Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Brunswick Corporation

13 pending office actions • 7 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 149 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

6
Hard (46%)
6
Medium (46%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (31%)
§102 only2 (15%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (46%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
15% of docket
2
Information Tech
15% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
46% of docket
2
Business / Other
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DEROSE, VOLVICK 2 90.2% +10.6%
BURGESS, MARC R 2 33.7% +20.7%
KHAYER, SOHANA T 1 82.3% +18.9%
HAYES, JOVON E 1 84.7% +9.7%
VENNE, DANIEL V 1 71.3% +15.0%
HORNER, MINATO LEE 1 65.0% +2.4%
OMAR, AHMED H 1 75.2% +14.4%
MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 1 75.4% +17.1%
REDA, MATTHEW J 1 55.5% +29.8%
ARCIERO, ADAM A 1 65.2% -18.1%

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
18734665 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WAKING POWERED DEVICES OF A MARINE VESSEL DEROSE, VOLVICK 12d
18902297 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICATION FOR OPERATING FUNCTIONS OF MARINE VESSELS DEROSE, VOLVICK 26d
19025626 MARINE VESSEL STATION KEEPING TO REDUCE WEAR AND NOISE ON PROPULSION SYSTEM KHAYER, SOHANA T

Hard Cases (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17985676 ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM BURGESS, MARC R 89d overdue
18437832 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING BETWEEN POWERING COMPONENTS OF VEHICLES VIA FIRST OR SECOND POWER SOURCES HORNER, MINATO LEE 42d overdue
18097327 ELECTRIC STERN DRIVES BURGESS, MARC R 36d overdue
18734596 VALVES FOR COOLING SYSTEMS OF MARINE DRIVES HAYES, JOVON E
18582772 TILLERS THAT FACILITATE AMBIDEXTROUS SHIFTING OF A MARINE DRIVE VENNE, DANIEL V
18349414 ASSEMBLY FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER TO A MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM MURALIDAR, RICHARD V

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
17985676 ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM BURGESS, MARC R 89d overdue
17892882 ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD WITH VOLTAGE ADAPTATION REDA, MATTHEW J 49d overdue
18097327 ELECTRIC STERN DRIVES BURGESS, MARC R 36d overdue
18734665 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WAKING POWERED DEVICES OF A MARINE VESSEL DEROSE, VOLVICK 12d
18902297 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICATION FOR OPERATING FUNCTIONS OF MARINE VESSELS DEROSE, VOLVICK 26d
19025626 MARINE VESSEL STATION KEEPING TO REDUCE WEAR AND NOISE ON PROPULSION SYSTEM KHAYER, SOHANA T
18582772 TILLERS THAT FACILITATE AMBIDEXTROUS SHIFTING OF A MARINE DRIVE VENNE, DANIEL V
18452240 VEHICLE ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DUAL VOLTAGE / DUAL APPLICATION BATTERY OMAR, AHMED H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3615 3
2176 2
3665 2
3661 1
2859 1
1727 1
1744 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19025626 MARINE VESSEL STATION KEEPING TO REDUCE WEAR AND NOISE ON PROPULSION SYSTEM KHAYER, SOHANA T 3661 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18902297 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUTHENTICATION FOR OPERATING FUNCTIONS OF MARINE VESSELS DEROSE, VOLVICK 2176 §102 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18734665 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WAKING POWERED DEVICES OF A MARINE VESSEL DEROSE, VOLVICK 2176 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 05, 2024
18734596 VALVES FOR COOLING SYSTEMS OF MARINE DRIVES HAYES, JOVON E §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18582772 TILLERS THAT FACILITATE AMBIDEXTROUS SHIFTING OF A MARINE DRIVE VENNE, DANIEL V 3615 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18437832 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING BETWEEN POWERING COMPONENTS OF VEHICLES VIA FIRST OR SECOND POWER SOURCES HORNER, MINATO LEE 3665 §102§103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18452240 VEHICLE ELECTRICAL CONTROL SYSTEM WITH DUAL VOLTAGE / DUAL APPLICATION BATTERY OMAR, AHMED H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2023
18349414 ASSEMBLY FOR PROVIDING ELECTRIC POWER TO A MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 2859 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 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
17892882 ELECTRIC MARINE PROPULSION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD WITH VOLTAGE ADAPTATION REDA, MATTHEW J 3665 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2022
17716732 MARINE BATTERY SAFETY SYSTEM AND METHOD ARCIERO, ADAM A 1727 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2022
17507365 MOLDED PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING MOLDED PRODUCTS LEE, EDMUND H 1744 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2021

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