Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Suzuki Motor Corporation

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

0
Hard (0%)
9
Medium (82%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (45%)
§102 only4 (36%)
§112 only2 (18%)

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
11
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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 2 55.5% +23.7%
LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 1 79.8% +16.1%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 31.3% +20.3%
BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH 1 67.6% +35.0%
MOUBRY, JAMES G 1 79.2% +13.1%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.3%
LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 1 79.1% +9.3%
COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 1 67.5% +22.2%
PANG, ROGER L 1 89.6% +6.6%
LEE, MICHAEL S 1 63.4% +20.5%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18396468 COWLING STRUCTURE PANG, ROGER L 1d overdue
18815491 BERTHING ASSISTANCE DEVICE PAIGE, TYLER D 70d

Interview Candidates (8)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19018916 CUSHIONING MEMBER FOR PACKED OBJECT IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 17d overdue
19020088 CUSHIONING STRUCTURE FOR PACKED OBJECT IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 15d overdue
18958987 AUTOMATIC DOCKING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DOCKING SYSTEM SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 10d overdue
18396208 COWLING STRUCTURE COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 5d
19024997 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR TANK LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 7d
18952491 FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPONENT UNIT MOUBRY, JAMES G 21d
18956572 REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH 28d
18365827 FIXING STRUCTURE LEE, MICHAEL S 42d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3747 3
3799 2
3663 1
3666 1
3664 1
3612 1
3655 1
3677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19024997 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR RESERVOIR TANK LATHERS, KEVIN ANTHONY 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jan 16, 2025
19020088 CUSHIONING STRUCTURE FOR PACKED OBJECT IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 3799 §112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 14, 2025
19018916 CUSHIONING MEMBER FOR PACKED OBJECT IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 3799 §112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2025
18958987 AUTOMATIC DOCKING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DOCKING SYSTEM SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 25, 2024
18956572 REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18952491 FUEL VAPOR PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPONENT UNIT MOUBRY, JAMES G 3747 §102 Final Rejection 21d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18815491 BERTHING ASSISTANCE DEVICE PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18416385 VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18396208 COWLING STRUCTURE COLILLA, DANIEL JAMES 3612 §102 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Dec 26, 2023
18396468 COWLING STRUCTURE PANG, ROGER L 3655 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Dec 26, 2023
18365827 FIXING STRUCTURE LEE, MICHAEL S 3677 §102 Final Rejection 42d Pending Aug 04, 2023

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