Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sport Maska Inc. has 4 pending office actions active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These filings are being handled by 4 distinct examiners, ensuring that each case receives an independent review. The prosecution is conducted across 3 distinct art units, which implies that the company's mechanical innovations are categorized into a few different specialized areas at the USPTO. This distribution across 3 distinct art units and 4 distinct examiners suggests that the 4 pending office actions cover a variety of technical features within the medical device field.
Nini F Legesse is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This figure accounts for one of the 4 pending office actions total. The distribution of 4 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units suggests some level of technical overlap within the USPTO divisions. While each of the 4 pending office actions has a unique examiner, the concentration in 3 distinct art units may provide some consistency in the examination guidelines applied. Practitioners must manage the 4 distinct examiners while addressing the specific requirements of the 3 distinct art units.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 1 | 51.4% | +30.3% |
| LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 1 | 61.1% | +41.6% |
| STONER, KILEY SHAWN | 1 | 80.8% | +15.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18456948 | PROTECTIVE SPORTS EQUIPMENT | QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 38d overdue |
| 18023869 | NAMEBAR PRINTER ASSEMBLY FOR SPORTING EQUIPMENT | STONER, KILEY SHAWN | 22d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18456948 | PROTECTIVE SPORTS EQUIPMENT | QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 38d overdue |
| 18023869 | NAMEBAR PRINTER ASSEMBLY FOR SPORTING EQUIPMENT | STONER, KILEY SHAWN | 22d overdue |
| 18024824 | HELMET WITH LATTICE LINER | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18456948 | PROTECTIVE SPORTS EQUIPMENT | QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Aug 28, 2023 |
| 18024824 | HELMET WITH LATTICE LINER | LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN | 3732 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
| 18023869 | NAMEBAR PRINTER ASSEMBLY FOR SPORTING EQUIPMENT | STONER, KILEY SHAWN | 1735 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSport Maska Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Richale Lee Quinn has the most, with 1 of Sport Maska Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
