Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 183 patents granted in the last 365 days
Traxxas L.P. is currently prosecuting patent applications within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio contains 2 pending office actions. These 2 pending office actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners, which indicates that each matter is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution suggests that the company's prosecution strategy must account for two different sets of examiner preferences.
The company's current activity is situated within 1 distinct art unit. This involvement in 1 distinct art unit shows that the technical subject matter is being evaluated by a single specialized group. NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R is the busiest examiner for this portfolio and is currently overseeing 1 pending office action. Because NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R only handles 1 pending office action, his influence is limited to a single case within the current portfolio.
With 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution process is distributed across multiple individuals but concentrated in one technical division. Practitioners can focus on the specific requirements of the 1 distinct art unit. The 2 pending office actions represent the current workload that must be managed. The role of NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R is one of two separate examiner interactions, ensuring a decentralized review process for the portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | 1 | 72.7% | +21.7% |
| HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE | 1 | 46.9% | +30.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19215013 | BODY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A MODEL VEHICLE | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18376239 | MODEL VEHICLE TURN SIGNAL METHOD AND SYSTEM | HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19215013 | BODY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A MODEL VEHICLE | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | — |
| 18376239 | MODEL VEHICLE TURN SIGNAL METHOD AND SYSTEM | HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3711 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19215013 | BODY MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR A MODEL VEHICLE | NICONOVICH, ALEXANDER R | 3711 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 18376239 | MODEL VEHICLE TURN SIGNAL METHOD AND SYSTEM | HYLINSKI, ALYSSA MARIE | 3711 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialTraxxas L.P. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Alexander R Niconovich has the most, with 1 of Traxxas L.P.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
