Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

BOMBARDIER INC.

10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (90%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (80%)
§102 only1 (10%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FREEDMAN, LAURA 1 87.1% +1.3%
SAETHER, FLEMMING 1 64.9% +28.4%
CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1 59.1% +23.4%
LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW 1 56.6% +22.9%
FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND 1 79.9% +14.5%
RIEGLER, PATRICK F 1 54.7% +33.7%
TRIEU, TIMOTHY K 1 62.1% +55.7%
WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 1 78.8% +16.1%
WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 1 52.5% +33.7%
STANLEY, TYLER JAY 1 39.1% +52.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19259817 STEERING ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES FREEDMAN, LAURA 75d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18687118 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION TO AN OPERATOR OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE RIEGLER, PATRICK F 35d overdue
17801085 RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY FOR A STEERING ASSEMBLY STANLEY, TYLER JAY 5d overdue
19027059 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO A BORDER WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC REGION CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 7d
17899793 METHOD FOR MOUNTING A TRACK ASSEMBLY TO A VEHICLE, AND SUSPENSION AND TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 20d
18540003 HELMET AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A HELMET TRIEU, TIMOTHY K 27d
18823045 VEHICLE DROP-DOWN STORAGE AREA LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW 34d
18494865 AIR INTAKE AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR A SNOWMOBILE ENGINE WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 42d
19037449 FASTENER ASSEMBLY SAETHER, FLEMMING 75d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3611 2
3614 1
3675 1
3661 1
3734 1
2836 1
2171 1
3732 1
3617 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19259817 STEERING ASSEMBLY FOR VEHICLES FREEDMAN, LAURA 3614 §102 Final Rejection 75d Pending Jul 03, 2025
19037449 FASTENER ASSEMBLY SAETHER, FLEMMING 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jan 27, 2025
19027059 METHOD OF CONTROLLING A VEHICLE RELATIVE TO A BORDER WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC REGION CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jan 17, 2025
18823045 VEHICLE DROP-DOWN STORAGE AREA LARSON, JUSTIN MATTHEW 3734 Other Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18666185 Vehicle Power Bar FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND 2836 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2024
18687118 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION TO AN OPERATOR OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE RIEGLER, PATRICK F 2171 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18540003 HELMET AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A HELMET TRIEU, TIMOTHY K 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18494865 AIR INTAKE AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR A SNOWMOBILE ENGINE WATKINS, NATHANIEL WILLIAM 3617 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Oct 26, 2023
17899793 METHOD FOR MOUNTING A TRACK ASSEMBLY TO A VEHICLE, AND SUSPENSION AND TRACK ASSEMBLY FOR A VEHICLE WEHRLY, CHRISTOPHER B 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 31, 2022
17801085 RACK AND PINION ASSEMBLY FOR A STEERING ASSEMBLY STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022

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