Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kongsberg Maritime AS

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Kongsberg Maritime AS has 4 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, showing that current prosecution is distributed across separate examination channels.

OLSON, LARS A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because the pending matters are evenly distributed by examiner, counsel should manage each response independently while tracking whether related transportation or mechanical issues recur across the different art units.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
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
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only2 (50%)
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
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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
OLSON, LARS A 1 82.0% +14.0%
NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. 1 49.0% +11.9%
TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA 1 56.5% +41.0%
FIX, THOMAS S 1 72.0% +16.5%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18844762 GANGWAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OLSON, LARS A —

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
18294091 PULL-IN OF DYNAMIC CABLES FOR FLOATING WIND TURBINES FIX, THOMAS S 9d
18718566 A CHAIN LOAD MONITORING UNIT, AND AN INSTALLATION TOOL AND A METHOD FOR INSTALLING A CHAIN LOAD MONITORING UNIT NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. —

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
18294091 PULL-IN OF DYNAMIC CABLES FOR FLOATING WIND TURBINES FIX, THOMAS S 9d
18844762 GANGWAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OLSON, LARS A —
18718566 A CHAIN LOAD MONITORING UNIT, AND AN INSTALLATION TOOL AND A METHOD FOR INSTALLING A CHAIN LOAD MONITORING UNIT NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. —
18691136 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOORING OF AND SUPPLY ELECTRICAL POWER TO A VESSEL TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3615 1
2853 1
3642 1
3618 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18844762 GANGWAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD OLSON, LARS A 3615 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18718566 A CHAIN LOAD MONITORING UNIT, AND AN INSTALLATION TOOL AND A METHOD FOR INSTALLING A CHAIN LOAD MONITORING UNIT NGUYEN, QUANG X.L. 2853 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 11, 2024
18691136 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOORING OF AND SUPPLY ELECTRICAL POWER TO A VESSEL TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA 3642 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18294091 PULL-IN OF DYNAMIC CABLES FOR FLOATING WIND TURBINES FIX, THOMAS S 3618 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Jan 31, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Kongsberg Maritime AS have?

Kongsberg Maritime AS has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Kongsberg Maritime AS applications?

Lars A Olson has the most, with 1 of Kongsberg Maritime AS's pending office actions.

What technology area are Kongsberg Maritime AS'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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