Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Premier Marine LLC

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Premier Marine LLC currently has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, CHAN, KEVIN, and is being handled within 1 distinct art unit. The company's current prosecution activity is focused on this single matter, representing its only active interaction with the USPTO.

CHAN, KEVIN is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, holding 1 pending office action. As the sole examiner with an active case for the company, he is the primary official responsible for the current prosecution of their pending intellectual property. The use of 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology is being evaluated within a specific framework related to transportation or mechanical systems.

With 1 pending office action to address, Premier Marine LLC can concentrate its resources on the specific requirements of CHAN, KEVIN. The simplicity of having 1 examiner and 1 art unit reduces the administrative complexity of the patent process. Practitioners should focus on the specific technical standards of the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector to move this application forward within its assigned art unit.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHAN, KEVIN 1 — —

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18653947 SYSTEM FOR STOWING AND DEPLOYING AN ACCESSORY ON A WATERCRAFT CHAN, KEVIN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3615 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18653947 SYSTEM FOR STOWING AND DEPLOYING AN ACCESSORY ON A WATERCRAFT CHAN, KEVIN 3615 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 02, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Premier Marine LLC have?

Premier Marine LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Premier Marine LLC applications?

Kevin Chan has the most, with 1 of Premier Marine LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Premier Marine LLC'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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