Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Specialized Bicycle Components Inc.

8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

5
Hard (62%)
3
Medium (38%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (62%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
12% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
88% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIU, HENRY Y 1 75.9% +12.7%
IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 1 55.7% +24.0%
GANNON, LEVI 1 82.7% +6.9%
KOTTER, KIP T 1 67.7% +21.5%
NELSON JR, MILTON 1 84.6% +5.6%
HADEN, SALLY CLINE 1 32.0% +40.9%
SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR 1 57.8% +50.9%
STANLEY, TYLER JAY 1 40.7% +60.7%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18796866 BICYCLE SADDLE NELSON JR, MILTON

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18189822 BICYCLE WITH ENHANCED SUSPENSION SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR 27d
18196645 Strap Systems and Methods for Vented Helmets HADEN, SALLY CLINE 53d
18977260 ELECTRIC BICYCLE CLASSIFICATION DISPLAY AND SWITCHING GANNON, LEVI 54d
19208122 DRIVETRAIN FOR A BICYCLE LIU, HENRY Y
19016168 PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17895914 BICYCLE FRAME WITH CONVERTIBLE WHEEL MOUNT STANLEY, TYLER JAY 11d overdue
18189822 BICYCLE WITH ENHANCED SUSPENSION SHARMA, NABIN KUMAR 27d
18196645 Strap Systems and Methods for Vented Helmets HADEN, SALLY CLINE 53d
19208122 DRIVETRAIN FOR A BICYCLE LIU, HENRY Y
19016168 PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN
18949561 TUBELESS VALVE ASSEMBLY KOTTER, KIP T

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3654 1
3799 1
2849 1
3615 1
3636 1
3732 1
3612 1
3611 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19208122 DRIVETRAIN FOR A BICYCLE LIU, HENRY Y 3654 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
19016168 PACKAGING SYSTEM FOR A BICYCLE IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 3799 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2025
18977260 ELECTRIC BICYCLE CLASSIFICATION DISPLAY AND SWITCHING GANNON, LEVI 2849 §102§103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18949561 TUBELESS VALVE ASSEMBLY KOTTER, KIP T 3615 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18796866 BICYCLE SADDLE NELSON JR, MILTON 3636 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18196645 Strap Systems and Methods for Vented Helmets HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §102§103§112 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
17895914 BICYCLE FRAME WITH CONVERTIBLE WHEEL MOUNT STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2022

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