Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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 • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
MasterCraft Boat Company, LLC is currently processing 5 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 4 distinct examiners, suggesting some consolidation of the workload. The portfolio is further concentrated within 2 distinct art units, which limits the administrative breadth of the prosecution.
AVILA, STEPHEN P is the busiest examiner for the company, managing 2 pending actions. This represents a higher concentration of work compared to the other 4 distinct examiners. Practitioners should note that AVILA's decisions will impact multiple pending matters within the portfolio.
The presence of 2 distinct art units for the 5 pending office actions indicates that multiple examiners are operating within the same technical divisions. This environment may allow for more consistent application of art unit-specific rules across the portfolio. The company must balance its approach between the examiners while navigating the requirements of only 2 distinct art units.
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 | 2 (40%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 | 80.3% | +10.3% |
| OLSON, LARS A | 1 | 81.9% | +14.0% |
| MEI, XU | 1 | 85.4% | +6.0% |
| HAYES, JOVON E | 1 | 84.5% | +9.9% |
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 # | 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 | — |
| 18592799 | BALLAST BLADDER AND BALLAST SYSTEM FOR A BOAT | HAYES, JOVON E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18317425 | AFT-FACING TRANSOM SEATING FOR A BOAT | AVILA, STEPHEN P | 7d |
| 18830028 | MULTI-LEVEL AFT-FACING SEATING FOR A BOAT | AVILA, STEPHEN P | — |
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 3 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3615 | 3 |
| 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 | — | 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 |
| 18592799 | BALLAST BLADDER AND BALLAST SYSTEM FOR A BOAT | HAYES, JOVON E | 3615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 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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