Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Johnson Outdoors Inc. has 4 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing a diverse prosecution landscape. VASUDEVA, AJAY is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. This distribution indicates that the company's current filings are spread across multiple individuals.
The ratio of 4 pending office actions to 4 distinct examiners indicates that each examiner is handling a matter for the company. With 3 distinct art units involved, the prosecution is spread across multiple technical groups within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics field. VASUDEVA, AJAY manages 1 of the 4 total pending office actions currently active. This spread across the 3 distinct art units suggests that the company's semiconductor and optics innovations span several specialized examination categories.
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.
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 | 1 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VASUDEVA, AJAY | 1 | 70.7% | +22.8% |
| BERHANU, SAMUEL | 1 | 73.3% | +14.2% |
| PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE | 1 | 68.0% | +15.0% |
| MURPHY, VICTORIA | 1 | 62.2% | +46.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2859 | 1 |
| 2187 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18928737 | WATERCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED PEDAL DRIVE SYSTEM | VASUDEVA, AJAY | — | §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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