Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

SUZUKI MOTOR Corporation

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

SUZUKI MOTOR Corporation has 9 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. Each action is assigned to a distinct examiner, while the matters span 6 distinct art units. The profile therefore shows complete examiner dispersion with repeated placement in some transportation-related units.

MOUBRY, JAMES G is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner concentration is identified. Counsel should manage the matters individually and use the repeated art-unit assignments to coordinate recurring mechanical or transportation claim issues where the underlying technologies are related.

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

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
17% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
83% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOUBRY, JAMES G 1 79.5% +13.0%
LAM, ALEX W 1 91.7% +2.1%
LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 1 80.3% +15.8%
DANIELS, JASON S 1 85.8% +15.0%
LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 1 79.7% +9.3%
LEE, MICHAEL S 1 63.1% +20.9%

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
18735008 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR TURN SIGNAL LAMP DANIELS, JASON S —

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19024997 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR TANK LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 7d
19365907 ENGINE COVER MOUBRY, JAMES G —
19202790 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM LAM, ALEX W —

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
19024997 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR TANK LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 7d
18365827 FIXING STRUCTURE LEE, MICHAEL S 42d
19365907 ENGINE COVER MOUBRY, JAMES G —
18735008 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR TURN SIGNAL LAMP DANIELS, JASON S —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3747 3
2842 1
3612 1
3677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19365907 ENGINE COVER MOUBRY, JAMES G 3747 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2025
19202790 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM LAM, ALEX W 2842 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 08, 2025
19024997 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR TANK LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 3747 §102§103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jan 16, 2025
18735008 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR TURN SIGNAL LAMP DANIELS, JASON S 3612 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18416385 VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3747 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18365827 FIXING STRUCTURE LEE, MICHAEL S 3677 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Aug 04, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does SUZUKI MOTOR Corporation have?

SUZUKI MOTOR Corporation has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most SUZUKI MOTOR Corporation applications?

James G Moubry has the most, with 1 of SUZUKI MOTOR Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are SUZUKI MOTOR Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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