Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
Navico Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 4 actions are distributed across 3 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's mechanical innovations are technically diverse. Each of the 4 pending actions is assigned to a different person, as there are 4 distinct examiners involved. This distribution means that every active matter is being reviewed by a different individual despite the small size of the portfolio.
CHRISTOPHER RICHARD WALKER is the busiest examiner, though he is only managing 1 pending office action. This reflects an even distribution where no single examiner holds a majority of the company's active cases. With 4 pending office actions spread across 3 distinct art units, the company must address a variety of technical classifications. Practitioners should note that the busiest examiner handles 1 of the active matters, which is consistent with the overall distribution of the portfolio. The focus on Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems ensures that the prosecution remains within a specific technical framework. With 4 pending office actions and 4 distinct examiners, the company must manage various examiner preferences to advance its interests in its chosen field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (25%) |
| §103 only | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 1 | 73.0% | +18.0% |
| FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | 1 | 76.5% | +30.2% |
| KHUU, IRENE C | 1 | 42.3% | +68.5% |
| CROMER, ANDREW J | 1 | 75.8% | +18.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19175074 | BEAMFORMING SONAR SYSTEMS FOR 360-DEGREE LIVE SONAR, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | — |
| 18589953 | SONAR BEAM ZONE PRESENTATION | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18068079 | Ecological Aided Marine Navigation | CROMER, ANDREW J | 28d |
| 19175074 | BEAMFORMING SONAR SYSTEMS FOR 360-DEGREE LIVE SONAR, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | — |
| 18589953 | SONAR BEAM ZONE PRESENTATION | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | — |
| 18308332 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF MARINE VESSELS | KHUU, IRENE C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3645 | 2 |
| 3664 | 1 |
| 3667 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19175074 | BEAMFORMING SONAR SYSTEMS FOR 360-DEGREE LIVE SONAR, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS | WALKER, CHRISTOPHER RICHARD | 3645 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 18589953 | SONAR BEAM ZONE PRESENTATION | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | 3645 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18308332 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF MARINE VESSELS | KHUU, IRENE C | 3664 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 27, 2023 |
| 18068079 | Ecological Aided Marine Navigation | CROMER, ANDREW J | 3667 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNavico Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 4 examiners.
Christopher Richard Walker has the most, with 1 of Navico Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
