Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Furuno Electric Co., Ltd.

15 pending office actions • 11 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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 (40%)
8
Medium (53%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (20%)
§103 only8 (53%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
13% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
60% of docket
2
Business / Other
13% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUJUNDZIC, DINO 1 73.3% +28.1%
CHEUNG, CALVIN K 1 87.7% +8.3%
MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 1 71.8% +30.4%
FRAZIER, BRADY W 1 78.4% +27.3%
NGUYEN, CHUONG P 1 79.0% +13.4%
LU, ZHIYU 1 49.0% +14.2%
SAMPLE, JONATHAN L 1 82.7% +11.9%
NGUYEN, HENRY H 1 63.8% +36.9%
HAGOS, EYOB 1 66.5% +43.0%
HO, MATTHEW 1 72.3% +11.8%

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
19025496 SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, SHIP CONTROL METHOD, SHIP CONTROL SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM CHEUNG, CALVIN K 22d
18646821 SHIP MONITORING DEVICE, SHIP MONITORING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM SAMPLE, JONATHAN L

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
18383974 SHIP MONITORING SYSTEM, AND SHIP MONITORING METHOD HAGOS, EYOB 83d
19044273 SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, SHIP CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM KUJUNDZIC, DINO
18882777 TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD FRAZIER, BRADY W
18797565 TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD NGUYEN, CHUONG P
18666771 TARGET MONITORING SYSTEM, TARGET MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LU, ZHIYU
18515177 ANALYSIS DEVICE NGUYEN, HENRY H

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
18351330 AUGMENTED REALITY VESSEL MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND METHOD HO, MATTHEW 75d
18383974 SHIP MONITORING SYSTEM, AND SHIP MONITORING METHOD HAGOS, EYOB 83d
19044273 SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, SHIP CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM KUJUNDZIC, DINO
18915328 AUTOMATIC TUNING DEVICE, MAGNETRON RADAR, AUTOMATIC TUNING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA
18882777 TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD FRAZIER, BRADY W
18797565 TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD NGUYEN, CHUONG P
18666771 TARGET MONITORING SYSTEM, TARGET MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LU, ZHIYU
18646821 SHIP MONITORING DEVICE, SHIP MONITORING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM SAMPLE, JONATHAN L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3669 2
3663 2
3658 1
3646 1
2665 1
3657 1
1758 1
2857 1
1797 1
3668 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19044273 SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, SHIP CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM KUJUNDZIC, DINO 3658 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
19025496 SHIP CONTROL DEVICE, SHIP CONTROL METHOD, SHIP CONTROL SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM CHEUNG, CALVIN K 3669 §112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jan 16, 2025
18915328 AUTOMATIC TUNING DEVICE, MAGNETRON RADAR, AUTOMATIC TUNING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024
18882777 TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD FRAZIER, BRADY W §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18797565 TARGET TRACKING APPARATUS AND TARGET TRACKING METHOD NGUYEN, CHUONG P 3646 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 08, 2024
18666771 TARGET MONITORING SYSTEM, TARGET MONITORING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LU, ZHIYU 2665 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18646821 SHIP MONITORING DEVICE, SHIP MONITORING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM SAMPLE, JONATHAN L 3657 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18515177 ANALYSIS DEVICE NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 20, 2023
18383974 SHIP MONITORING SYSTEM, AND SHIP MONITORING METHOD HAGOS, EYOB 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18351330 AUGMENTED REALITY VESSEL MANEUVERING SYSTEM AND METHOD HO, MATTHEW 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jul 12, 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 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
17951027 FISH SPECIES DISCRIMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 3645 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2022
17348963 SHIP TARGET OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM, METHOD OF DETECTING SHIP TARGET OBJECT AND RELIABILITY ESTIMATING DEVICE SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2021

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