Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Steelseries Aps manages 6 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. All 6 actions are located within 1 distinct art unit. Prosecution is handled by 5 distinct examiners, with Steven J Hylinski serving as the busiest examiner with 2 pending office actions. The 2 pending actions with the busiest examiner are part of the 6 pending office actions. The concentration of 6 pending office actions in 1 distinct art unit suggests a specific technical focus. However, the 5 distinct examiners assigned to these 6 actions will bring different individual perspectives to the prosecution. Practitioners must navigate 5 different examiner styles within the 1 art unit.
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 (25%) |
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | 2 | 75.3% | +17.4% |
| RENWICK, REGINALD A | 1 | 70.1% | +9.3% |
| ROWLAND, STEVE | 1 | 78.0% | +17.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18898877 | VARIABLE ACTUATORS OF AN ACCESSORY AND METHODS THEREOF | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19026784 | PROGRAMMABLE ACTUATION INPUTS OF AN ACCESSORY AND METHODS THEREOF | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | — |
| 19016066 | PRE-SET AUDIO PROFILES FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER IN GAMING SYSTEMS | ROWLAND, STEVE | — |
| 18898877 | VARIABLE ACTUATORS OF AN ACCESSORY AND METHODS THEREOF | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 4 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19026800 | DEVICE FOR MANAGING OPERATIONS OF ACCESSORIES | RENWICK, REGINALD A | 3715 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026784 | PROGRAMMABLE ACTUATION INPUTS OF AN ACCESSORY AND METHODS THEREOF | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | 3715 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19016066 | PRE-SET AUDIO PROFILES FOR GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND PARAMETRIC EQUALIZER IN GAMING SYSTEMS | ROWLAND, STEVE | 3715 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18898877 | VARIABLE ACTUATORS OF AN ACCESSORY AND METHODS THEREOF | HYLINSKI, STEVEN J | 3715 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSteelseries Aps has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 3 examiners.
Steven J Hylinski has the most, with 2 of Steelseries Aps's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
