Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

SUZUKI MOTOR Corporation

14 pending office actions • 5 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

7
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (29%)
§102 only2 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (50%)

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
7% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
29% of docket
9
Business / Other
64% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA 2 56.2% +41.4%
LAM, ALEX W 1 92.1% +1.4%
AN, IG TAI 1 56.8% +24.7%
KIM, CRAIG SANG 1 86.2% +9.9%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 32.7% +21.3%
BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH 1 67.2% +30.2%
CHAN, KEVIN 1
BROWN, DREW J 1 89.6% +5.7%
FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO 1
SOTO, JANICE M 1 68.5% +13.8%

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
18962114 REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE KIM, CRAIG SANG

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18958987 AUTOMATIC DOCKING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DOCKING SYSTEM SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 10d overdue
19202790 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM LAM, ALEX W
19051707 MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC PROPULSION MACHINE AN, IG TAI
18947719 SHIP PROPULSION MACHINE CHAN, KEVIN
18818038 ENGINE BROWN, DREW J
18795508 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF WATER TEMPERATURE SENSOR SOTO, JANICE M
18793127 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18958987 AUTOMATIC DOCKING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DOCKING SYSTEM SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 10d overdue
18956572 REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH 28d
19051707 MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC PROPULSION MACHINE AN, IG TAI
18947303 SHIP PROPULSION MACHINE TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA
18814884 OUTBOARD MOTOR TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA
18795508 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF WATER TEMPERATURE SENSOR SOTO, JANICE M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2842 1
3662 1
3665 1
3663 1
3666 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19202790 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM LAM, ALEX W 2842 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending May 08, 2025
19051707 MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE FOR ELECTRIC PROPULSION MACHINE AN, IG TAI 3662 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2025
18962114 REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE KIM, CRAIG SANG 3665 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18958987 AUTOMATIC DOCKING DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC DOCKING SYSTEM SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103§112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 25, 2024
18956572 REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE BEDEWI, RAMI NABIH 3666 §102 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 22, 2024
18947303 SHIP PROPULSION MACHINE TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA §102DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18947719 SHIP PROPULSION MACHINE CHAN, KEVIN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18818038 ENGINE BROWN, DREW J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18814843 ELECTRIC OUTBOARD MOTOR FIGUEROA, MICHAEL KENN POTICANO §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18814884 OUTBOARD MOTOR TOPOLSKI, MAGDALENA §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18795508 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF WATER TEMPERATURE SENSOR SOTO, JANICE M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2024
18793127 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR ARCE, MARLON ALEXANDER §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18792904 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE OF INTAKE AIR TEMPERATURE SENSOR COTEY, PHILIP L §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18679554 CONTROL DEVICE FOR MOTOR AND ELECTRIC PROPULSION DEVICE FOR SHIP ROBERTS, ANDREW DILLON §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024

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