER N | 3732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19016168 | PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE | IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN | 3799 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18981174 | SUSPENSION SYSTEM FOR BICYCLE | HYMEL, ABIGAIL R | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18949561 | TUBELESS VALVE ASSEMBLY | KOTTER, KIP T | 3615 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18796866 | BICYCLE SADDLE | NELSON JR, MILTON | 3636 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18770068 | BICYCLE RIM WITH PINCH FLAT RESISTANCE | COMINO, EVA L | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18196645 | Strap Systems and Methods for Vented Helmets | HADEN, SALLY CLINE | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 53d | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18189822 | BICYCLE WITH ENHANCED SUSPENSION | SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR | 3612 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17931830 | BICYCLE AIR SPRING | BURCH, MELODY M | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2022 |
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