Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Briggs & Stratton LLC

9 pending office actions • 9 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
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.

7
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (78%)
1
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (67%)
§102 only1 (11%)
§112 only1 (11%)
No statute on record1 (11%)

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
1
Communications
11% of docket
5
Semiconductors
56% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

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
CAVALLARI, DANIEL 1 78.2% +14.1%
BARNETT, JOEL 1 80.5% +12.2%
ENDO, JAMES M 1 65.7% +20.5%
VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 1 66.4% +24.1%
SMITH, COURTNEY L 1 85.4% +11.7%
DHAKAL, BICKEY 1 84.0% +16.7%
DOUGLAS, SHANE EMANUEL 1 13.3% +25.0%
MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO 1 96.0% +5.0%
PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 1 62.2% +19.8%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17964596 ZERO TURN RADIUS MOWER WITH REMOVABLE BATTERY PACKS MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO 103d overdue
18392403 POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A STANDBY GENERATOR SMITH, COURTNEY L 11d overdue
18243998 MOTOR CONTROLLER MODULE DHAKAL, BICKEY 5d overdue

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18209959 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR LAWN CARE DOUGLAS, SHANE EMANUEL 121d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18209959 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR LAWN CARE DOUGLAS, SHANE EMANUEL 121d overdue
19025572 SMART SWITCHING PANEL FOR SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY BARNETT, JOEL 43d overdue
18603942 BATTERY POWERED LIGHT TOWER ENDO, JAMES M 17d overdue
18392403 POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A STANDBY GENERATOR SMITH, COURTNEY L 11d overdue
18243998 MOTOR CONTROLLER MODULE DHAKAL, BICKEY 5d overdue
17766995 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE PORTS PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 27d
19029964 USER-SCALABLE POWER UNIT INCLUDING REMOVABLE BATTERY PACKS CAVALLARI, DANIEL 35d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2836 1
2849 1
2875 1
2642 1
2835 1
2896 1
3665 1
3671 1
3662 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19029964 USER-SCALABLE POWER UNIT INCLUDING REMOVABLE BATTERY PACKS CAVALLARI, DANIEL 2836 §112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jan 17, 2025
19025572 SMART SWITCHING PANEL FOR SECONDARY POWER SUPPLY BARNETT, JOEL 2849 Other Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
18603942 BATTERY POWERED LIGHT TOWER ENDO, JAMES M 2875 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18422808 EQUIPMENT TRACKING SYSTEM VIANA DI PRISCO, GERMAN 2642 §102 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18392403 POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A STANDBY GENERATOR SMITH, COURTNEY L 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
18243998 MOTOR CONTROLLER MODULE DHAKAL, BICKEY 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18209959 SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR LAWN CARE DOUGLAS, SHANE EMANUEL 3665 §103 Final Rejection 121d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
17964596 ZERO TURN RADIUS MOWER WITH REMOVABLE BATTERY PACKS MARTINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO 3671 §103 Final Rejection 103d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2022
17766995 ELECTRIC VEHICLE WITH MULTIPLE PORTS PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 3662 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 06, 2022

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