Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
26 pending office actions • 2 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days
Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. has a volume of 23 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are handled by 8 distinct examiners, which is a small number of individuals relative to the total of 23 pending actions. This suggests that several examiners are managing multiple applications for the company simultaneously.
The 23 pending office actions are concentrated within 2 distinct art units. This density within a few art units may allow the company to develop an understanding of the specific prior art and examination trends prevalent in those sections. HUNTER, ALVIN A is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing 7 busiest examiner pending actions. With 7 of the total 23 pending actions assigned to this single examiner, their individual prosecution style is a critical factor for the company's success in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector.
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.
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.
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 (4%) |
| §103 only | 8 (31%) |
| §112 only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 5 (19%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (19%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTER, ALVIN A | 9 | 85.7% | +2.8% |
| PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 5 | 83.0% | +15.5% |
| SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 4 | 65.3% | +12.5% |
| PIERCE, WILLIAM M | 3 | 42.8% | +16.3% |
| YOUNGER, KALYN GABRIELLE | 2 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 1 | 39.2% | +35.5% |
| DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 1 | 55.3% | +30.0% |
| GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | 1 | 40.2% | +36.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18370314 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 124d overdue |
| 18379512 | HIGH LOFT, LOW CENTER-OF-GRAVITY GOLF CLUB HEADS | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 17d overdue |
| 18936651 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — |
| 18921260 | GOLF CLUB FITTING SYSTEMS | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | — |
| 18792777 | IRON TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — |
| 18791808 | GOLF CLUB HEADS | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — |
| 18783125 | LASER ABLATION PROCESS AND CORRESPONDING GOLF CLUB HEAD MADE BY THE SAME | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | — |
| 18777649 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A STRESS REDUCING FEATURE WITH APERTURE | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18531430 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 29d |
| 19011549 | CLUSTER FOR AND METHOD OF CASTING GOLF CLUB HEADS | YOUNGER, KALYN GABRIELLE | — |
| 18943832 | GOLF CLUB HAVING IMPACT SENSOR | PIERCE, WILLIAM M | — |
| 18898332 | CLUSTER FOR AND METHOD OF CASTING GOLF CLUB HEADS | YOUNGER, KALYN GABRIELLE | — |
| 18892181 | GOLF CLUB HEADS | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — |
| 18796753 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PIERCE, WILLIAM M | — |
| 18789416 | MULTI-PIECE GOLF CLUB HEAD | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | — |
| 18506843 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18370314 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 124d overdue |
| 17878661 | GOLF CLUB | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | 60d overdue |
| 18379512 | HIGH LOFT, LOW CENTER-OF-GRAVITY GOLF CLUB HEADS | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 17d overdue |
| 18531430 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 29d |
| 18943832 | GOLF CLUB HAVING IMPACT SENSOR | PIERCE, WILLIAM M | — |
| 18921260 | GOLF CLUB FITTING SYSTEMS | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | — |
| 18892181 | GOLF CLUB HEADS | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — |
| 18830380 | GOLF CLUB HEADS | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 13 |
| 1735 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011549 | CLUSTER FOR AND METHOD OF CASTING GOLF CLUB HEADS | YOUNGER, KALYN GABRIELLE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18943832 | GOLF CLUB HAVING IMPACT SENSOR | PIERCE, WILLIAM M | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18936651 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18921260 | GOLF CLUB FITTING SYSTEMS | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18898332 | CLUSTER FOR AND METHOD OF CASTING GOLF CLUB HEADS | YOUNGER, KALYN GABRIELLE | 1735 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18892181 | GOLF CLUB HEADS | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18830380 | GOLF CLUB HEADS | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18825926 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18817539 | IRON TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD AND SET | STANCZAK, MATTHEW BRIAN | 3711 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18796753 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PIERCE, WILLIAM M | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18792777 | IRON TYPE GOLF CLUB HEAD | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18791808 | GOLF CLUB HEADS | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18789416 | MULTI-PIECE GOLF CLUB HEAD | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 3711 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18783125 | LASER ABLATION PROCESS AND CORRESPONDING GOLF CLUB HEAD MADE BY THE SAME | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18777649 | GOLF CLUB HEAD HAVING A STRESS REDUCING FEATURE WITH APERTURE | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18764001 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18761819 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18750180 | GOLF CLUB | HUNTER, ALVIN A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18743971 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | DENNIS, MICHAEL DAVID | 3711 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18662372 | GOLF CLUB HEADS | PIERCE, WILLIAM M | 3711 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18531430 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | SIMMS JR, JOHN ELLIOTT | 3711 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18515737 | GOLF CLUB HEAD WITH VERTICAL CENTER OF GRAVITY ADJUSTMENT | HUNTER, ALVIN A | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18506843 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | HUNTER, ALVIN A | 3711 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18379512 | HIGH LOFT, LOW CENTER-OF-GRAVITY GOLF CLUB HEADS | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 3711 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18370314 | GOLF CLUB HEAD | PASSANITI, SEBASTIANO | 3711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 124d overdue | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 17878661 | GOLF CLUB | GLENN, CHRISTOPHER A. | 3711 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2022 |
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