Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
14 pending office actions • 10 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days
Furuno Electric Co., Ltd. has 14 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 13 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, showing broad examiner distribution with some recurring technical group assignments.
N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Those matters may support a targeted comparison of examiner treatment, while the remaining docket calls for separate analysis tied to each art unit and application.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (7%) |
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (14%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | 2 | 78.3% | +14.9% |
| BARAKAT, MOHAMED | 1 | 73.8% | +23.0% |
| KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 1 | 73.8% | +27.5% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 1 | 72.3% | +27.2% |
| FRAZIER, BRADY W | 1 | 78.6% | +26.9% |
| NAH, JONGBONG | 1 | 76.0% | +17.5% |
| LU, ZHIYU | 1 | 48.8% | +14.4% |
| NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 1 | 79.2% | +13.3% |
| RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | 1 | 62.9% | +34.6% |
| COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN | 1 | 81.8% | +42.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18349832 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHECKING STIRRING QUALITY OF A CHEMICAL ANALYZER | COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18174455 | SHIP STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE, SHIP STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, SHIP STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND SHIP STATE ESTIMATION PROGRAM | UNDERWOOD, BAKARI | 49d overdue |
| 18502511 | POSITIONING DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD, AND POSITIONING PROGRAM | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 2d overdue |
| 19044273 | SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, SHIP CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | — |
| 18965785 | SHIP INFORMATION SHARING DEVICE, SHIP INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND SHIP INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18882777 | TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD | FRAZIER, BRADY W | — |
| 18666771 | TARGET MONITORING SYSTEM, TARGET MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | LU, ZHIYU | — |
| 18380200 | PATCH ARRAY ANTENNA, AN ANTENNA, AND A RADAR APPARATUS | RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18502511 | POSITIONING DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD, AND POSITIONING PROGRAM | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 2d overdue |
| 19217875 | NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE METHOD | BARAKAT, MOHAMED | — |
| 19064752 | TARGET DETECTION DEVICE AND TARGET DETECTION METHOD | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | — |
| 19044273 | SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, SHIP CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | — |
| 19023421 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET OBJECT | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | — |
| 18965785 | SHIP INFORMATION SHARING DEVICE, SHIP INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND SHIP INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18882777 | TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD | FRAZIER, BRADY W | — |
| 18677863 | TARGET MONITORING DEVICE, TARGET MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | NAH, JONGBONG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 3 |
| 3648 | 2 |
| 3646 | 2 |
| 2689 | 1 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 2674 | 1 |
| 2665 | 1 |
| 1797 | 1 |
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3663 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19217875 | NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE METHOD | BARAKAT, MOHAMED | 2689 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19064752 | TARGET DETECTION DEVICE AND TARGET DETECTION METHOD | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | 3645 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19044273 | SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, SHIP CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | KUJUNDZIC, DINO | 3658 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19023421 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TARGET OBJECT | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | 3645 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 18965785 | SHIP INFORMATION SHARING DEVICE, SHIP INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND SHIP INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18882777 | TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD | FRAZIER, BRADY W | 3648 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18677863 | TARGET MONITORING DEVICE, TARGET MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | NAH, JONGBONG | 2674 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18666771 | TARGET MONITORING SYSTEM, TARGET MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | LU, ZHIYU | 2665 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18502511 | POSITIONING DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD, AND POSITIONING PROGRAM | NGUYEN, CHUONG P | 3646 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18380200 | PATCH ARRAY ANTENNA, AN ANTENNA, AND A RADAR APPARATUS | RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL | 3646 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18349832 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CHECKING STIRRING QUALITY OF A CHEMICAL ANALYZER | COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN | 1797 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18174400 | SHIP NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE, SHIP NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND SHIP NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM | MATTA, ALEXANDER GEORGE | 3668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18174455 | SHIP STATE ESTIMATION DEVICE, SHIP STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, SHIP STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND SHIP STATE ESTIMATION PROGRAM | UNDERWOOD, BAKARI | 3663 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 17951027 | FISH SPECIES DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN | 3645 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialFuruno Electric Co., Ltd. has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 13 examiners.
Amie Mercedes N'Dure has the most, with 2 of Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
