Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
72 pending office actions • 13 art units • 42 examiners • 0 of 72 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 148 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. is currently managing 74 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are distributed across 14 distinct art units, reflecting the company's various chemical and material innovations. The involvement of 44 distinct examiners suggests that many examiners are handling more than one case within the portfolio, providing opportunities for more efficient prosecution through examiner-specific insights.
Raeann Gorden is the busiest examiner for this company, holding 7 pending office actions. This is a notable concentration, as Raeann Gorden is responsible for a portion of the 74 pending office actions. Managing the 44 distinct examiners across 14 distinct art units requires a balanced approach that leverages the concentration with Raeann Gorden while addressing the needs of the other distinct examiners to ensure that the company's material science innovations are effectively protected.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 6 (8%) |
| §103 only | 37 (51%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| §112 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 24 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LY, KENDRA | 6 | 58.4% | +18.2% |
| GORDEN, RAEANN | 6 | 82.9% | -5.0% |
| MAKI, STEVEN D | 5 | 65.1% | +25.0% |
| SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 5 | 65.3% | +12.5% |
| STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 4 | 39.2% | +35.5% |
| DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 3 | 55.3% | +30.0% |
| FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 2 | 44.3% | +2.3% |
| WOLCOTT, BRIAN P | 2 | 77.3% | +30.6% |
| BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE | 2 | 50.0% | +0.0% |
| SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 2 | 55.5% | +17.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18679218 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 29d overdue |
| 18750120 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 22d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18672971 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 42d overdue |
| 18752027 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 15d overdue |
| 19049813 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 2d overdue |
| 18788177 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 14d |
| 18290316 | TIRE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TIRE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KAY, DOUGLAS | 29d |
| 19139909 | TIRE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TIRE MANAGEMENT METHOD | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | — |
| 19131988 | TIRE REPLACEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TIRE REPLACEMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | JONES, JODI MARIE | — |
| 18852186 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SULFUR-BASED ACTIVE MATERIAL | KOPEC, MARK T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18422535 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 140d overdue |
| 19049813 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 2d overdue |
| 19034271 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 2d overdue |
| 18788177 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 14d |
| 18758219 | PUTTER-TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH ALIGNMENT FEATURE | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 22d |
| 18581918 | TIRE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 28d |
| 18208557 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL RIBS | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 33d |
| 18533868 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 41d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 22 |
| 3711 | 16 |
| 3666 | 2 |
| 2857 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 2881 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 1799 | 1 |
| 3615 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19139909 | TIRE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND TIRE MANAGEMENT METHOD | CRANDALL, RICHARD W. | 3619 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19131988 | TIRE REPLACEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TIRE REPLACEMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | JONES, JODI MARIE | 3666 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19213207 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2025 |
| 18852186 | METHOD OF PRODUCING SULFUR-BASED ACTIVE MATERIAL | KOPEC, MARK T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19193598 | RACKET | BUI, LUAN KIM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19177044 | TIRE | MAKI, STEVEN D | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19086952 | GOLF BALL | ENGLISH, PETER C | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19082201 | WHEEL CONDITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, WHEEL CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND WHEEL CONDITION DETERMINATION PROGRAM | BAAJOUR, SHAHIRA | 3666 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19070573 | HEAVY DUTY TIRE | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19106106 | POINTING DEVICE OPERATING SLEEVE | QUINN, RICHALE LEE | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19055716 | GOLF BALL | DAVISON, LAURA L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19049813 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 1749 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19046841 | GOLF BALL | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19044342 | TIRE | MAKI, STEVEN D | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19034271 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19011346 | MOLD | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19009557 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | WOLCOTT, BRIAN P | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18987586 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | LEGESSE, NINI F | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18724489 | TIRE | MAKI, STEVEN D | 1749 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18968718 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18967346 | POLYMER-COATED GLASS SUBSTRATE | GOLDEN, CHINESSA T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18946079 | GOLF BALL | PETERS, BRIAN O | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18944848 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18715332 | REPAIR SHEET AND TIRE REPAIRING METHOD | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18925742 | GOLF BALL | WOLCOTT, BRIAN P | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18916881 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18911862 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18902165 | IRON-TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD | VANDERVEEN, JEFFREY S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18894838 | GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18894662 | GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18890481 | GOLF BALL | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18890043 | GOLF BALL | LEGENDRE, CHRISTOPHER RYAN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18843441 | TIRE | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18843532 | TIRE | WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S | 1749 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18792659 | GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18788177 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 1749 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18787600 | GOLF BALL | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18787426 | GOLF BALL | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18784564 | GOLF BALL | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18771457 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18764542 | TIRE | MAKI, STEVEN D | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18760659 | TIRE | MAKI, STEVEN D | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18758219 | PUTTER-TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH ALIGNMENT FEATURE | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18752027 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18750120 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18679218 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18672541 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | BERRY, SAMANTHA MARIE | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18672971 | GOLF BALL | GORDEN, RAEANN | 3711 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18656104 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2024 |
| 18633901 | MEDICAL RUBBER COMPOSITION AND MEDICAL RUBBER PRODUCT | BUTCHER, ROBERT T | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18619796 | METHOD OF ANALYZING CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, CRYSTAL MORPHOLOGY, OR CRYSTAL DISTRIBUTION OF RUBBER MATERIAL IN STRETCHING | WANG, JING | 2881 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18608596 | POLYMER-COATED GLASS SUBSTRATE | OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18581918 | TIRE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18438957 | GOLF BALL | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18422535 | GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 140d overdue | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18579871 | TIRE STATE DETERMINATION SYSTEM, TIRE STATE DETERMINATION APPARATUS, TIRE STATE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | MCCALL, ERIC SCOTT | 2855 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18413722 | METHOD FOR ESTIMATING STATE OF WAX IN RUBBER COMPOSITION | AHMED, MOIN UDDIN | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
| 18533868 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Dec 08, 2023 |
| 18522660 | MEDICAL RUBBER PRODUCT | QIAO, HUIHONG | 1799 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18290316 | TIRE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, TIRE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KAY, DOUGLAS | 2857 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 13, 2023 |
| 18472737 | AIRLESS TIRE | BELLINGER, JASON R | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18547319 | BEAD PRESSING FORCE PREDICTION METHOD, TIRE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND TIRE | SAXENA, AKASH | — | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18269468 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18269454 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 1749 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18211996 | TIRE | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18208557 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL RIBS | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jun 12, 2023 |
| 18035645 | PLASTICIZER, COMPOSITION, AND TIRE | EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI | 1762 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2023 |
| 18250524 | SYRINGE GASKET AND SYRINGE | BRANDT, DAVID NELSON | 3783 | §112 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 18301686 | GOLF CLUB GRIP AND GOLF CLUB | ELLIOTT, ANDREW JAMES | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2023 |
| 17894430 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND CROSSLINKED RUBBER MOLDED PRODUCT | DU, SURBHI M | 1765 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 24, 2022 |
| 17754987 | TIRE | DARBY, BRENDON CHARLES | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Apr 18, 2022 |
| 17268946 | TREAD RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE | BOSS, WENDY LYNN | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2021 |
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