Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Briggs & Stratton LLC

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 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.

3
Hard (33%)
6
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (44%)
§102 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
22% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
11% of docket
3
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHACE, CHRISTIAN 1 16.7% +23.3%
BARNETT, JOEL 1 80.6% +12.1%
LEE, JONG SUK 1 17.7% +25.3%
VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 1 66.3% +24.2%
SMITH, COURTNEY L 1 85.5% +11.9%
GRANT, ROBERT J 1 76.4% +17.3%
KERNS, KEVIN P 1 79.0% +21.0%
PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 1 64.4% +17.8%
LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1 70.4% +14.2%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19025572 SMART SWITCHING PANEL FOR SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY BARNETT, JOEL 43d overdue
18392403 POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A STANDBY GENERATOR SMITH, COURTNEY L 11d overdue

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18422808 EQUIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 147d overdue
18603942 BATTERY POWERED LIGHT TOWER LEE, JONG SUK 17d overdue
17766995 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE PORTS PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 27d
19025615 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR LAWN CARE CHACE, CHRISTIAN
17598812 MODULAR BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR BATTERY POWERED EQUIPMENT LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER

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
18422808 EQUIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 147d overdue
19025572 SMART SWITCHING PANEL FOR SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY BARNETT, JOEL 43d overdue
18603942 BATTERY POWERED LIGHT TOWER LEE, JONG SUK 17d overdue
18392403 POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A STANDBY GENERATOR SMITH, COURTNEY L 11d overdue
17766995 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE PORTS PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 27d
19025615 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR LAWN CARE CHACE, CHRISTIAN
18290057 BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS GRANT, ROBERT J
17966129 REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE BATTERY PACK KERNS, KEVIN P

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2849 1
2875 1
2642 1
2835 1
1735 1
3662 1
1724 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19025615 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR LAWN CARE CHACE, CHRISTIAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
19025572 SMART SWITCHING PANEL FOR SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY BARNETT, JOEL 2849 §103DP Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
18603942 BATTERY POWERED LIGHT TOWER LEE, JONG SUK 2875 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18422808 EQUIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 2642 §102§103 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18392403 POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A STANDBY GENERATOR SMITH, COURTNEY L 2835 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18290057 BATTERY CHARGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS GRANT, ROBERT J §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 09, 2023
17966129 REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE BATTERY PACK KERNS, KEVIN P 1735 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2022
17766995 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE PORTS PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 3662 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 06, 2022
17598812 MODULAR BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR BATTERY POWERED EQUIPMENT LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1724 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2021

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