Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC manages 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These cases are handled by 4 distinct examiners across 2 distinct art units. AVILA, STEPHEN P is the busiest examiner, responsible for 2 pending office actions.
The concentration of 5 actions within only 2 distinct art units suggests that the company's current patent filings are focused on specific mechanical or transportation sub-sectors. With 4 distinct examiners assigned to these 5 pending office actions, the prosecution involves several different perspectives within a narrow technical range.
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 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVILA, STEPHEN P | 2 | 80.2% | +10.5% |
| OLSON, LARS A | 1 | 82.0% | +14.0% |
| MEI, XU | 1 | 85.4% | +6.0% |
| PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | 1 | 39.3% | +16.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18932946 | BOAT HAVING AN IMPROVED ABILITY TO GET ON PLANE AND IMPROVED METHOD OF GETTING A BOAT ON PLANE | OLSON, LARS A | — |
| 18800316 | CONTROL AND AUDIO SYSTEMS FOR A BOAT | MEI, XU | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18317425 | AFT-FACING TRANSOM SEATING FOR A BOAT | AVILA, STEPHEN P | 7d |
| 18830028 | MULTI-LEVEL AFT-FACING SEATING FOR A BOAT | AVILA, STEPHEN P | — |
| 18610830 | BOATS WITH MULTIPLE MARINE DRIVES USED TO GENERATE A DESIRED WAKE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18317425 | AFT-FACING TRANSOM SEATING FOR A BOAT | AVILA, STEPHEN P | 7d |
| 18932946 | BOAT HAVING AN IMPROVED ABILITY TO GET ON PLANE AND IMPROVED METHOD OF GETTING A BOAT ON PLANE | OLSON, LARS A | — |
| 18830028 | MULTI-LEVEL AFT-FACING SEATING FOR A BOAT | AVILA, STEPHEN P | — |
| 18610830 | BOATS WITH MULTIPLE MARINE DRIVES USED TO GENERATE A DESIRED WAKE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 4 |
| 2695 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18932946 | BOAT HAVING AN IMPROVED ABILITY TO GET ON PLANE AND IMPROVED METHOD OF GETTING A BOAT ON PLANE | OLSON, LARS A | 3615 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18830028 | MULTI-LEVEL AFT-FACING SEATING FOR A BOAT | AVILA, STEPHEN P | 3615 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18800316 | CONTROL AND AUDIO SYSTEMS FOR A BOAT | MEI, XU | 2695 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2024 |
| 18610830 | BOATS WITH MULTIPLE MARINE DRIVES USED TO GENERATE A DESIRED WAKE AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | PAULSON, SHEETAL R. | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 |
| 18317425 | AFT-FACING TRANSOM SEATING FOR A BOAT | AVILA, STEPHEN P | 3615 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 7d | Pending | May 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialMasterCraft Boat Company, LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Stephen P Avila has the most, with 2 of MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
