Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Briggs & Stratton LLC

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Briggs & Stratton LLC has 7 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. Each matter is assigned to a different examiner and art unit, so the portfolio has no repeated assignment at either level.

MORALES, OMAR is the busiest identified examiner, with 1 pending matter. The distribution favors matter-specific prosecution planning, including separate review of claim construction, cited references, and technical distinctions for each assignment.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

4
Hard (57%)
2
Medium (29%)
1
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (57%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
29% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
2
Semiconductors
29% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MORALES, OMAR 1 59.9% +16.4%
CAVALLARI, DANIEL 1 78.5% +14.2%
BARNETT, JOEL 1 80.4% +11.4%
MCCONNELL, WYATT P 1 80.8% +9.2%
VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 1 66.3% +24.2%
KERNS, KEVIN P 1 78.9% +21.2%
PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 1 65.8% +15.3%

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
19025572 SMART SWITCHING PANEL FOR SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY BARNETT, JOEL 43d overdue

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18422808 EQUIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 147d overdue
17766995 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE PORTS PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 27d
18787477 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR POWER EQUIPMENT MCCONNELL, WYATT P —
17966129 REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE BATTERY PACK KERNS, KEVIN P —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18422808 EQUIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 147d overdue
19025572 SMART SWITCHING PANEL FOR SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY BARNETT, JOEL 43d overdue
17766995 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE PORTS PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 27d
19029964 USER-SCALABLE POWER UNIT INCLUDING REMOVABLE BATTERY PACKS CAVALLARI, DANIEL 35d
19182899 VERTICALLY STORABLE ENGINE AND MOWER MORALES, OMAR —
17966129 REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE BATTERY PACK KERNS, KEVIN P —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3747 1
2836 1
2849 1
1727 1
2642 1
1735 1
3662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19182899 VERTICALLY STORABLE ENGINE AND MOWER MORALES, OMAR 3747 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2025
19029964 USER-SCALABLE POWER UNIT INCLUDING REMOVABLE BATTERY PACKS CAVALLARI, DANIEL 2836 §112 Final Rejection 35d Pending Jan 17, 2025
19025572 SMART SWITCHING PANEL FOR SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY BARNETT, JOEL 2849 §103DP Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
18787477 BATTERY SYSTEM FOR POWER EQUIPMENT MCCONNELL, WYATT P 1727 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18422808 EQUIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 2642 §102§103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
17966129 REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE BATTERY PACK KERNS, KEVIN P 1735 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 14, 2022
17766995 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE PORTS PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 3662 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 06, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Briggs & Stratton LLC have?

Briggs & Stratton LLC has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Briggs & Stratton LLC applications?

Omar Morales has the most, with 1 of Briggs & Stratton LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Briggs & Stratton LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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