Listed by the USPTO as HAYES, BRET C
Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3641
This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases
HAYES, BRET C is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 3600 and art unit 3641. The record covers 1,638 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 80.3%. The median time to allowance is 730 days, while interviews are associated with a 15.3% lift. These figures show a high allowance rate alongside a median prosecution period measured in days rather than a short examination cycle.
The represented companies include Sig Sauer Inc., Sheltered Wings, Inc. D/b/a Vortex Optics, and Wilcox Industries Corp. The listed firms are BALLARD SPAHR LLP, BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP, and HANLEY, FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC. For practitioners, the allowance rate supports an approach focused on preserving commercially useful claim scope, while the interview lift indicates that interview preparation may provide an additional prosecution benefit.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19420640 | BALLISTIC WALL ASSEMBLIES WITH SPRINGS AND INTERIOR AIR GAPS | Non-Final OA | Individual inventor |
| 18811834 | A Novel Personal Rifle Robotic Station | Final Rejection | Individual inventor |
| 19246468 | MULTI BARRELED COMPRESSED GAS CANNON WITH REUSABLE HOUSING | Final Rejection | UMAREX USA, INC. |
| 19386795 | MULTI-PROJECTILE AMMUNITION AND METHOD OF MAKING | Non-Final OA | Sig Sauer, Inc. |
| 19189461 | SAFETY MECHANISM FOR BLOWBACK FIREARM | Final Rejection | Sig Sauer, Inc. |
| 19364046 | MOUNT FOR A WEAPON RAIL | Non-Final OA | Sheltered Wings, Inc. d/b/a Vortex Optics |
| 18779569 | VIEWING OPTIC WITH GRIP TEXTURE | Final Rejection | Sheltered Wings, Inc. d/b/a Vortex Optics |
| 19335989 | ENCODING SAFETY SYSTEMS FOR FIREARMS | Non-Final OA | Heckler & Koch GmbH |
| 19222812 | RISER ASSEMBLY WITH CAMERA ASSEMBLY AND WEAPON SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME | Final Rejection | WILCOX INDUSTRIES CORP. |
| 19051594 | RISER ASSEMBLY WITH INTEGRAL POWER SUPPLY AND WEAPON SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME | Non-Final OA | WILCOX INDUSTRIES CORP. |
| 19207766 | PRIMARY TARGETING ASSEMBLY WITH SECONDARY DECOY ASSEMBLY | Non-Final OA | MITCHELL & SON VENTURES, LLC, Triggered Concepts Series |
| 18949342 | Alcohol-Sensitive Safety Locking Mechanism | Final Rejection | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| 18772004 | MUNITIONS AND ORDNANCE REMEDIATION BLANKET (MORB) AND METHODS OF USING SAME | Non-Final OA | MuniRem Environmental LLC |
| 18225621 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MODULE FOR FIREARM MODIFICATION VIA AN EXISTING FIRING CONTROL UNIT | Final Rejection | Black Site, Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy80.3% of resolved applications examined by Bret C Hayes were allowed (1,638 resolved cases), compared with 65.5% across Art Unit 3641 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +15.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Bret C Hayes took 730 days on average from filing to allowance.
Bret C Hayes examines applications in Art Unit 3641 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).
