Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kawasaki Motors Ltd.

22 pending office actions • 17 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 103 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
2
Due this week
2
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (1)

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 (9%)
19
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (9%)
§103 only14 (64%)
§102 only5 (23%)
§112 only1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
91% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILLIS, BRANDON Z. 1 69.7% +37.1%
HASAN, SYED O 1 78.3% +19.0%
LAURENZI, MARK A 1 68.1% +17.8%
DOUNIS, LAERT 1 67.9% +21.3%
TESTARDI, DAVID A 1 74.8% +21.3%
SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J 1 47.1% +9.3%
EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A 1 84.6% +8.9%
LYJAK, LORI LYNN 1 90.0% +8.4%
AKARAGWE, YANICK A 1 83.1% +12.3%
NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 1 65.0% +37.5%

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
18412673 VEHICLE AKARAGWE, YANICK A 19d overdue
18425070 VEHICLE LYJAK, LORI LYNN 10d overdue
18439776 NOTIFICATION METHOD AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A 1d overdue

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
18090262 METHOD OF ESTIMATING TRAVELING SITUATION OF VEHICLE, METHOD OF GENERATING CLASSIFIER THAT ESTIMATES TRAVELING SITUATION OF VEHICLE, AND ESTIMATOR THAT ESTIMATES TRAVELING SITUATION OF VEHICLE YANG, WENYUAN 85d overdue
18409471 DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD AND DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 6d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18910501 EXHAUST DEVICE LAURENZI, MARK A 238d overdue
18859120 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM, VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING FUEL GAS HASAN, SYED O 23d overdue
18412673 VEHICLE AKARAGWE, YANICK A 19d overdue
18736828 REGENERATION CONTROL METHOD AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE TESTARDI, DAVID A 8d overdue
18897329 SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE DOUNIS, LAERT 5d
18409471 DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD AND DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 6d
18987675 VEHICLE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING ERROR FOR TRANSMISSION WILLIS, BRANDON Z. 48d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3746 2
3612 2
3672 2
3666 2
3611 2
3665 1
3747 1
3664 1
3662 1
3669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18987675 VEHICLE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING ERROR FOR TRANSMISSION WILLIS, BRANDON Z. 3665 §102 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Dec 19, 2024
18859120 INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE SYSTEM, VEHICLE INCLUDING SAME, AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING FUEL GAS HASAN, SYED O 3747 §102 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18910501 EXHAUST DEVICE LAURENZI, MARK A 3746 §112 Non-Final OA 238d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18897329 SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE DOUNIS, LAERT 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18736828 REGENERATION CONTROL METHOD AND STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE TESTARDI, DAVID A 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18599277 SMALL WATERCRAFT AND CONTROL METHOD OF WATERCRAFT SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J 3662 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Mar 08, 2024
18439776 NOTIFICATION METHOD AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEM EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18425070 VEHICLE LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18412673 VEHICLE AKARAGWE, YANICK A 3672 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2024
18409471 DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD AND DRIVING SUPPORT SYSTEM NGUYEN, JASON TOAN 3666 §101 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18526097 VEHICLE WITH CUP HOLDERS AKAKPO, DANY E 3672 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18517590 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OFF-ROAD VEHICLE AND OFF-ROAD VEHICLE CONDO, VERONICA MARIE 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18501506 STRADDLED VEHICLE STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18451742 OFF-ROAD VEHICLE LYNCH, CARLY W 3643 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18234905 BRAKE DISC ASSEMBLY AND OFF-ROAD VEHICLE COMINO, EVA L 3615 §102 Final Rejection 36d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18218151 MOTORCYCLE AIRCLEANER SLAUGOVSKY, RACHEL MARIE 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2023
18270053 BULK SI-ANODE FOR USE IN PROTON-CONDUCTING RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES AKHTAR, KIRAN QURAISHI 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18339562 Lawn Mower and Lawn Mower Speed Control Method CHOI, JISUN 3666 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18338305 STRADDLE ELECTRIC VEHICLE WILHELM, TIMOTHY 3617 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18198834 STRADDLE-TYPE VEHICLE BRITTMAN-ALABI, FELICIA LUCILLE 3611 §102 Final Rejection 46d Pending May 17, 2023
18090262 METHOD OF ESTIMATING TRAVELING SITUATION OF VEHICLE, METHOD OF GENERATING CLASSIFIER THAT ESTIMATES TRAVELING SITUATION OF VEHICLE, AND ESTIMATOR THAT ESTIMATES TRAVELING SITUATION OF VEHICLE YANG, WENYUAN 3667 §101 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022
17989322 STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM DOROS, KAYLA RENEE 3657 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Nov 17, 2022

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