Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Johnson Outdoors Inc.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Johnson Outdoors Inc. has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed across 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, giving each active matter a separate technical and examiner assignment.

PIHULIC, DANIEL T is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Portfolio management should therefore emphasize application-level tracking and distinct response strategies rather than examiner concentration.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

2
Hard (50%)
1
Medium (25%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (25%)
§112 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VASUDEVA, AJAY 1 70.8% +22.8%
BERHANU, SAMUEL 1 73.3% +14.2%
PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE 1 68.2% +15.1%
MURPHY, VICTORIA 1 62.0% +46.3%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18928737 WATERCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED PEDAL DRIVE SYSTEM VASUDEVA, AJAY —
18347267 MULTI-BANK MARINE BATTERY CHARGER AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATIC BATTERY VOLTAGE CLASS SELECT BERHANU, SAMUEL —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17738901 FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER MAPS HAVING SELECTABLE WATER CURRENT FLOW MODELING DISPLAYABLE THEREWITH PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE 69d
18928737 WATERCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED PEDAL DRIVE SYSTEM VASUDEVA, AJAY —
18347267 MULTI-BANK MARINE BATTERY CHARGER AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATIC BATTERY VOLTAGE CLASS SELECT BERHANU, SAMUEL —
14834244 REBREATHER SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS MURPHY, VICTORIA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3615 1
2859 1
2187 1
3785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18928737 WATERCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED PEDAL DRIVE SYSTEM VASUDEVA, AJAY 3615 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18347267 MULTI-BANK MARINE BATTERY CHARGER AND METHOD WITH AUTOMATIC BATTERY VOLTAGE CLASS SELECT BERHANU, SAMUEL 2859 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2023
17738901 FRESHWATER AND SALTWATER MAPS HAVING SELECTABLE WATER CURRENT FLOW MODELING DISPLAYABLE THEREWITH PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE 2187 §103 Final Rejection 69d Pending May 06, 2022
14834244 REBREATHER SYSTEM AND COMPONENTS MURPHY, VICTORIA 3785 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 24, 2015

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Johnson Outdoors Inc. have?

Johnson Outdoors Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Johnson Outdoors Inc. applications?

Ajay Vasudeva has the most, with 1 of Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Johnson Outdoors Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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