Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 155 patents granted in the last 365 days
Brunswick Corporation currently manages 9 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 9 pending office actions are distributed across 8 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the corporation's active matters are being handled by different officials and administrative groups within the same technical field.
The busiest examiner for the corporation is BURGESS, MARC R, who is currently responsible for 2 busiest examiner pending office actions. While the total number of pending office actions is higher than this individual's workload, the cases are split among the 8 distinct examiners. This indicates that the corporation is experiencing multiple examination styles within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector.
For patent practitioners, the presence of the 5 distinct art units requires a strategy that can adapt to different unit-specific standards. Although the busiest examiner handles 2 busiest examiner pending office actions, the overall activity is spread across multiple officials. This requires a distributed approach to ensure that the specific requirements of each examiner and art unit are addressed across the active cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (22%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURGESS, MARC R | 2 | 33.8% | +24.2% |
| HAYES, JOVON E | 1 | 84.6% | +9.8% |
| FIX, THOMAS S | 1 | 72.0% | +16.5% |
| KC, SAGAR | 1 | 86.8% | +5.2% |
| WILLIAMS, ARUN C | 1 | 82.1% | +16.4% |
| IVEY, DANA DESHAWN | 1 | 88.5% | +6.4% |
| PELTON, NATHANIEL R | 1 | 74.5% | +18.9% |
| OMAR, AHMED H | 1 | 75.2% | +14.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18440432 | JOYSTICK FOR CONTROLLING MARINE PROPULSION | IVEY, DANA DESHAWN | 28d |
| 18659607 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING STEERING OF A MARINE DRIVE | KC, SAGAR | — |
| 18581074 | CONNECTOR FOR BATTERY CONNECTION TO CHARGER | WILLIAMS, ARUN C | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17985676 | ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM | BURGESS, MARC R | 89d overdue |
| 18097327 | ELECTRIC STERN DRIVES | BURGESS, MARC R | 36d overdue |
| 18734596 | VALVES FOR COOLING SYSTEMS OF MARINE DRIVES | HAYES, JOVON E | — |
| 18669440 | LINEAR ACTUATOR WITH COVERING | FIX, THOMAS S | — |
| 18504505 | BATTERY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION | PELTON, NATHANIEL R | — |
| 18452240 | VEHICLE ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DUAL VOLTAGE / DUAL APPLICATION BATTERY | OMAR, AHMED H | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17985676 | ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM | BURGESS, MARC R | 89d overdue |
| 18097327 | ELECTRIC STERN DRIVES | BURGESS, MARC R | 36d overdue |
| 18669440 | LINEAR ACTUATOR WITH COVERING | FIX, THOMAS S | — |
| 18581074 | CONNECTOR FOR BATTERY CONNECTION TO CHARGER | WILLIAMS, ARUN C | — |
| 18504505 | BATTERY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION | PELTON, NATHANIEL R | — |
| 18452240 | VEHICLE ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DUAL VOLTAGE / DUAL APPLICATION BATTERY | OMAR, AHMED H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 3 |
| 2859 | 3 |
| 3618 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 3662 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18734596 | VALVES FOR COOLING SYSTEMS OF MARINE DRIVES | HAYES, JOVON E | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18669440 | LINEAR ACTUATOR WITH COVERING | FIX, THOMAS S | 3618 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18659607 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING STEERING OF A MARINE DRIVE | KC, SAGAR | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18581074 | CONNECTOR FOR BATTERY CONNECTION TO CHARGER | WILLIAMS, ARUN C | 2859 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18440432 | JOYSTICK FOR CONTROLLING MARINE PROPULSION | IVEY, DANA DESHAWN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Feb 13, 2024 |
| 18504505 | BATTERY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION | PELTON, NATHANIEL R | 2859 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2023 |
| 18452240 | VEHICLE ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DUAL VOLTAGE / DUAL APPLICATION BATTERY | OMAR, AHMED H | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2023 |
| 18097327 | ELECTRIC STERN DRIVES | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Jan 16, 2023 |
| 17985676 | ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM | BURGESS, MARC R | 3615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Nov 11, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialBrunswick Corporation has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 8 examiners.
Marc R Burgess has the most, with 2 of Brunswick Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
