Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Trek Bicycle Corporation

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Trek Bicycle Corporation has three pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are assigned to three examiners and three art units, showing that each identified prosecution matter occupies its own examination channel. ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD is the busiest examiner, with one pending matter.

This distribution suggests that prosecution coordination should preserve matter-specific strategies while maintaining a common portfolio view. Because the examiner and art-unit assignments are spread across the pending matters, counsel should avoid assuming that a response approach used in one case will transfer directly to another. The available profile points to distributed activity without a single concentrated examination relationship.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (67%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
100% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD 1 78.1% +27.7%
HADEN, SALLY CLINE 1 32.1% +41.5%
WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 1 53.9% +34.8%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17651123 BICYCLE FRAME WITH CANTILEVERED SEATMAST AND SEATPOST SECURING ASSEMBLY WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 22d
17733061 HELMET WITH AN AIR TRIP HADEN, SALLY CLINE 61d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18435474 ACTIVE COOLING SYSTEMS FOR A BICYCLE ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD 4d overdue
17651123 BICYCLE FRAME WITH CANTILEVERED SEATMAST AND SEATPOST SECURING ASSEMBLY WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 22d
17733061 HELMET WITH AN AIR TRIP HADEN, SALLY CLINE 61d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3658 1
3732 1
3611 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18435474 ACTIVE COOLING SYSTEMS FOR A BICYCLE ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD 3658 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2024
17733061 HELMET WITH AN AIR TRIP HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 61d Pending Apr 29, 2022
17651123 BICYCLE FRAME WITH CANTILEVERED SEATMAST AND SEATPOST SECURING ASSEMBLY WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 15, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Trek Bicycle Corporation have?

Trek Bicycle Corporation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Trek Bicycle Corporation applications?

Paul Woodward Arellano has the most, with 1 of Trek Bicycle Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Trek Bicycle Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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